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Trustees reauthorize borrowing for building projects

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… on KALAMAZOO—The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees approved a motion July 25 to authorize the … to enter into one or more loans or unsecured line of credit agreements to finance all or a portion of the … Kalamazoo that is owned by WMU and being leased by the WMU School of Medicine. Both authorizations call for a repayment …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/1109

Dr. Laurel A. Grotzinger obituary

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… on Laurel A. Grotzinger Dr. Laurel A. Grotzinger , professor emeritus of University Libraries and a former … The Minnesota native started her WMU career teaching in the School of Library and Information Science, rising from … ago. Grotzinger served the library and information science school as assistant director from 1966 to 1972 and as …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44365

Russian politics is a “moving target” for WMU Fulbright scholar

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… provided Western Michigan University political science professor Dr. Jim Butterfield with an exceptional model for … years ago when he was a graduate student at the University of Notre Dame. He also taught comparative politics at … democracy, recent reforms in Russian history education in schools, and American graduate education.” At WMU, …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2012/10/butterfield-fulbright-russia

Akol Abol: From Sudan to WMU

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… attacked my village in southern Sudan. I awoke to the sound of automatic weapon fire blasting through my small hut. … This horrific attack on my village resulted in the death of my ten sisters and my father.”   Since the start of the … a way to survive. Those were the days that I would go to school, drink water as lunch, do homework, drink water as …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2014/09/akol-abol

Event set to welcome new education dean

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… to formally welcome Western Michigan University's new dean of the College of Education and Human Development. Dr. Ming Li , whose … positions at that university, including director of the School of Recreation and Sport Sciences and director of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10347

Finding Common Ground

W Magazine

… may seem like a utopian fantasy. Dr. Rudolf Siebert, professor emeritus of comparative religion, is looking for the … An encounter with an elderly woman on a walk to elementary school as a boy still haunts him. “She was carrying two … her to carry everything she could to the basement of my school. “We rolled down to the air shelter where already …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/12/57179

Ready for the spotlight: Theatre grad prepares to make the world his stage

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… University. It's an impressive range for a former high school athlete who hadn't stepped foot on a theatre stage … acting and English: creative writing, Wade has a number of productions under his belt and an agent ready to book him … teenagers, he had trouble envisioning his plans after high school. The COVID-19 lockdown forced him to start thinking …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/12/theatre-acting-english-creative-writing-fall-2024-graduate-donovan-boursiquot

Accomplished playwright is next in Frostic Reading Series

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… shows visits the area to read from his work as part of the Western Michigan University Frostic Reading Series. … written for such television series as "Early Edition," "Man of the People," "Evening Shade," "Northern Exposure," … of occupations. He has worked as a sportswriter, high school teacher and soldier. He is currently the head of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/308

U-M economist takes broad look at Great Recession in Sichel talk

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… (not verified) on Dominguez KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A University of Michigan economist will a take the long view of the Great … degree from Yale University and also taught at the Kennedy School of Government, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the London …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/22204

MDOT session on Stadium Drive works set for Wednesday

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… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Michigan Department of Transportation will hold a community meeting Wednesday, Feb. 28 , at Kalamazoo Christian High School to discuss upcoming work on the Stadium Drive/Howard … The meeting is set for 4 to 6 p.m. at the high school, which is located at 2121 Stadium Drive. MDOT and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45505