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Bronco athletes score big in classroom and on the field, says NCAA

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on 2012-13 Bronco women's tennis team KALAMAZOO—Bronco athletes are pushing the bar higher … off the playing field and in the classroom, recent awards from the NCAA and high marks show. Women's tennis leads a group of three Western Michigan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7679

Dynamic duo of authors to be featured in Gwen Frostic Reading Series

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… Wronsky KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A renowned poet and acclaimed novelist will be featured in the next installment of the fall … Reading Series. Gail Wronsky and Chuck Rosenthal will read from their works at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9 , in 157-159 Bernhard Center. The reading is free and open to the public. Wronsky Wronsky is the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43579

Western honors Native American heritage, creates path to deepen connections with tribal communities

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… sweet grass sway in the breeze under the shadow of the obelisk in front of Floyd Hall on Western Michigan University's … Dr. Dee Sherwood and student Skyler Wolverton recently visited to harvest some for smudge ceremonies during … Heritage Month in November, the council secured a grant from the Native American Heritage Fund to bring Billy Mills …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69671

New student center highlights diversity and inclusion

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… The focus of the Institutional Diversity and Multiculturalism committee was to create a space that centered on student … by the work of an Institutional Diversity and Multiculturalism (IDM) committee. Starting in 2018 and continuing through … 2020, the IDM committee worked with diversity consultants from CannonDesign, a Chicago-based architectural firm, to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67395

World's medievalists coming to Kalamazoo for annual congress

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… World's medievalists coming to Kalamazoo for annual congress Submitted by … on Dr. David Townsend KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Medieval scholars from around the world will return to Kalamazoo this month … Theatre Festival is a biennial performance festival showcasing and invigorating the global heritage of drama, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53094

Seniors honored for academic excellence as 2024 Presidential Scholars

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… celebrates with Presidential Scholar Kayla Byrd (second from the right) and supporters who attended the ceremony. … to represent their unit as a WMU Presidential Scholar. This year, scholars were chosen from a senior class of 4,349 … audiology. WMU President Edward Montgomery and Dr. Sarah Summy , president of the Faculty Senate, also spoke at the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75101

Area youths participating in 2016 Asylum Lake Adventure Day

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… Day Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Children visit Asylum Lake to learn more about the outdoors. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—About 100 third graders from Kalamazoo County will use Western Michigan University's Asylum Lake Preserve as an outdoor classroom this month. The students will be at the preserve for the sixth …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32040

University Theatre presents 'Communicating Doors'

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… Michigan University theatre students will perform the farcical play "Communicating Doors" Feb. 7-17 in the … Doors" tells the story of a London sex specialist from the future who falls center stage into a murder plot. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4416

Flags lowered Thursday for Sgt. Mark Schoonhoven

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… be lowered to half-staff Thursday, Feb. 7 , in honor of Army Sgt. Mark Schoonhoven , of Plainwell, Mich. Schoonhoven, … Jan. 20 at Brooke Army Medical Center in Houston, Texas from wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device on Dec. 5, 2012, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4563

Don W. Nantz obituary

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… Dr. Don W. Nantz, a former Western Michigan University administrator and faculty member, died Dec. 18 . He was 92. Nantz, of Grand Rapids, Mich., was an assistant dean emeritus of engineering and applied sciences and … II, then went on to earn bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Stout and a doctoral degree …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3785