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Registration open for fall 2017 lifelong learning classes, trips

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… members and nonmembers. The Osher Institute at WMU was developed to provide intellectual and cultural learning experiences … at WMU and other sites in the local community. There are no tests or papers to write. Among the 49 courses being offered …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42319

Leander C. Jones obituary

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… a member of the local theatre community, died July 2 . He was 81. Jones joined the WMU faculty in 1974 and retired in 2003 after more than 29 years of service to the University. He was a former chair of the Africana studies program whose …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/07/33453

Registration is open for WMU's Turkey Trot 5K

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… verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Turkey Trot 5K run and walk, southwest Michigan's oldest organized race, will begin … Student Recreation Center. Registration is underway for the event, which winds through campus and is open to the public as well as the WMU community. This event was …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35784

New Bronco Study Zone opens in September

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… in September Submitted by Deanne Puca on Students gather to study. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University … to track their study hours. Instructors will also have a way to incorporate supervised study hours into their … 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20 , on the second floor of Waldo Library. The new area will allow students to log study …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/18065

Longtime faculty member, civic leader Charles Warfield dies at 77

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… Longtime faculty member, civic leader Charles Warfield dies at 77 Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Dr. Charles Warfield KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Charles Warfield , a longtime … member of the Douglass Community Association Board of Directors and one of the community members who helped launch, in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32759

WMU's annual Education Career Fair set

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… 27th annual Teacher Education Career Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, April 13 , in the East Ballroom of the Bernhard Center. The event, which is free and open to the public, is designed to recruit teachers, counselors and administrators for K-12 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23039

Two input sessions and surveys will help boost campus wayfinding

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… Two input sessions and surveys will help boost campus wayfinding Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Photo of the Bernhard Center. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Two public … with a campuswide committee charged with improving campus wayfinding. The work is aimed at making it easier for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19707

Personal finance workshops offered for WMU employees

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… this fall. All sessions are free and will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in the President's Dining Room of the Bernhard … and 25 . New workers and recent graduates learn how to choose benefits, build a budget that accommodates rent … leaving home and how to teach young children to save toward a goal. The Office of Professional Development in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18514

Spring programs highlight tuition-related employee benefits

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… (not verified) on Eligible employees are encouraged to take advantage of their tuition benefits. KALAMAZOO, … employees or their eligible dependents can learn about how to take advantage of the University's tuition-related … part in the spotlight event will receive an application-fee waiver. WMU tuition benefits The University covers …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31495

Public can review, 'invest in' student innovations at event

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… Anonymous (not verified) on Innovation Day is free and open to the public. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Friday, Dec. 5 , … of Engineering and Applied Sciences will allow the public to review new product innovations by students from grades … products and hear student pitches on several of them. While walk-ins are welcome, organizers are asking people to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20425