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In Memoriam, fall 2023

W Magazine

… on The following are Western alumni and emeriti who passed away and were reported during fall 2023. Alumni Jack Leonard … (Eilers) Lummis , BS ‘50, May 30, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI Geraldine May (French) Jennings , BM ‘51, June 23, 2023, Whitewater, WI Guelda Ann (Glynn) Weinert , BS ‘51, June 9, 2023, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73616

Celebrate faculty, staff achievement at 2024 Fall Awards Celebration

News

… Celebrate faculty, staff achievement at 2024 Fall Awards Celebration Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, … Oct. 11 , will recognize the University’s finest, including awards for exceptional teaching, service, longtime and emerging scholarly work. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/fall-awards-2024

Ali Neamah, from Iraq, Thrives at WMU

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… were taught in British-style English. That made things difficult when I came to America because the spelling of … as his study abroad destination because he believed it was, by far, the best place in the world to receive an … If he graduates with honors, as he hopes to do, his payback service to Iraq will be reduced to one year, after which he …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2019/09/ali-neamah

Hazel L. Starcher obituary

News

… Western Michigan University's College of Health and Human Services for more than 25 years, died Feb. 2 in Kalamazoo. She was 79. Starcher was the first employee to be hired when the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/172

WMU garners $3.6 million in grants in three months

News

… January, WMU trustees learned at their Feb. 27 meeting. Awards for November climbed past $1.1 million, or 31 percent … funded awards past $16 million. Grants for public service Grants for public service outstripped grants for research, exceeding $1.5 million and led by a nearly $1 million grant to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5446

Leo Niemi obituary

News

… to incorporate computer literacy into business education, died at home in Kalamazoo March 2. He was 92. Niemi, professor emeritus of business information … WMU faculty in 1955 and retired in 1985 after 30 years of service to the University in what is now the Haworth College …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/206

Aviation grad found world of opportunity at Western

News

… Michigan University student Raymond Miller would be on his way to a Ph.D. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in aviation management and … course focused on social justice in education and social service sectors and included visits to government agencies …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/06/graduate-success-aviation-operations-management-raymond-miller

Learning and Leading: Global Leaders use their skills to help refugees

W Magazine

… Learning and Leading: Global Leaders use their skills to help refugees … Dykstra, left, and Haley Ritsema explored the desert in Wadi Rum, Jordan, during their study abroad experience with … student organization focused on leadership through service. The group spent the summer volunteering in and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57378

WMU’s Venture Studio turns design students into founders

College of Fine Arts

… WMU’s Venture Studio turns design students into founders Submitted by Brandi Engel on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— If they were nervous, it was hard to tell. On a Friday evening in late April, a group … Innovation (RIDI), distributed more than $25,000 in cash, service grants, scholarships and resource memberships across …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/news/2026/05/venture-studio-pitch-event

Richard L. Hodges obituary

News

… , a retired Western Michigan University faculty member, died Jan. 30. He was 67. Hodges, associate professor emeritus of accountancy … in 1985 and retired in 2010 after 25 years of continuous service to the University. The Kalamazoo resident served as …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/121