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WMU board to consider new AFSCME contract Monday

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will hold a special conference-call meeting at … Monday, Aug. 20 , to consider two action items—the approval of an employee contract and authorization to negotiate terms of a temporary property easement. The meeting, a formal …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48402

Vandiver honored for research relating to ethnic minorities

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… Vandiver KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Western Michigan University professor was recently honored for her significant … related to ethnic minorities. Dr. Beverly Vandiver , professor of counselor education and counseling psychology, was …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/41682

WMU closes all campuses, cancels classes for second day due to ice storm

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… will continue as planned or is canceled. WMU Department of Public Safety advised anyone on or near campus to limit … Feb. 2—A widespread snowstorm closed WMU and many others schools around the state. 2016, Feb. 25—In an otherwise mild … 2019, Jan. 23—A mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow closed schools throughout the region. 2019, Jan. 28—A snowstorm …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70876

Invisible Need Project changes, broadens some services in response to pandemic

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… has broad-ranging impacts, and it's taking a toll on all of us—physically, emotionally and financially. The Invisible … students have their basic needs met, is broadening some of its services to accommodate these new challenges. … their family and don’t have a local support net outside of the University,” says Kelly Reed , committee chair of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58738

Longtime professor, administrator to become new business dean

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… Longtime professor, administrator to become new business dean Submitted … through AACSB—the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The Haworth College of Business is among a group of fewer than 5 percent of business schools worldwide accredited at both the undergraduate and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44324

Top Michigan executives to speak at business college forum

Haworth College of Business

… and family values. The executives Robert Sauer , Bachelor of Business Administration, 1981, is the CEO of Woodland Paper Inc., a company specializing in the distribution of fine printing and publishing papers as well as facility …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/35917

Constance S. (Waltz) Weaver obituary

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… Dr. Constance S. Weaver Dr. Constance S. (Waltz) Weaver , professor emerita of English at Western Michigan University and an … in reading education, died July 21 . She was 76. Weaver, of Portage, Michigan, joined WMU's faculty in 1965 and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/48035

Two WMU students awarded National Grocers Association Foundation scholarships

Haworth College of Business

… scholarships to two students from the Haworth College of Business — Benjamin Famiano and Matt Wyand . Meet the recipients Benjamin Famiano Famiano, of Portage, Michigan, is one of five scholars who received the $2,000 Asparagus Club …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65666

Industrial designers to speak on education challenges, opportunities

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… opportunities Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO—Two of the nation's leading design educators will speak at … Michigan University Monday, March 10 , about the future of design and design education. The talk from 4 to 5:30 p.m. … industrial design programs for the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. He has crossed the globe as a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14034

Doretha E. 'Corey' Mortimore obituary

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… Mortimore Doretha E. "Corey" Mortimore, a former director of the Annual Fund at Western Michigan University, died … the staff in 1972 and resigned in 1989 after 17 years of service to the University. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Fredic J. Mortimore , WMU associate professor emeritus of public affairs and administration. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32195