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New café open in Valley Dining Center
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… University's newest café, Café 1903, is now open on the first floor of the Valley Dining Center on main campus, … snack. The coffee bar is staffed with baristas ready to prepare signature fair trade and organic Western Grounds coffee, … access to campus. Café 1903 hours Monday through Thursday: 5 p.m. to midnight Friday: 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday: closed …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36417
New home for Kalamazoo Autism Center to formally open
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… open Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Entrance to the new Kalamazoo Autism Center building KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A … and formally launch the center will be: State Sen. Margaret O'Brien of Portage. Dr. James Gilchrist , WMU vice … is extraordinary, since our department is celebrating its 50th year of focusing on behavior analysis and using that …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34885
National organization recognizes WMU advertising and promotion students
Haworth College of Business
… advertising and promotion students were selected by the American Advertising Federation to participate in the … , of Holland, and Alex Gutierrez-Spencer , of Monroe, are two of only 50 recipients of the annual award for the … national recognition this year," says Lancendorfer. "What has allowed them to achieve success is their ability to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/45004
WMU takes action to advance racial justice
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… upon a strong foundation of equity and inclusion. Today the University is announcing two major initiatives aimed at … Edward Montgomery . "The problems that we must address are deep-seated and some of the toughest facing humanity. … making recommendations to administrators, but looking at what we all can do to begin to change our campus. The work …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61328
Development leader to discuss perseverance, success in bringing Costco to Kalamazoo
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Perseverance, leadership and success is the topic of the next presentation in Western Michigan … March 1, at 4:30 p.m. in the Fetzer Center. Dobson will share the company’s journey to developing the Corner @ Drake … hear about the organization’s endurance in the project and what it takes to address the challenges in making a project …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67091
Jean E. Lowrie obituary
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… emerita of librarianship following 32 years of service to the University. She is remembered by colleagues and former … public school teacher, Lowrie began her distinguished career in library education at WMU in 1951 as librarian for … school for those studying to be teachers. She joined what became the School of Librarianship as a faculty member …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20588
William H. Kanzler obituary
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… University, died May 11 . He was 87. Kanzler joined the faculty in 1961 and retired in 1987 after 26 years of service. He began his WMU career working with student teachers and teaching courses in … as a guidance counselor at Grosse Pointe High School from 1953 to 1960; headed the mathematics department at the U.S. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16682
WMU tops $4.5 million in externally awarded grants in May
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… WMU tops $4.5 million in externally awarded grants in May Submitted by … Michigan University flew past $4.5 million in May, bringing the year-to-date total to more than $31.4 million, with one … July 8 meeting. Grants for instruction accounted for most of the total, soaring to just over $4 million. Grants for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/28037
How MBA student Sara Wiseman became a lifelong learner
Haworth College of Business
… as a tour guide. When she moved back to Michigan, she used the skills and techniques that she learned in a new position … a professional through WMU's Hyflex MBA program, applying what she learns to her roles in the present and future. … MBA program can educate students in a wide range of areas, potentially uncovering further passions,” she says. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71276
Alumnus Lawrence Nolan selected to lead state bar
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… Nolan , an alumnus of both Western Michigan University and the WMU Cooley Law School, was sworn in Sept. 22 as the … Bar of Michigan, charged with leading the organization's 45,000 members. In his new role, he will help improve the … to become a member in 1976 of the first graduating class of what was then the Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Nolan has …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35249