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WMU to celebrate Arbor Day, Tree Campus recertification
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… in Goldsworth Valley near the gazebo. WMU landscape services staff will be planting a swamp white oak , a tree native to the Midwest that does well … Lemont, Ill., discussing plant grafting. Also, landscape services staffers will talk about the University's Arbor Day …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/326
Trustees approve change in bookstore operations
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… with the Follett Higher Education Group Inc., paving the way for that national firm to manage the campus bookstore … and provide lower costs on certain goods and better services for students. The move follows a lengthy review … with experience in the collegiate book business. The goal was to reduce student costs and expand the array of services …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/5321
Nita H. Hardie obituary
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… Michigan University faculty member, died Sept. 23 . She was 83. Hardie retired as chair of the Department of Science … emerita of political science in 1992 after 27 years of service to the University. While at WMU, she served in several administrative roles and was involved in numerous pioneering efforts. She helped to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1856
WMU to celebrate Arbor Day, 2012 Tree Campus recertification
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… the east end of its Goldsworth Valley Pond. WMU landscape services staff will be planting a Baldcypress (Taxodium … for sustainable campus forestry: sponsoring student service-learning projects and having a tree advisory … Darrell Junkins, WMU grounds supervisor in landscape services, at darrell.junkins@wmich.edu or (269) 387-8557. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6443
Trustees approve two staff retirements, other personnel changes
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… retiring, along with their positions, years of continuous service and effective dates of retirement are: Carey F. … Jr. , a groundskeeper II in Facilities Management-landscape services, 14 years, effective July 31, 2013, and Ruth Wagenaar , a custodian in Facilities Management-building …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8604
James A. Howell obituary
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… died Nov. 16 in Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. He was 81. A specialist in analytical chemistry, Howell joined … and retired in 2001 after more than 36 years of continuous service to the University. He was well liked by his students, peers and colleagues, and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/12055
Board of Trustees approves minimal apartment rate increases
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… The recommended rates for all complexes include parking, water and sewer service, cable, trash removal and recycling services, plus … occupancy. Included in the recent expansion project was a new community center that opened its doors in October …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11933
WMU student receives competitive $10,000 accountancy scholarship
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… skills, and expanded my network." Her time at WMU was spent immersing herself in both the University and the … of Greater Kalamazoo. Participating in the Internal Revenue Service's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, including … my education and is helping me take the next steps toward achieving my goals of graduating with my M.S.A. and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64592
Kalamazoo Promise comes full circle as Western education grad prepares for KPS career
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… childhood education and a job teaching second grade at Washington Writers' Academy in Kalamazoo this summer. … just accepted a summer second grade teaching position at Washington Writers' Academy in Kalamazoo Public Schools … the preparation and growth of pre K-12 teachers, human service professionals, innovative designers, and health and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67863
Kalamazoo Arts Council grant takes WMU dancer to Panama
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… in that Central American capital city. Upon her return she wants to start a chapter of Movement Exchange at WMU. Class … all the work I put into our class assignment grant, it was really quite simple to turn it in for real," says Mills. … entertaining the idea of combining my passions of dance and service," she says. "I love the service aspect of the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24066