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Dance emerita honored for advocacy
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… of this year's Partners in Dance Community Dance Advocacy Award. The award, presented at a reception Feb. 2, celebrates an … and awarded her with the College of Fine Arts Outstanding Service Award in 1995, the WMU Alumni Association's Teaching …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45267
Students invited into huddle to design state-of-the-art athletic performance center
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… Association Leadership celebrate at a block party downtown after the groundbreaking ceremony. The Kalamazoo Event Center and Athletic Performance Center, which was designed with students in mind, will open in fall 2027. … Western Michigan University engineering student makes his way through the jubilant sounds of the Bronco Marching Band …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/kalamazoo-event-center-athletic-performance-center-groundbreaking-event
Brunch to honor human performance, health education alumni
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… for the professional accomplishments, contributions and service of outstanding alumni. Eight individuals who earned … for the event, visit mywmu.com/hphehonoracademy . 2018 award recipients Tracy Ciucci , B.S. exercise science, 1999, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/46044
Willie J. Mitchell Jr. obituary
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… in Facilities Management-building custodial and support services at Western Michigan University, died suddenly at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo Sept. 16 . He was 40. Willie J. Mitchell Jr. Mitchell joined the WMU staff … officer and began working as a custodian in 2009. He was an active member of WMU's local of the American …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9614
Professor elected president of national organization
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… president of national organization Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Lancendorfer KALAMAZOO— Dr. Karen M. Lancendorfer … to president in 2015 and past president for 2016. She was elected following the organization's annual conference … Teaching Award and the 2012 Haworth College of Business Service Award. She is faculty advisor for the WMU AdClub, an …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/11307
Longtime employees to be inducted into 25 Year Club
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… All but two of this year's 25 inductees began their service to WMU in 1992. The two have prior service credit because they began working at WMU earlier … Brown , network administrator, College of Health and Human Services Dr. Barbara J. Cockrell , associate dean of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43454
WMU accountancy student recognized with $5,000 scholarship
Haworth College of Business
… Foundation Final Year Scholarship, a $5,000 scholarship awarded to students who are in their final year of studying … Dr. Jim Penner , chair of the Department of Accountancy. “After transferring into WMU Haworth, I focused on getting … Accountancy Foundation,” says Penner. “I am excited to watch him finish his degree from the Department of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75871
Altitude Meets Identity: How Ella Hanson Is Shaping Her Path in Aviation
College of Aviation
… her co-pilot Kenzie Koenig. Every time Ella Hanson heads skyward as a flight science major in WMU's College of Aviation, … with me. Each time I fly, I feel connected to him in a way that's difficult to put into words. A young Ella and … clarity and expanded my options for what I hope to pursue after college." In that vein, Hanson and her fellow …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2026/03/hanson
Dean Smith’s story of survival and sisterhood
College of Health and Human Services
… and sisterhood Submitted by Jillian Fraze on While I waited for the doctor’s phone call with my breast cancer … took in the scene of my anxious family. My husband, Lang, was busy talking to my sister, Cory, and her husband, Kevin. … 2, 2006. It seemed surreal for this to happening to me after supporting Cory through her diagnosis and treatments. …
https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/10/sisters
Speaking the language of success
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… is difficult in itself. Doing so in a foreign country after leaving your family and home behind is a far more … abroad. WMU happened to be one of them," says Toker. "I was in charge of welcoming and hosting representatives." … while he studied, Toker was connected to Bethany Christian Services. He began volunteering with the organization, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53035