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Business dean candidates set for campus presentations this month

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich—Four candidates for the position of dean of the Haworth College of Business will be on the Western … and professor of marketing at Miami University's Farmer School of Business; 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6 , in the Fetzer …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43604

Herbert W. Kenz obituary

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… W. Kenz Herbert W. Kenz , a retired associate director of student financial aid and scholarships at Western … Kalamazoo, spent 30 years in education, first in the public schools and then as a WMU staff member. He also spent a … in 1984. Kenz began his civilian career in the Harper Woods school system. He taught social studies from 1958 to 1962, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27621

WMU makes deep cuts in tuition for future nonresident undergrads

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After years of across-the-board tuition adjustments that left … Der Kley notes, "but the declining number of Michigan high school graduates over the coming years means the University … to operate at maximum efficiency." The number of new high school graduates in Michigan is expected to plunge more than …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37694

Film festival, exhibit to celebrate hip-hop's role in black history

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… by Erin Flynn on Dr. Khalid el-Hakim has collected hundreds of pieces of hip-hop history. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Sugar Hill … align="right"] [/caption] El-Hakim, a former middle school social studies teacher in Detroit, began looking at graduate schools when he decided to pursue the growing demand of his …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57599

Memorial services set for longtime jazz educator Steve Zegree

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… age 61. He retired from WMU in 2012, ending 34 years as a professor of music and mentor to Gold Company, which under his … collegiate vocal jazz groups. After retiring from the WMU School of Music, he moved to Indiana to take charge of and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23257

Honors college offers fun summer programs for bright kids

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… Honors college offers fun summer programs for bright kids Submitted by … for youngsters who participate in the summer classes being offered through the Academically Talented Youth Program … course to help students entering their senior year in high school develop essay ideas and focus on what they really …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6574

Honored military veteran to speak on campus about resilience

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… Monday, Oct. 3 , in 2000 Schneider Hall on the campus of Western Michigan University. Her talk, "The Resilience … Scholars and Seita Scholars programs. Her talk is part of the Resilience Series, an annual event now in its second … retiring from the army the same year, she went back to school and is currently serving as a veterans affairs …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35094

Adventures in sustainability: Students expand their horizons in India

Haworth College of Business

… your horizons and learn about the world. For a group of 18 Western Michigan University students, their recent … was hosted by the Haworth College of Business’ partner school, Christ University in Bangalore, India.   Students … was to the Parikrma Humanity Foundation, which is a school that provides education to children in slum …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/70967

First students in Multimedia Arts Technology program to graduate

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… Dr. Christopher Biggs KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The first graduates of Western Michigan University's new Multimedia Arts … with Dr. David Loberg Code , associate director of the School of Music and director of the Kalamazoo Laptop … music since he was 4 and carried that interest into high school. After coming to WMU, he joined the Collegiate …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31952

Student's award-winning film captures peer's never-give-up spirit

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… in Billings' documentary " Painting Dreams: The Story of Johnson Simon ." Recently recognized with a national … frequently teased because of his condition and treated in school as though he had an intellectual impairment, Simon … Chicago. Meanwhile, Simon also plans on attending graduate school where he will study to be an art professor or an art …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32044