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Consumers, WMU show solar energy commitment with 1-megawatt solar garden
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… Consumers, WMU show solar energy commitment with 1-megawatt solar garden Submitted by Anonymous … "We’re a different kind of company—leaving our environment better than we found it every day. New renewable energy … to Michigan’s future." The solar gardens offer community members an opportunity to support and invest in solar energy by …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35079
Western Michigan University recognized for innovation in sustainability
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… Western Michigan University recognized for innovation in … The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are the best global framework we know that stitches together both … his group's urban farming concept to Kalamazoo community members at a local bookstore. The project that piqued the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72762
Famed composer Legrand awarded WMU honorary degree
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… Famed composer Legrand awarded WMU honorary degree Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on From left: Dr. Kathryn … formal degree ceremony attended by about 80 community members and campus officials. WMU President John M. Dunn read … told those attending the event that he was honored to be able to accept the award. "You may call me 'Doctor' from …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32194
Business class completes 3,700+ hours of service in one semester
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… class completes 3,700+ hours of service in one semester Submitted by Erin Flynn on Sam McGrath volunteered at Read and … by learning the social responsibility that comes with being a business leader. "Most people have this image of business as being all about making a lot of money. That's 1960s business …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/53508
Update: Aerial mosquito treatment canceled for WMU campus area
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… Aerial mosquito treatment canceled for WMU campus area Submitted by Erin Flynn on 9/30/19 Update: The Kalamazoo County … treatments anywhere in the county. This is due to the number of opt-out requests that residents sent to the Michigan … the aerial pesticide spraying that was scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. today, Sunday, Sept. 29, and conclude at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55656
Planning firms ID'd, first public input session on BTR-2 set for Dec. 17
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… first public input session on BTR-2 set for Dec. 17 Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … has selected a design team made up of the firms Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber and O’Boyle, Cowell, Blalock, & Associates to develop a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/29009
Important outdoor projects completed this summer
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… Important outdoor projects completed this summer Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Rendering of the … tables. Walking paths, seating and gathering spaces have been added throughout the area. Plus, native and wetland … replacing several roofs, upgrading a number of classrooms, and improving the mechanical and electrical …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34978
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU gets $1 million endowment
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… Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU gets $1 million endowment Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on From left: Shirley Swanson, Bernard Osher and Dawn Gaymer KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded the Osher Lifelong …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28679
First Lady Snyder to visit WMU, highlight campus assualt prevention initiative
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… WMU, highlight campus assualt prevention initiative Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Snyder KALAMAZOO, … Snyder will speak at 7 p.m. in 1920 Sangren Hall. She will be joined by Dr. Rebecca Campbell , neurobiological trauma response expert and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28113
Luminary author, journalist, blogger coming to WMU to deliver message on race
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… Luminary author, journalist, blogger coming to WMU to deliver … up in drug-riddled, inner city Baltimore and went on to become a famous author and national correspondent is … the Western Michigan University campus in early November to deliver a message on race relations in America. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27835