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Trustees approve two staff retirements, other personnel changes

News

… staff resignation as well as the return of three administrators to the faculty and changes in the department affiliation for … services, 14 years, effective July 31, 2013, and Ruth Wagenaar , a custodian in Facilities Management-building …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8604

Growing your own at Western: Bolstering the education workforce

W Magazine

… on GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.— Kristi VanderWoude is working to transform her West Kelloggsville Elementary classroom in … “The best thing about what we’re learning is that we don’t want kids to replace their original language. We want them to be multilingual and use both languages.” says …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73397

Crypto-mining student business honored with $10,000 award

Haworth College of Business

… Crypto-mining student business honored with $10,000 award Submitted by Stacey Lowis on Payton Walker accepts the $10,000 prize after winning the Brian …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/72045

WMU engineering student receives scholarship from honor society

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… receives scholarship from honor society Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University … as a research assistant at WMU’s Energy Efficient and Autonomous Vehicles Lab with Dr. Zachary Asher , associate … computer vision systems and working on embedded hardware for advanced driver assistance systems in inclement …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/07/75943

Upcoming art exhibit chronicles transcontinental travel

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… Student Art Gallery, at Western Michigan University. “Rhetoric & Reality: a Journey from Kalamazoo, Michigan to Dakar, Senegal in Metals and Photography,” opens on … These works investigate the intersections between globalization, space, place, art, neoliberalism and resistance, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2345

Junne G. Martin obituary

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… University staff member, died Tuesday, June 26 . She was 86. Martin, of Adamstown, Md., came to WMU in 1969 and retired in 1991 after … degree in communication from Northwestern University. She was a former secretary of the National Orientation Society, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3522

Events planned for Eating Disorders Awareness Month

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… Events planned for Eating Disorders Awareness Month Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO—February is Eating Disorders Awareness Month, and the Sindecuse Health Center invites WMU students, employees and guests to learn more about these disorders by attending an upcoming …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4682

WMU trombone students hit high notes

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… international competitions, with three of them heading to Paris as a result. Bowman, Clifton and Schaffert Eric … competing. Bowman, a senior trombone performance major, was named a finalist in the Frank Smith Trombone Solo … in the Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize competition, a contest for aspiring orchestral players. This is the second …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/142

Nominations open for some of WMU's most prestigious awards

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… Nominations open for some of WMU's most prestigious awards Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … Service, Distinguished Teaching and Emerging Scholar awards. These are some of the most prestigious awards that the University bestows on its faculty and staff members. They may be won only …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/178

WMU gymnastics schedule set

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… they captured their fourth MAC Championship in school history, claiming the title in their home arena in March. WMU … and MAC vault champion, sophomore Jessi Buis of West Ottawa, Mich. "We have an extremely exciting schedule this … tough SEC team Arkansas in Fayetteville. We are looking forward to hosting our five home meets as well, and it's our …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10285