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WMU welcomes new VP for marketing and strategic communication

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… (not verified) on Proudfoot KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University President Edward Montgomery announced … the Office of University Relations.  "As we move Western Michigan University forward, 'transformational change' has … to get started and work with every member of the Western Michigan University family," Proudfoot says. "There is an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/47241

Tweets net huge book donation and generous outpouring from Japan

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… messages requesting Japanese books to support Western Michigan University's new major in Japanese garnered … in recorded history. Angles tweeted that even though Michigan had suffered from the economic downturn in the … offered to send them to me so that they would be safe in Michigan. I cried the first time I received one of those …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4831

Football program earns NCAA sportsmanship award

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University’s 2017 football team has earned a … of our players.” After their act of sportsmanship, Western Michigan players congratulated Olson on his feat and left … I commend and I thank Coach Lester and the entire Western Michigan family for the honor of getting what I think is a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51303

Sustainable craft brewing education to be focus of upcoming talk

Haworth College of Business

… Mich.—The sustainable craft brewing programs at Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Valley Community College … will be the focus at the upcoming Mercantile Bank of Michigan Breakfast Speaker Series hosted by WMU’s Haworth … board. Many of the advisory board members are in West Michigan, which has one of the country's highest per-capita …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29414

Trustees to meet at WMU-Grand Rapids Beltline location

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… session Wednesday, March 14 , in Grand Rapids, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will cap off two days … and review new initiatives that will impact all of West Michigan for the coming decades. Gathering in formal session … three-year effort, announced last fall and endorsed by West Michigan's Talent 2025, is working with 150 schools in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45700

Fallen Broncos Ceremony April 12 to honor deceased Western community members

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… 12 , at the lobby atrium at the Fetzer Center, Western Michigan University will honor members of the University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75198

Western Herald editor wins prestigious national journalism fellowship

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… Mich.— Elissa C. Kedziorek , editor-in-chief of Western Michigan University's student newspaper, the Western Herald, … will head to Washington, D.C., in mid-March as the 2018 Michigan Fellow for the National Newspaper Association's … perspective. Kedziorek's fellowship is sponsored by the Michigan Press Association and includes an all-expense-paid …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45225

Renowned musicians join forces for free concert

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… a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15 , in Western Michigan University’s Dalton Center Lecture Hall. The event … Ann Arbor community, she is a coach for the University of Michigan School of Music and a regular ensemble performer … He serves as professor of saxophone at The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance. Additionally, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30125

WMU tuition will increase this fall, but stay within state guidelines

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Acting at its June 29 meeting, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees opted to raise tuition … tuition restraint. Beginning with the fall 2017 semester, a Michigan resident enrolled full time as a freshman or … and will remain in the lower half of attendance costs among Michigan's 15 public universities. It is also below the cost …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40858

Registration open for summer lifelong learning classes, trips

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… Mich.—The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Western Michigan University is offering 23 courses and three trips … helped influence President Ford. Meanwhile, the Western Michigan Sustainable Brewing Program will whet inquiring minds, and taste buds, through two West Michigan Beer Tours classes. Scheduled trips The Osher …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39973