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Doo Wop tribute coming to Miller Auditorium
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… The Coasters were the supreme comedians of rock and roll, and the first vocal group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their songs and parodies combined to produce … charisma and history that existed in the earlier days of the group. From the release of "Money Honey" on, they …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/5276
James W. 'Bill' Armstrong obituary
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… "Bill" Armstrong, Western Michigan University associate professor emeritus of education and professional development, died Feb. 23 in Winona, Minn. He …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5878
Integrated supply management student named APICS Scholar
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… management program has won the APICS Scholar Award. As part of the award, Ashley Moyle , of Mattawan, Mich., will attend conferences and learn valuable information pertaining to supply chain operations …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/9768
James A. Howell obituary
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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Dr. James A. Howell , professor emeritus of chemistry at Western Michigan University, died Nov. 16 in … in 1964 and retired in 2001 after more than 36 years of continuous service to the University. He was well liked …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/12055
Remembering trailblazing alumnus who reshaped college experience for foster care youth
W Magazine
… 11, 2023 , in Battle Creek, Michigan. Seita, associate professor emeritus of social work at Michigan State University, was … from foster care. The three-time Western alumnus is one of the architects for WMU’s Seita Scholars Program, which …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73609
WALI helps expand access to space education
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… first forays into space exploration began—from development of telescopes in the 1600s, the discovery of planets in the 1700s and 1800s to the first humans on the … development and commercialized space travel—the growth of the field is spurred by people who look to the stars and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/73466
WMU graduate students to host national conference this week
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… through Sunday, Nov. 7-10 , for the 27th annual conference of the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students. The conference, which is … students enrolled in America's graduate and professional schools. Its mission is to develop and sustain a member …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10979
Business students win national sales challenge
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… program took first place overall , besting 37 other schools at the Russ Berrie Institute National Sales … and role-play. The speed-selling competition consists of students giving a two-minute "elevator pitch" about why a … which they meet with a buyer and sell the payroll services of ADP, a firm specializing in payroll and business …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11441
Longtime WMU board secretary Betty Kocher dies at 84
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… as secretary to the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees for 35 years, died Nov. 2 in Kalamazoo at … Kocher, who had retired just two years ago at the end of 2015, worked with 46 trustees over the years and, at the time of her retirement, had worked for every WMU president except …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43661
ROTC event to memorialize Capt. Russell, award scholarship
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… program has established an endowed scholarship in the name of Capt. Drew Russell , a WMU graduate who was killed in … for him Tuesday, March 20. Russell, a lifelong resident of Scotts, Mich., graduated from WMU in 2008. He was killed … October in an attack by insurgents in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. A fallen soldier ceremony for Russell is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/242