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Major theatre upgrades give students professional experience, elevate audience experience
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… Flynn on Students stand in front of the newly installed LED wall. Keith Roelfsema, center, talks with faculty member … wall, which will be housed in Shaw Theatre but will be transportable between theatres as well as outside events in … director of engineering at Vizidef LLC, a visual technology service company. He says he was “honored” to return to his …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/09/gilmore-theatre-complex-upgrades
WMU’s 2025 fall awards to spotlight distinguished contributions across campus
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… WMU’s 2025 fall awards to spotlight distinguished contributions across campus … on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University’s Fall Awards Celebration on Friday, Oct. 3 , will recognize … and staff, including awards for outstanding teaching, service and longtime and emerging scholarly work. The …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/09/2025-fall-awards-celebration-recognizes-wmu-best
WMU awards flute and geography professors for outstanding teaching
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… WMU awards flute and geography professors for outstanding … have been named recipients of WMU’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the University’s highest honor for teaching … of the Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Distinguished Service, Emerging Scholar and annual Make a Difference …
https://wmich.edu/news/2026/09/fall-2026-distinguished-teaching-awards-announced
Robert L. Blefko obituary
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… faculty member, died Nov. 1 at his home in Kalamazoo. He was 82. Blefko, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU faculty in 1968 and retired in 1997 after 29 years of service to the University. He was hired as an assistant professor of mathematics and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20293
Western implements more strategies to improve building air quality
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… Technologies employed in older buildings range from portable room units, additions to whole building air … ionization is a technology that uses energy to split water vapor molecules into ions that both attach to … mold spores, bacteria and viruses. “We are moving forward as quickly as possible to employ as many of the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/64920
WMU researchers receive grant to study fatal fungus in bats
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… bats. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded two Western Michigan University researchers more than … bats in eastern North America. The $223,602 grant was part of an overall $1.8 million awarded recently …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17292
WMU garners more than $1.6 million in grants in months of April, May
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… passed the $1.6 million mark in externally funded awards in April and May, pushing the year-to-date total above … June 29 meeting. Research grants Research grants led the way, falling just short of $1 million, followed by grants for instruction at $334,316. Grants for public service came in at $297,102. Notable research awards …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/07/33493
Shirley K. James obituary
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… Michigan University staff member, died July 18 . She was 75. James, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU staff in 1977 and retired in 2001 after almost 24 years of service to the University. She was a head cook in Davis Dining Hall. Service and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42232
Student Spotlight: Ricardo Campos – Leading with Passion and Purpose in IT
Information Technology
… satisfied with their tech support experience. Roots in Service Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Ricardo's path to … with seasons and a strong academic program, he found his way to Michigan and enrolled in WMU's Computer Information … program within the Haworth College of Business. "I've always loved technology," Ricardo shared. "I didn't want to go …
https://wmich.edu/it/news/2025/10/ricardo-campos-it-student-highlight
Grants to WMU pushed past $2.8 million in November, December
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… driving the year-to-date total of externally funded awards to more than $16 million, WMU Trustees learned at … The current fiscal year will end June 30. Public service grants Public service grants made up the lion's … Notable public service grants included a $588,698 award from Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services to Dr. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13203