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WMU board approves honorary degree for French composer Legrand

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… composer, conductor and pianist Michel Legrand . Legrand, best known for classic film scores for such motion pictures … has "bridged the musical styles of European classical, American jazz and popular music." "The committee believes Mr. … Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and Iggy Pop. More from the Feb. 11 Board of Trustees meeting …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30243

WMU to offer courses tailored to training schedules at Air Guard base

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… Mich.— Starting with the spring 2015 semester that begins in January, Western Michigan University will make … unit training weekend schedules of Air National Guard members assigned to Battle Creek's Kellogg Air National Guard Base.   Blended learning model "We've …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20177

Robert 'Bob' L. Smith obituary

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… Robert 'Bob' L. Smith obituary Submitted by Anonymous (not … situations; speech behaviors, particularly of Americans and broadcasters; black playwrights; and oral … Directors and Choreographers Society unions and the American Association of University Professors. Before coming to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31808

Weekly drawings to begin for campus United Way campaign

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… Weekly drawings to begin for campus United Way campaign Submitted by Deanne … to raise $200,000 is underway, and donation envelopes are being distributed to employees. Employees who give any … . Names of eligible contributors whose pledge cards are returned to the president's office, Mail Stop 5202, by 5 p.m. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43293

Doctoral student launches new program to support justice-involved

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… backgrounds but all united by the goal to create a better life. For Dale Brown , a doctoral student in … quality education to individuals incarcerated.  During the beginning of my academic journey, I always knew I wanted to … with themes that say something about the complexity of being human,” says Brown. “That’s going to be a big part of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74812

WMU baritone presents free recital of operatic excerpts

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… Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Ratner will be joined in a program of arias and duets of Tchaikovsky, … will also serve as a sendoff for performances Ratner will be giving in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and Ruse, Bulgaria, … Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich all studied. In October of this year, Ratner will collaborate with soprano …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42384

Trustees OK agreement to buy property for senior day care program

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… Cork St. in Kalamazoo for $230,000 from the Foundation for Behavioral Resources. The senior day care program to be housed in the Cork Street property is a service of the … to the purchase and renovate the program’s new home will be derived from Center for Disability Services reserve …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40859

Area Sustainability Leadership Summit hosted by WMU

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… Michigan University campus. The free public event will begin at 11 a.m. in the Fetzer Center with a panel … Nature, which is the signatory organization of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment. … Council. Hales served on the steering committee of the American College and University President Climate Commitment, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14523

Associate dean appointed for Extended University Programs

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An experienced administrator has been appointed associate dean of Western Michigan … Sciences from 2012 until January of this year, when he returned to the faculty. While in the latter position, Martini … military bases. Martini earned a bachelor's degree in American studies from Pitzer College in 1998 and a doctoral …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25570

Planned burn scheduled at WMU's Asylum Lake Preserve

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… Preserve Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on A prescribed burn was last conducted at the Asylum Lake preserve in … Asylum Lake Preserve in Kalamazoo are scheduled for prescribed burning Saturday or Sunday, April 25 or 26 , weather … manager. Whether started by lightning or Native Americans, it stimulated various plant species to grow more …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23346