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Timothy Earl Kahler obituary

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… Western Michigan University staff member, died April 7 . He was 69. Kahler was a material handler with landscape services in the Department …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31563

Western Army ROTC cadet top in state, ranked 8th nationally

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… in Western's ROTC program. This year, as a senior, she was  named the recipient of the 2022 Army Officer’s Saber … Michigan University Army ROTC cadet Grace VanArendonk was selected as the top cadet in the state of Michigan—a … ranked eighth nationally among all cadets in the Active Duty Nurse Corps. VanArendonk, a senior from Norton Shores, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67835

From Success at Southwest to Directing Denver International Airport: Dave LaPorte’s Aviation Operations Pathway

College of Aviation

… Airport: Dave LaPorte’s Aviation Operations Pathway Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Dave LaPorte - Denver … Dave LaPorte is the poster child for the adage that it always seems darkest before the dawn.   Now, the man … College of Aviation Information The native Michigander was serving in a management position for Southwest Airlines …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/03/laporte

WMU Student Center becomes the 17th campus building to earn LEED certification

WMU Student Center

… dining center. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) - The WMU Student Center was awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design v4 … indoor environmental quality, innovation in design, materials and resources, sustainable sites and water …

https://wmich.edu/student-center/news/2025/08/student-center-leed-certification

From a ‘shot in the dark’ to a national honor: Inside one Bronco’s summer at SmithGroup

Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation

… Mich.— Abby Naugle almost didn’t apply. The scholarship was national, the firm was one she had studied in class, and graduate students were … that we are able to do a lot more than just pick out materiality has been really important.” She is spending her …

https://wmich.edu/designinstitute/news/2026/08/interior-design-smithgroup-internship

Travel Award Winners Announced for the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies

International Congress on Medieval Studies

… Travel Award Winners Announced for the 61st International Congress … on Please join us in congratulating the following travel award winners for this year's International Congress on … "The Sequences of Marienberg bei Helmstedt: A Case Study of Material, Visual, and Ritual Culture" in the session "Music …

https://wmich.edu/medievalcongress/news/2025/11/icms-2026-travel-awards

Faculty composer celebrates School of Music centennial anniversary

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… is free and open to the public. 'Fractures of Echoes' Biggs was commissioned by the School of Music to write "Fractures … melody that is searching for direction. The harmonic material in the brass ensemble is frequently fractured into …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9294

WMU Cold Case Program recognized as national benchmark for student-police partnerships

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… Association training in Grand Rapids. “WMU’s program was ahead of its time in the development of student-involved … both law enforcement and the University,” he says. “I’ve always had a passion for investigation, and to see these cold … department’s work with Western students.   “We got the case material from the detectives, and then the students acted as …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/06/cold-case-program-national-benchmark-international-homicide-investigators

Two more students earn prestigious Gilman scholarships

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… a nationwide pool of nearly 2,000 applicants to receive awards from the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship … credit. To date, nine WMU students have received the award. The scholarship program helps diversify the kinds of … Ganz, their WMU study abroad specialists, and Dr. Michelle Metro-Roland, WMU advisor for the Gilman program and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4296

Campus office hours released for Thanksgiving recess

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… until 8 p.m. Nov. 25 and reopen at noon on Nov. 29 . Metro Transit service on campus will end on Nov. 20 and … at 8 a.m. on Nov. 30 . WMU Libraries ' first floor of Waldo Library will close at 5 p.m. on Nov. 25 and reopen at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/62015