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WMU secures MVAA's Education Innovator Award
Military and Veterans Affairs
… WMU secures MVAA's Education Innovator Award Submitted by Bonnie Pfingst on Pictured left to right: … Butler, Ken Franks and MVAA Education Analyst Joe Saur. Award Citation: In recognition of their innovative and … benefits workshop that connects veterans to essential services. By offering a workshop that assists veterans in …
https://wmich.edu/military/news/2024/09/mvaa-award
Undergraduate selected to receive prestigious Boren Scholarship
News
… Mich.—A Western Michigan University student has been awarded a prestigious federal scholarship and has big plans … Catarina, where she will be studying Portuguese. Wiley was selected as one of 221 Boren Scholarship recipients out … for applying for the Boren Scholarship—her long-held public service ethos, which she developed after being introduced to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47663
Clear for takeoff: How WMU’s aviation program launched A’maree Waddell’s career
News
… for takeoff: How WMU’s aviation program launched A’maree Waddell’s career Submitted by Erin Flynn on A’maree Waddell, … experience in WMU’s chapter of the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals and the National Pan-Hellenic … with peers across communities, and further my passion for service and representation,” she says. “Each experience …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/04/graduate-success-aviation-management-operations-amaree-waddell
Delores Flowers obituary
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… Michigan University staff member, died Dec. 12, 2016 . She was 85. Flowers, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU staff in 1956 and retired in 1986 after almost 30 years of service to the University. She was an administrative assistant for speech pathology and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38504
Edwin Ryba obituary
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… Michigan University staff member, died Sept. 22 . He was 84. Ryba, of Bangor, Mich., retired in 1989 as assistant … chief engineer for television in the Division of Academic Services after 24 years of service to the University. He was a WMU Sky Bronco as well as a ham radio operator and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1858
Western honors staff who inspire, connect and lead with 2024-25 Make a Difference Award
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… inspire, connect and lead with 2024-25 Make a Difference Award Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Western … welcoming environment for all, Gary Barton IV , Officer Michael Lininger and K9 Brax , Cristine Thomas and Destiny … prestigious campuswide awards, including the Distinguished Service, Distinguished Teaching, Emerging Scholar, …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/09/make-difference-2025-gary-barton-michael-lininger-brax-cristine-thomas-destiny
Community collaboration: Nursing students help Kalamazoo County expand flu clinic offerings
College of Health and Human Services
… and the Kalamazoo County Flu Clinic. This partnership was designed to give senior-level students experiences in … a challenge for the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services (KCHCS). Each off-site clinic required multiple … staff who are needed meet the community's daily needs for walk-in immunizations. However, this season brought a …
https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/02/clinic
Ali Neamah, from Iraq, Thrives at WMU
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… as his study abroad destination because he believed it was, by far, the best place in the world to receive an … If he graduates with honors, as he hopes to do, his payback service to Iraq will be reduced to one year, after which he … to help Americans learn about Iraqi culture. About the Haenicke Institute for Global Education The Diether H. …
https://wmich.edu/global/news/2019/09/ali-neamah
Nancy S. Wilson obituary
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… member, died Dec. 22, 2016 , at home in Kalamazoo. She was 73. Wilson joined the staff in 2000 and retired in 2012 after 12 years of service to the University. She was an occupational health and safety specialist in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39377
Evaline Sue Marks obituary
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… on Evaline Sue Marks Evaline Sue Marks , a former Dining Services staff member at Western Michigan University, died March 26 . She was 68. Marks was a head cook in the Valley III Dining Service. She joined …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31708