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Edward W. Randt Jr. obituary
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… Management-maintenance services in 1999 after 29 years of service to the University. Survivors include Jodie Laraway, assistant director of scholarships and loans in WMU's Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships. Randt …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29507
Dance emerita honored for advocacy
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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Wendy Cornish , an advocate and champion of dance for more than 50 years, including 37 years as professor and chair of dance at Western Michigan University, is the recipient of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45267
Anonymous donor reveals himself to students who want to be teachers
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… Giramia and Tomlinson KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Six recent graduates of Kalamazoo high schools have just had an opportunity to … the students become educators and enhance the diversity of the Kalamazoo Public Schools' teaching staff. At an … recipients, the previously anonymous benefactor for five of the scholarships revealed his identity and met and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35533
Campus honors Floyd with community celebration and building naming
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… Dr. John M. Dunn and Carmento Floyd pose beside a portrait of Dr. Elson Floyd, which was unveiled at the Oct. 16 event. … Floyd told a Dalton Center audience Oct. 16 as members of the campus and Kalamazoo communities gathered to celebrate the life of former Western Michigan University President Elson S. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27970
Seita Scholars coaching program becomes national, international model
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… started as a program to help youths who have aged out of foster care go on to success in college has become a model for coaching youths of all stripes to find academic success, both nationally and internationally. Two representatives of Western Michigan University, Kevin Knutson , director of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/29829
Twenty-four incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships
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… Valued at $50,000 each over four years, they constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher education. Some of this year's incoming scholars received a WMU Presidential … while others received awards that bear the names of their scholarships' donors or the individuals for whom …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16679
WMU tops $4.5 million in externally awarded grants in May
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… July 8 meeting. Grants for instruction accounted for most of the total, soaring to just over $4 million. Grants for … announced $4 million award from the Michigan Department of Community Health to boost autism research and training accounted for most of the grant total. The grant, awarded to Drs. Stephanie …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/28037
Public invited to participate in poverty-reduction effort
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… verified) on KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University will offer a free five-week seminar in January and February that … to help reduce poverty in Kalamazoo County. Members of the public are invited to attend the "A Call to Action: … how they can aid in reducing the disproportionate number of residents who live at or below the poverty level. All …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12914
Retirement planning program set for employees, retirees
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… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western's Association of Retired Faculty invites Western Michigan University … in a financial refresher to attend a talk on "Essentials of a Successful Investment Strategy." The two-part program … be Dr. Ahmed Issa , a certified financial planner and WMU professor emeritus of finance and commercial law. Topics to be …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36109
Speaker series examines contemporary Muslim culture
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… Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO—Experts from a range of scholarly and activist backgrounds will participate in … speaker series Jan. 23 through April 3 on the campus of Western Michigan University. All lectures are free and … 39 and 100. Light refreshments will be provided. The goal of the series is to spark discussion on themes critical to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12735