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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

WMU partners to host film, panel discussion on reducing gender bias in STEM fields

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… Anonymous (not verified) on Chemist Raychelle Burks is one of three women scientists featured in the documentary film … a Scientist." KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Gender bias and a lack of diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields are the topics of a virtual film and panel discussion sponsored by Western …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61054

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

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

Local alumna selected for fellowship, to study parasitology in Israel

College of Arts and Sciences

… as a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. She will work with Dr. Boris Krasnov , a leading international expert in parasitology. Originally of Niles, Warburton, a 2014 WMU doctoral graduate, will study the fitness costs of parasitism in Meriones crassus, a desert rodent, which is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/26915

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

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, … degree-granting institution by the National Association of Schools of Dance. Her legacy resonates through the rigorous …

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

Spring recess hours for selected campus services

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… There are no classes during the recess, but most WMU offices are open normal hours. In addition, there are no … spring recess, including Kalamazoo Film Society screenings of "Young Adult" and a Bronco gymnastics match versus … contact WMU Public Safety at (269) 387-5555. Admissions office will maintain normal hours throughout the recess. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/170

Spring registration underway for low-cost Chinese culture classes

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… for spring Chinese culture classes that begin the week of Jan. 20 . The low-cost classes are taught by instructors … They meet once a week, are taught in English, and are offered to adults age 18 or older for personal enrichment … discounts, tutoring A half-price tuition discount is offered to participants age 55 and older and WMU students. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/12199

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