Search

LBGT Student Services appoints new coordinator

News

… Hsu has been appointed coordinator for Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Student Services in Western … Effective April 9, Hsu replaced Sarah Stangl, who is now an advisor in the College of Education and Human Development. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/614

University Symphonic Band opens season with new works

News

… Michigan University’s Miller Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public. Conducted by Robert … band works by Michael Gandolfi, Ryan George and WMU Assistant Professor Christopher Biggs, as well as repertoire standards by Percy Grainger and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2227

Nominations sought for three prestigious campuswide awards

News

… of WMU's most prestigious annual awards. Friday, April 1, is the deadline to make nominations for the 2016-17 Emerging Scholar Award, Distinguished Service Award and Distinguished Teaching Award. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30626

WMU to break ground on economic-development engine

News

… region's newest job and business development initiative is slated to help kick off 2019. Western Michigan University … $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The grant will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50722

Ribfest highlighted by musical performances

News

… Media) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Kalamazoo's annual Ribfest is a three-day event at the Arcadia Creek Festival Place in … three decades and attracts 10,000 people each summer. This year's festival is set for Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 3-5. Proceeds …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41161

New program helps to prepare finance students for Series 7 exam

Haworth College of Business

… Mich.—Western Michigan University’s finance program is now offering advanced preparation for students to become … securities traders. Known as the Series 7 course, the class is typically taken by new employees in the first year after … be prepared to take the licensing exam upon being hired. "This is another example of how well our program prepares our …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30134

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

News

… on the South Haven shoreline during the late 1800s is being brought to life through the digitization of three … Libraries. The South Haven Michigan Lighthouse Logs is a new digital collection that has been created to give a … mundane weather reports to dramatic events, including shipwrecks, daring rescues, bodies washed ashore and forest …

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

WMU earns national recognition from U.S. Green Building Council

News

… verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is one of just 10 schools and individuals nationwide honored … higher education category. The annual awards program is designed to recognize the best environmental efforts in … lauded more than 20 years of WMU sustainability accomplishments in energy conservation efforts, recycling and waste …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20744

Foundation Scholars Program sets stage for success for music theatre graduate

News

… a stole representing Guam, where here paternal grandmother is from. (Courtesy: Gabby Rhodes Photography) KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Alyssa Zamora is passionate about theatre. She always has been. But it … in family science. "The whole idea behind family science is that if you can change someone's family situation and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/64046

Some WMU offices reduce hours, close over spring recess

News

… spring recess Submitted by Deanne Puca on Spring recess is March 5-9. There are no classes March 2 for Spirit Day. … in the Monroe-Brown Gallery of the Richmond Center for Visual Arts. The Western Invitational Jazz Festival opening … closing concert featuring the University Jazz Orchestra is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 10, in the Dalton Center …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45319