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Island Festival features Caribbean vibe

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… Saturday is free until 4 p.m., $7 from 4 to 7 p.m. and $10 after 7 p.m. A three-day pass, new this year, will be $20. … Also, Friday will be Lazo, a former member of Bob Marley's Wailers. Saturday will include a performance by Pato Banton, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/25976

WMU project puts spotlight on lighthouse logs, late 1800s life on South Haven coastline

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… Haven station for most of the period the collection covers after taking over for Capt. William P. Bryan, who completed … events, including shipwrecks, daring rescues, bodies washed ashore and forest fires sweeping the mainland. The … Regional History Collections for many years. The collection was placed on microfilm, but that did not render the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25859

English, Theatre departments establish new regional play festival

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… and four plays were selected for staged readings. After the festival, one of these plays will be selected to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24528

WMU and WMU Cooley Innocence Project garner $418,000 grant

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… The grant is one of the largest wrongful conviction grants awarded by the Justice Department so far in 2015. Since its … and exonerated three Michigan men who spent years in prison after being wrongly convicted of such serious crimes as … Innocence Project to continue to provide high-quality legal services to Michigan prisoners whose innocence may be proven …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27269

Double feature planned for Arbor Day at WMU this year

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… celebration that includes a public tree-planting ceremony. After that, officials will dedicate a new main campus icon … Darrell Junkins, WMU grounds supervisor in landscape services, at darrell.junkins@wmich.edu or (269) 387-8557. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23241

2015 Medieval Congress free for local residents who register early

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… the free or nominal-cost registration options may register after April 29, but they will be assessed a $50 late fee. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23237

WMU Libraries unveils digital campus history map

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… , WMU professor and librarian. The collaborative project was initiated by staff in the Libraries' Research Services department, utilizing their expertise in … questions regarding who, exactly, our buildings were named after," said Glatz. Although the technology is a new …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57700

Graduate dreams of her next steps

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Graduate dreams of her next steps Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Maruj Jamal, B.S.E.'22, is excited to be pursuing … in chemical engineering in Saudi Arabia. But Western will always have a place in her heart. "WMU is like my second home, and I love it," she says. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After coming to Western Michigan University to pursue her …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/07/68624

Ethics Book Clubs examine environment, prison and racism

Study of Ethics in Society

… , professor, will lead each discussion. This book explores ways to address wildlife decline at the individual level … August 1985, the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society was created after WMU faculty across the curriculum met to discuss their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72887

A love letter to single parents: WMU alum publishes poetry collection

College of Arts and Sciences

… the release of his book, “Sprawl,” Collard is moving forward in the literary world, adding new titles as he goes.  … from Western in December 2022 with a Ph.D. in English. After completing “Sprawl,” Collard won the Hollis Summers … as he goes.  The cover of "Sprawl." “As an introvert, it was a little bit of a challenge,” says Collard. “But it’s …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74346