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WMU students create apiary, study the imperiled honeybee
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… honey, bees and brood. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After hours of meticulous work in unrelenting summer heat and well away from an apiary buzzing with thousands of honeybees, the students paused for a sweet, golden treat. … who, with the others gathered, sampled honey from one of the apiary's six colonies. The students harvested 180 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20781
Award-winning WMU poet will launch Frostic Reading Series
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… University poet will read selections from his new book of poems to kick off the fall 2017 Gwen Frostic Reading Series at WMU. Dr. William Olsen , professor of English and editor of WMU's New Issues Poetry and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42757
In Tempo: Vocal music alumni making their mark
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… music by Herb Magidson and lyrics by Allie Wrubel . A professional vocalist and two-time DownBeat Magazine-winning … Paul Simon’s 2023 album Blake Morgan , BM ’13, and members of the professional choir VOCES8 said they are “immensely privileged” …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72488
WMU author to read from her latest poetry collection
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… Hall. Judith A. Rypma , master faculty specialist-lecturer of English, will read from "Amber Notes," a collection of poems published by FutureCycle Press in January. About … poems recount a happy childhood, the joys and terrors of sexuality, and a mature woman's wanderlust," says her …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22610
Hospice services discussion kicks off Mercantile Bank series
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… Hospice services discussion kicks off Mercantile Bank series Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Latiolais KALAMAZOO—The director of community relations and development at Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan will share her insights into the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18251
WMU alum and former trustee wins U.S. legal profession's highest award
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… WMU alum and former trustee wins U.S. legal profession's highest award Submitted by Anonymous (not … ABA honored Archer with the 2016 ABA Medal for his lifetime of achievement. Given for outstanding service to the law and legal profession, the medal is regarded as the association's most …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/34568
Donation helps WMU foster entrepreneur success in Kalamazoo community
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… by Erin Flynn on Dr. Khady Ndao-Brumblay was tired of the lack of African stories available to her children, so she and her … has worn many hats in her adult life. Now, with the help of a program at Western Michigan University, she's hoping to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55256
Science, humanities intersect in upcoming speaker series
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… Endeavor Speaker Series. Science and the humanities are often treated as separate and distinct disciplines, yet each … between science and the humanities through the work of scientists, engineers, artists and humanists who strive … with a presentation by Dr. Ron Numbers , the Hilldale Professor Emeritus of the History of Science and Medicine at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34940
Gerontology expert Page-Robin dies
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… (not verified) on Ellen Page-Robin The founding director of the WMU Gerontology program and two-time Faculty Senate president has died. Ellen Page-Robin , professor emerita of community health services, died Jan. 3 in Kalamazoo. She …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21424
British author, adventurer to take WMU audience on a journey
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… to faraway places when she speaks later this month as part of the University Center for the Humanities spring series at … Western Michigan University. Victoria Finlay , the author of three popular non-fiction books, will speak at 7 p.m. … open to the public. Finlay From the ultramarine mountains of Afghanistan to the sacred ocher mines of Australia, via …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38802