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Michael Woodhams obituary

News

… "Woody" Woodhams , former electrician in maintenance services, died Jan. 19 . He was 63. Woodhams joined the staff in 1997 and retired in 2009 after 12 years of service to the University. He served in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29847

Gerontology expert Page-Robin dies

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… Ellen Page-Robin , professor emerita of community health services, died Jan. 3 in Kalamazoo. She was 82. Ellen Page-Robin Page-Robin joined the University … director of gerontology in 1976. She retired in 1998 after 32 years of service. The gerontology program at WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21424

2025 Pre-College Programs Reminders and Updates Memo

Precollege Programming

… entered manually should be entered no later than 30 days after the event.  Feel free to contact Sarah Cheatham in EM …

https://wmich.edu/precollege/news/2025/10/memo

Eugene M. Bernstein obituary

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… faculty member, died Feb. 20 in San Diego, California. He was 85. Bernstein, professor emeritus of physics, joined the WMU faculty in 1968 and retired in 1992 after almost 24 years of service to the University. He was a professor of physics and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32039

Robert 'Rob' E. Fedorchak obituary

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… on  Robert "Rob" E. Fedorchak , a former maintenance services staff member at Western Michigan University, died April 14 . He was 69. Fedorchak was a millwright/maintenance mechanic in … He joined the WMU staff in 1989 and retired in 2010 after 21 years of service to the University. During the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31797

Friday Feature: Ismail Abuzir

College of Aviation

… grew up in Lockport Illinois, a small suburb of Chicago. After starting at a university in Illinois, he transferred … Ismail visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Ismail was drawn to WMU mainly because of our aircraft’s state of … Outside of WMU, Ismail became an ambassador for Republic Airways in order to get a foot in the door for his regional …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/03/abuzir

Clara A. Van Eck obituary

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… Michigan University staff member, died Jan. 29 . She was 96. Van Eck, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU staff in 1971 and retired in 1984 after 13 years of service to the University. She was an accounting clerk for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45210

Richard B. Valley obituary

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… and printing science and engineering, died Nov. 12. He was 85. Valley, of Portage, Mich., came to WMU in 1977 to … joining the faculty full time in 1988. He retired in 1989 after more than 11 years of service to the University. During his tenure as chair, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3033

Building a business, one degree at a time

Haworth College of Business

… by Brooke Humphrey on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Tanya Thompson walked into her first business class at Western Michigan … fragranced products at home with her two young daughters after her husband died and she returned to Kalamazoo in … Labs operates. Eligible companies must work in goods or services, have been operating for one to three years and …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/01/businessnews202601tanya-thompson

Alumni panel and scholarship presentation strike big during WMU and Grand Rapids Gold partnership

College of Education and Human Development

… on From left to right, Ameer Ismail, Eric Woodyard and Warda Niaz. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—If you stay ready, you don't … , B.A.'10, ESPN beat reporter for the Detroit Lions; and Warda Niaz , B.S.'23, youth hoops coach for the Chicago … Utah Jazz, he said getting drinks with a fellow writer after a game changed his career's trajectory entirely. " Tim …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2025/03/grand-rapids-gold-basketball-partnership-alumni-panel-scholarship