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Heavy snow and wind trigger rare campus weather closure

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… Heavy snow and wind trigger rare campus weather closure Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU … campus Nov. 18, the earliest such closure in more than 25 years. The main campus was closed after crews were unable …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20282

WMU’s College of Education and Human Development honored with 2025 Friend of FCS Award

College of Education and Human Development

… College of Education and Human Development honored with 2025 Friend of FCS Award Submitted by Chris Hybels on WMU and the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) … the presentation of the Friend of FCS Award. Pictured are (front row) MIFCS President-elect Leah Brinker; Dr. …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2025/11/michigan-family-consumer-sciences-friend-award-partnership-fccla

All WMU campuses close early Wednesday, Feb. 2, due to worsening winter weather

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… close early Wednesday, Feb. 2, due to worsening winter weather Submitted by Megan Looker on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Except … All classes scheduled for 1 p.m. or later on Wednesday are canceled. This article will be updated with special … WEATHER-RELATED UNIVERSITY CLOSINGS SINCE 1999 1999, Jan. 4-5—Heavy snowfall delayed the start of spring semester. 2000, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/66987

Physicist melds scientific, humanitarian drive at UN's 'nuclear watchdog'

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… alumnus Dr. Marc Humphrey works as a team leader for the world's "Atoms for Peace" agency, helping to monitor … He was just following advice that he would, years later, share with a group of young physics majors at WMU: "Don't … years ago, his training in physics is vital to this work. "What we're shipping, it's not potatoes," he says. "These are

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37548

Select group receives top undergraduate honor for 2015

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… senior class have been named a 2015 Presidential Scholar. The annual Presidential Scholar designation is the highest … the highest caliber of students receive the award. They are selected on the basis of their general academic … project is designed to demonstrate to prospective students what they will learn by enrolling in the University's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/25421

WMU’s East Hall to be renovated for use as alumni center

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… (not verified) on East Hall, circa 2006 KALAMAZOO—With the proposed private development of Western Michigan … would allow only a $10 million repayable investment for what was anticipated to be a $60 million effort. Without the … on the WMU staff who have been working through this are alums who spent their collegiate years in those …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3415

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 Medieval Studies … Richard Rawlinson Center  at Western Michigan University offer competitive travel awards for those traveling to … how to apply, please visit the ICMS website . The following are the winners of travel awards for the 61st meeting of the

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

Allison Downey featured at Ann Arbor storytelling festival

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… pursuits and will be one of four performers featured at The Ark's 25th annual Storytelling Festival Saturday, Feb. 18 , in Ann … resurgence of personal storytelling as a popular genre and what makes a good storytelling performance. Last year, she …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/154

Do Young Chang obituary

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… died Aug. 3. He was 89. Chang, of Windermere, Fla., joined the WMU faculty in 1971 as an associate professor of social … in 1923 in Yong Chun, Korea, and emigrated to the United States in 1962, earning a doctoral degree in political … drafted into the Japanese Army and starting his military career. He served in the Korean Army for 17 years from its …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1312

‘Greatest moment of my life’: WMU Theatre student blows judges away on ‘The Voice’

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… ‘Greatest moment of my life’: WMU Theatre student blows judges away on ‘The Voice’ Submitted … the support from my hometown and my school, because those are the people that have gotten me to where I am today,” he … he’s learned an important lesson: “Put yourself out there, whatever your dreams are,” he says. “At Western you have so …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/jack-austin-joins-voice-team-niall-horan