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WMU named one of America's top 'green colleges'

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… renovations. Extensive electric vehicle infrastructure. Water management record. Numerous energy conservation … dining. Transportation options that include free bus service for students, faculty and staff. The University was also noted as the only Michigan university with a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/347

WMU to celebrate Arbor Day, Tree Campus recertification

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… in Goldsworth Valley near the gazebo. WMU landscape services staff will be planting a swamp white oak , a tree native to the Midwest that does well … Lemont, Ill., discussing plant grafting. Also, landscape services staffers will talk about the University's Arbor Day …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/326

Trustees approve change in bookstore operations

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… with the Follett Higher Education Group Inc., paving the way for that national firm to manage the campus bookstore … and provide lower costs on certain goods and better services for students. The move follows a lengthy review … with experience in the collegiate book business.  The goal was to reduce student costs and expand the array of services …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/5321

WMU to celebrate Arbor Day, 2012 Tree Campus recertification

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… the east end of its Goldsworth Valley Pond. WMU landscape services staff will be planting a Baldcypress (Taxodium … for sustainable campus forestry: sponsoring student service-learning projects and having a tree advisory … Darrell Junkins, WMU grounds supervisor in landscape services, at darrell.junkins@wmich.edu or (269) 387-8557. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6443

Trustees approve two staff retirements, other personnel changes

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… retiring, along with their positions, years of continuous service and effective dates of retirement are: Carey F. … Jr. , a groundskeeper II in Facilities Management-landscape services, 14 years, effective July 31, 2013, and Ruth Wagenaar , a custodian in Facilities Management-building …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8604

Board of Trustees approves minimal apartment rate increases

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… The recommended rates for all complexes include parking, water and sewer service, cable, trash removal and recycling services, plus … occupancy. Included in the recent expansion project was a new community center that opened its doors in October …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11933

WMU student receives competitive $10,000 accountancy scholarship

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… skills, and expanded my network." Her time at WMU was spent immersing herself in both the University and the … of Greater Kalamazoo. Participating in the Internal Revenue Service's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, including … my education and is helping me take the next steps toward achieving my goals of graduating with my M.S.A. and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64592

Language immersion through study abroad at WMU

College of Arts and Sciences

… students with new global perspectives that last long after returning home.    Each year, hundreds of WMU students …   One student who participated in this experience was Simon Wilke , a 21-year-old from Mattawan, Michigan, pursuing a double major in Spanish and …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/11/language-immersion-study-abroad

Kalamazoo Promise comes full circle as Western education grad prepares for KPS career

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… childhood education and a job teaching second grade at Washington Writers' Academy in Kalamazoo this summer. … just accepted a summer second grade teaching position at Washington Writers' Academy in Kalamazoo Public Schools … the preparation and growth of pre K-12 teachers, human service professionals, innovative designers, and health and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67863

Academic programs to highlight annual Russian Festival

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… Fulbright scholar, will focus attentions on "Russia After the Crimea." • At 1 p.m., in keeping with the … beloved Russian poet, Bella Akhmadulina. •At 3 p.m., Dr. Edward A. Cole , who recently retired after teaching history at GVSU for more than 40 years, will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20065