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Two local special education leaders set for Keystone talk
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… local leaders with the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency will be the November speakers for the … The state-of-the-art special education learning facility was the first of two construction projects funded by a $25.4 … County, from birth to age 26. From 2007 to 2009, Montgomery was director and supervisor of special education for the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3062
Trustees approve retirements of 11 faculty, 14 staff members
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… status. Their names, positions, years of continuous service and effective dates of retirement are: Dr. Bassam E. … College of Business, 14 years, effective March 31, 2013 Dr. Warren E. Lacefield , senior research associate in the … Dec. 18, 2012 Faculty leaves Sabbatical leave for Dr. R. Wayne Fuqua , chair and professor of psychology, effective …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5806
Peggy Seals obituary
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… Michigan University staff member, died Dec. 20 . She was 78. Seals, of Kalamazoo, was a former employee in the residence halls. A memorial service was held. Her guestbook can be viewed online . …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/20950
National leader, respected public servant and longtime advocate for Western to receive honorary degree
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… l in August 2022 and collaborated with WMU President Edward Montgomery to discuss the future of civility in … Doctor of Laws degree. Upton is retiring in January after serving 36 years in the U.S. House of Representatives … to Western Michigan University for recognizing my public service,” Upton said. “Representing Western and advocating …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70189
Maria Saldivar obituary
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… Michigan University staff member, died Aug. 12 . She was 60. Saldivar, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU staff in 1988 and was an administrative assistant for precollege programming. Services and remembrances A private memorial service has …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42233
A beast of a book: WMU professor translates Godzilla novellas
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… a fire-breathing monster that wreaks havoc on Japan after it is awoken by an underwater hydrogen bomb, the film made waves as both a form of … entertainment and as a political commentary of the fear of thermonuclear weapons in Japanese culture. However, despite …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73605
WMU professor awarded for book that peels back the curtain on Fetzer's secret life
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… WMU professor awarded for book that peels back the curtain on Fetzer's … "energy medicine" and even UFOs, Fetzer studied it all. "It was part of his life that he kept really private," says Dr. … kind of harmonious with his engineering, technological and scientific interests." In the 1970s, his financial and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58233
Environmentally-focused student reels in internship with Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
College of Arts and Sciences
… in internship with Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Submitted by Amelia Bodinaku on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— … focus more on the environment and sustainability. “I’ve always been big on the outdoors; I always go to lots of national and state parks,” she says. “And …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/07/75928
Grants to WMU approach $3 million mark in November, December
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… learned at their Jan. 22 meeting. Grants for public service topped other categories, nearly reaching $1.5 … came in at $588,025. The largest public service grant was for $579,757 and was awarded by Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22463
Men's, women's soccer players recognized with All-American honors
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… Bock , a defender, and Brandon Bye , a midfielder, and forward Alex Ruffer , of the women's soccer team, all were … Honors, the last time in 2011. Bock, a senior from Novi, was a Second Team All-American after maintaining a 3.98 grade-point average in sales and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44205