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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU gets $1 million endowment

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… a $1 million gift to set up an endowment in support of the communitywide effort that offers courses and trips to hundreds of area residents annually. WMU President John M. Dunn …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28679

Seita Scholars program update next up in breakfast speaker series

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… University's nationally lauded Seita Scholars Program, part of the WMU Center for Fostering Success, will be in the spotlight at the next Mercantile Bank of Michigan Breakfast Speaker Series event. Chris Harris , director of the program, will discuss "Fostering Success through the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21126

Edward W. Randt Jr. obituary

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… Management-maintenance services in 1999 after 29 years of service to the University. Survivors include Jodie Laraway, assistant director of scholarships and loans in WMU's Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships. Randt …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29507

WMU business students to continue service project to honor veterans

Haworth College of Business

… on WMU students clean headstones in an earlier day of service at Fort Custer National Cemetery. KALAMAZOO, … students from Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business will be paying their respects to veterans by … noon Saturday, Oct. 31 . The group represents 14 sections of the college's First-Year Experience course with course …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27829

Dance emerita honored for advocacy

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Wendy Cornish , an advocate and champion of dance for more than 50 years, including 37 years as professor and chair of dance at Western Michigan University, is the recipient of

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45267

Campus honors Floyd with community celebration and building naming

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… Dr. John M. Dunn and Carmento Floyd pose beside a portrait of Dr. Elson Floyd, which was unveiled at the Oct. 16 event. … Floyd told a Dalton Center audience Oct. 16 as members of the campus and Kalamazoo communities gathered to celebrate the life of former Western Michigan University President Elson S. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27970

Anonymous donor reveals himself to students who want to be teachers

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… Giramia and Tomlinson KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Six recent graduates of Kalamazoo high schools have just had an opportunity to … the students become educators and enhance the diversity of the Kalamazoo Public Schools' teaching staff. At an … recipients, the previously anonymous benefactor for five of the scholarships revealed his identity and met and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35533

Seita Scholars coaching program becomes national, international model

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… started as a program to help youths who have aged out of foster care go on to success in college has become a model for coaching youths of all stripes to find academic success, both nationally and … Kevin Knutson , director of the College of Arts and Sciences Office of Undergraduate Advising, and Ronicka …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/29829

Retirement planning program set for employees, retirees

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… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western's Association of Retired Faculty invites Western Michigan University … in a financial refresher to attend a talk on "Essentials of a Successful Investment Strategy." The two-part program … be Dr. Ahmed Issa , a certified financial planner and WMU professor emeritus of finance and commercial law. Topics to be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36109

Speaker series examines contemporary Muslim culture

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… Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO—Experts from a range of scholarly and activist backgrounds will participate in … speaker series Jan. 23 through April 3 on the campus of Western Michigan University. All lectures are free and … 39 and 100. Light refreshments will be provided. The goal of the series is to spark discussion on themes critical to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12735