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Empowering Futures already making impact on student success

Empowering Futures

… Megan Looker on Katie Easley, director of student success, listens to presentations at the Empowering Futures Work Group … kickoff breakfast. Ashley Bravo, director of the College Assistance Migrant Program, and Alicia Kornowa, director of … Health and Well-being Work Group alongside Dr. Gayle Ruggiero (middle), medical director, and Dr. Reetha Raveendran …

https://wmich.edu/empowering-futures/news/2022/12/70204

Installation of innovative stormwater treatment system underway at Asylum Lake

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… system underway at Asylum Lake Submitted by Paula M. Davis on Researchers have developed a unique way to remove … improving the water quality of Asylum Lake. The core of this project involves installing a stormwater treatment device … firm in Kalamazoo. Laboratory testing conducted thus far “suggests that properly designed stormwater treatment systems …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72823

Spring 2013 staff award nominations sought

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… awards are due by Thursday, Feb. 28 . Make a Difference is a campuswide peer-to-peer program that recognizes staff members for their accomplishments and daily investments of energy and creativity. It … year. The annual award, which may only be received once, is given to each year's four most outstanding semiannual …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4378

Campus memorial event set to honor Van Cooley

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… a major focus of Cooley's work during the final months of his life. It opened for classes this fall and was formally dedicated Sept. 28. Cooley was … positions as a middle and high school teacher and as an assistant superintendent and superintendent. A reception will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2181

Guest speaker to address the importance of studying Japanese

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… Japanese highlighting the ties between Michigan and Japan is slated for 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27 , in 3025 Brown Hall … stationed in important diplomatic positions in Russia and Israel before coming to the Midwest in 2010. Japan is the third largest international contributor to Michigan’s …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3090

Registration begins for summer reading and writing camps

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… Registration begins for summer reading and writing camps … on Camps run June 24 through Aug. 1. KALAMAZOO—Priority registration has begun for weekly summer reading and writing … faculty, staff and students are eligible for priority registration through Friday, April 12 , for the camps held …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6090

Trustees to act on Cooley affiliation and capital outlay requests

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… (not verified) on The next Board of Trustees meeting is July 18. KALAMAZOO—Meeting in formal session Thursday, … Center , trustees are expected to vote on an administrative recommendation to authorize the use of the … Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. The move is part of an affiliation agreement between the two schools …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/07/8111

Authors support WMU writing award with fundraiser

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… Authors support WMU writing award with fundraiser Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO—Eleven poets and … the life and contributions of author, editor and publisher Robert J. Bixby, a WMU alumni who died last October. This event at 2 p.m. in the Richmond Center for Visual Arts is

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/9930

Faculty celebrate School of Music anniversary with concert

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… Sept. 22 , in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public, and a reception will immediately follow the performance. The concert is part of a series of events celebrating the School of … pianos by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Other performers include assistant professor of voice Karen Kness , soprano; professor …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9291

Celebrate Bronco graduates at spring 2021 virtual commencement

Commencement

… Looker on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is hosting a virtual commencement ceremony on  May 1  to … 2020 spring and summer graduates to participate in this virtual ceremony.    Participation instructions were sent … tribute video with a few words of encouragement and praise. Please limit videos to 15 seconds in length. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63528