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Ellis E. Rathburn obituary

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… Western Michigan University staff member, died Aug. 16 . He was 87. Rathburn joined the WMU staff in 1969 and retired in 1993 after 24 years of service to the University. He was a locksmith. Make a memorial guestbook entry. Memorial …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48500

WMU students celebrate partnership with county juvenile home

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… Males First-Year Experience seminar celebrated their service-learning partnership with the Kalamazoo County … positive behaviors and encourages critical thinking. Walter T. Malone Instructor Walter T. Malone , Alpha Program manager in WMU's Center for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36750

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 of Facilities Management. He …

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

WMU closes Kalamazoo campuses March 19 due to widespread power outage

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… outage in the Kalamazoo area. Aside from essential services, the Kalamazoo campuses remain closed and classes … remain open Thursday. Please be advised that some network services may still experience intermittent issues as systems … Center will be open from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday. Waldo Library and Zhang Legacy Collections Center are closed …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/03/closure-march-19-2026

Nominations sought for three prestigious campuswide awards

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… Nominations sought for three prestigious campuswide awards Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … staff members for three 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

Carlson, Hettinger to lead WMU board in 2013

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… the vice chair position. Carlson Jeanne H. Carlson Carlson was appointed to the board by then-Michigan Gov. Jennifer … 2008 as head of Battle Creek Unlimited, after 30 years of service with that economic-development organization. He … 100 companies and 9,400 jobs to Battle Creek's Fort Custer Industrial Park during his tenure. For his work in economic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/5320

June Mochizuki obituary

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… at Western Michigan University, died Oct. 29 . She was 92. Mochizuki, of Denver, Colorado, joined the WMU faculty in 1966 and retired in 1988 after 22 years of service to the University. She is survived by her husband, … to make a memorial guestbook entry. Memorial service A memorial service will be held Saturday, Nov. 11 , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43682

Bronson Barth Keeps his Eyes on the Sky in Louisville

College of Aviation

… Louisville and the Louisville International Airport, which was chosen in 2005 as the UPS heavy airfreight hub and a … Barth just liked airplanes.  The experience and awe of watching something so mammoth take to the skies was inspiring to the young Barth.  Thinking back on the …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2015/07/barth

Tierney’s Travels – the Recruitment and Retention of Shelbi Tierney

College of Aviation

… graduated from Henry Ford II High School in 2011.  There was Chicago, naturally; Milwaukee, easily; and metropolises on the East Coast and in … her chosen profession -- a pilot recruiter for Republic Airways' LIFT Academy, its new flight school.  In this role, …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/05/tierney

Trustees approve retirements of 11 faculty, 14 staff members

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… status. Their names, positions, years of continuous service and effective dates of retirement are: Dr. Bassam E. … Aug. 31, 2017 Dr. Leonard Lamberson , professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering, 24 years, … College of Business, 14 years, effective March 31, 2013 Dr. Warren E. Lacefield , senior research associate in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5806