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Honors organization recognized with national award

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's chapter of the national honor society Alpha Lambda Delta has again … the Flame Award is a follow-up award to the Society's Order of the Torch Award, the honor society's highest accolade, which the WMU chapter last won in 2015. The Order of the Torch award is only awarded to a chapter every four …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43972

Famed composer Legrand awarded WMU honorary degree

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… (not verified) on From left: Dr. Kathryn Hillenbrand, chair of WMU Honorary Degree Committee; Legrand; Ken Miller, chair of the WMU Board of Trustees; and Dunn KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Famed French composer …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32194

Eugene M. Bernstein obituary

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… 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 …

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

Former trustee's book sheds light on lobbying

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… a book that gives readers an inside look at the life of a corporate lobbyist from someone who lived it. George Franklin , who retired in 2005 as vice president of worldwide government relations for the Kellogg Co., … with and that has fallen through the cracks of academia. "Schools don't teach government relations, even though every …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/20828

David Chaplin obituary

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… Anonymous (not verified) on Chaplin Dr. David Chaplin , a professor emeritus of sociology at Western Michigan University, died July 27 . … Chaplin joined the WMU faculty in 1972 to serve as chair of the Department of Sociology and retired in 1992 after …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42352

Goat work crew returns to campus for second helping

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… verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An even larger contingent of temporary landscape services workers will be on the … campus this summer to clear an overgrown woodlot. The first of this year's two eating crews. (Photo credit: Nick Gooch) … on-site is the 10-goat crew hired last summer as part of a successful one-week pilot project to test the animals' …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40334

More than 3,000 expected to flock to WMU for Medieval Congress

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… during the 2013 congress. KALAMAZOO—More than 3,000 of the world's leading academics and others interested in … Thursday through Sunday, May 8-11, to examine all aspects of the period, from music to military, maritime and monastic … Medieval Institute, is the world's largest annual gathering of professional academics, students, performers, enthusiasts …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15598

WMU to confer more than 1,800 degrees in December

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… toward students who are graduating from a particular set of degree-granting academic units. The 9 a.m. ceremony is for graduates of the colleges of Fine Arts and Health and Human Services, and the Haworth …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20465

All WMU campuses close early Wednesday, Feb. 2, due to worsening winter weather

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… 1 p.m. WMU Busing —The last shuttle will depart the College of Aviation at 1:30 p.m.  The Ring Road route will stop … 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. 29—Severe weather …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/66987

Dramatic Lake Michigan helicopter crash, rescue on tap in WMU talk

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… verified) on Fiddler KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The horrific crash of an Amway helicopter and dramatic rescue of survivors from cool Lake Michigan waters will be recounted when the pilot of the craft appears next week at Western Michigan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36669