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WMU alum's abstract art comes full circle in CHHS exhibition

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… verified) on Photo of Mark Olson's art KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The work of a self-taught, abstract artist who graduated from … mindscapes come layers and arrangements of chaos and randomness." Except for commissioned works, Olson's goal is not … and business sites throughout Michigan, and he has shown work at the Mid-Town gallery in downtown Kalamazoo and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20256

Ernesta Hinton obituary

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… to the University. She later returned to the University to work at The Oaklands on a periodic basis. She was active in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1859

WMU's Heritage Hall garners highest green building ranking

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… first building and sits atop Prospect Hill, overlooking downtown Kalamazoo. Acquisition of the property and the … set out to honor our campus and community's history and showcase how that history can be leveraged with the use of … goals. I'm proud of our business and facilities teams who worked with historic preservation specialists and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40423

WMU trustees approve 2019-20 tuition rates

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… with passing next academic year's tuition rates, trustees adopted a $423 million general operating fund budget, which … vice president for business and finance. WMU trustees adopted the University's budget and tuition plan Wednesday … WMU's fiscal year, which begins July 1 , school officials do not yet know what the University's 2019-20 state …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/54096

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

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… activities and career preparation." The guidebook can be downloaded from the Princeton Review website . In its guide … Green Schools to increase its efforts to drive change in how campuses and schools are designed, constructed and …

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

Japan scholar to address Zen, art of mumbo jumbo in haiku

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… in Japan to modernize and Westernize. He will also explain how the Hello Kitty pop culture icon has become affiliated … in regional studies--East Asia from Harvard in 1989 and a doctoral degree in East Asian languages and civilizations, … the Floating World: Comic-book Culture and the Kibyōshi of Edo Japan," was published in 2006 by the Harvard University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/309

Using matrix theory to untangle social media explored in lecture

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… KALAMAZOO—A noted scholar from Rice University will examine how matrix theory can uncover obscure relationships among members of a social network when he speaks later this month at Western Michigan … in 1996. A Rhodes Scholar, he went on to obtain his doctoral degree at Oxford University in numerical analysis, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2286

James W. 'Bill' Armstrong obituary

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… years, Armstrong taught hundreds of future K-12 teachers how to use a variety of teaching aids, from filmstrips to … in chemistry from Northwestern University in 1948 and a doctoral degree in education from Indiana University in … years after finishing his undergraduate education, he worked as a photographer at the newspaper edited by his …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5878

WMU again named one of top 'green colleges' in U.S.

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… top 'green colleges' in U.S. Submitted by Deanne Puca on Waldo Library KALAMAZOO—For the fourth consecutive year, … activities and career preparation." The guidebook can be downloaded from the Princeton Review website at … Green Schools to increase its efforts to drive change in how campuses and schools are designed, constructed and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6804

WMU graduate designs trailer for Waterfront Film Festival

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… for the 15th annual Waterfront Film Festival that will be shown before each film screened at this weekend's festival, … spot after professors in the program recommended him. Kurtz worked closely on the project with Yuanliang (Leon) Sun, WMU … from music samples, with the music flowing from reggae, to funk to bluegrass. The video continues through a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7657