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Longtime WMU music professor, internationally known composer dies

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… contemporary composer and pianist who taught at Western Michigan University for 43 years, died Oct. 10 at his home … highest academic honor. Also, he was honored in 1991 by the Michigan Association of Governing Boards in an award program that recognizes "a treasured Michigan resource and the promise it represents for our …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19619

Western students engage with state legislators at environmental policy town hall

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… her environmental policy course, giving upper-level Western Michigan University students the opportunity to lobby … water infrastructure funding and community solar during the Michigan Environmental Policy Town Hall on Dec. 6 , pitching … Julie Rogers , D-Kalamazoo Conan Smith , president of the Michigan Environmental Council, also met with a group of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66596

WMU research team wins grant to study impact of speed on crashes

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A team of three researchers from Western Michigan University has been awarded a $161,802 grant from the Michigan Department of Transportation to study whether changing speed limits on Michigan interstate freeways has had an impact on crash …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33086

For second year, WMU earns diversity award from national publication

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… INSIGHT Into Diversity award logo. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University has received a 2014 Higher Education … other recipients in the magazine's November 2014 issue. In Michigan, four public universities were honored. The other three are Central Michigan, Grand Valley State and Michigan Technological …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18906

Engineering student's internship builds future while leaving permanent mark on Western campus

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… is slated to open in fall 2022. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's new student center stands like a piece … fins that cast shadows reminiscent of the canopies of Michigan's forests onto the ground below. It will be a hub … construction engineering student from Three Rivers, Michigan, has been interning with Walbridge, a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/10/66057

WMU alum and former trustee wins U.S. legal profession's highest award

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… Bar Association has awarded its top accolade to Western Michigan University alumnus and former trustee Dennis W. … Day O'Connor. Archer, a 1965 alumnus of WMU, has been a Michigan Supreme Court Justice, two-term mayor of Detroit, … mater during his career. He was appointed in 2005 by then-Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to serve an eight-year term …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/34568

WMU adds three undergraduate education majors, two concentrations

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… KALAMAZOO—Acting at its April meeting, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees approved the addition … high school science teachers. This is particularly true in Michigan due to the integrated approach to science in the … major was proposed in response to mandates from the Michigan Department of Education. Beginning this fall, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15796

First crop of Broncos Lead interns grows interest in sustainable farming

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… DeLano Farms. For 12 weeks, a group of interns from Western Michigan University swapped their textbooks for trowels and … including Joe Grohoswki , a biology student from Canton, Michigan, applied for the internship in the first place. "My … a freshwater science and sustainability student from River, Michigan, lists witnessing the growing process as one of her …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72437

Wayne C. Mann obituary

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… (not verified) on Mann Wayne C. Mann , former Western Michigan University archivist and a co-founder of the … Society and also served stints as president of the Michigan Archival Association and secretary of the Mid-Michigan chapter of the American Records Management …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14521

Saudi Students Association named best member group nationwide

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… Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission has named the Western Michigan University Saudi Students Association best member … president and president of the Saudi Students Union in Michigan during the 2013-14 academic year, accepted the … and excellence of Saudi student club activities at Western Michigan University and the active role the association …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20073