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Weeklong WMUK pledge drive underway

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… Weeklong WMUK pledge drive underway Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … WMUK 102.1 FM is celebrating 65 years of broadcasting service to southwest Michigan in 2016. Part of the station's … member stations of National Public Radio, which began service in 1971. WMUK has set a pledge goal of $175,000 for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35474

Janet L. Clubb obituary

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… Western Michigan University staff member, died July 9 . She was 77. Clubb, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU staff in 1993 and retired as a custodian in 2005 after 12 years of service to the University. Services Friends may visit with the family from 6 to 8 p.m. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41036

Anthony A. Gioia obituary

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… Michigan University faculty member, died Jan. 4 . He was 81. Gioia, of Augusta, Michigan, joined the WMU faculty in 1966 and retired in 1996 after 30 years of service to the University. He began his career at WMU as an … retired as professor of mathematics. Before joining WMU, he was a Major in the U.S. Air Force-Strategic Air Command and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30912

Marvin 'Geno' Milkovich obituary

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… died Dec. 24, 2015, at home with his family by his side. He was 83. Milkovich joined the staff in 1987 and retired in 1997 after 10 years of service to the University. The lifelong Kalamazoo resident was a U.S. Army veteran and owned and operated Gene Steam …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29782

Ready to serve: Grad Molly Cochran prepares for duty in Army Nurse Corps

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… surgical nurse in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps.   Cochran was awarded the Medallion Scholarship, WMU’s most prestigious … students. “I am a completely different person than I was when I first came to Western,” says Cochran, who …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/04/graduate-success-nursing-rotc-molly-cochran

Western's Graduate College honors Broncos who served in World War II

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… Graduate College honors Broncos who served in World War II Submitted by Erin Flynn on A memorial in Walwood Hall honors more than 1,400 Western students, … who served in World War II. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—United States service members put their lives on the line for their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69830

Nominations sought for Global Engagement Award

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… Nominations sought for Global Engagement Award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU's … Nov. 1 , to nominate colleagues for the Global Engagement Award . The award recognizes contributions to: Communities … instructional activities, research and creative activities, service, and outreach. They should reflect an accumulated …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43467

Dorothy L. Franzen obituary

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… development, died Saturday, May 9, in Kalamazoo. She was 91. Franzen joined what was then the College of Education in 1968 and retired in 1988 after 20 years of service. She received the WMU Teaching Excellence Award …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25426

June Marie Conkin obituary

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… Michigan University staff member, died Nov. 24 . She was 73. Conkin, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU staff in 1988 … retired as a custodian in 2005 after more than 17 years of service to the University. Remembrances The family obituary … Homes, Westside Chapel, 3926 S. 9th St. in Kalamazoo. Services The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36675

Phyllis A. DeHollander obituary

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… A. DeHollander, a former staff member, died Aug. 28. She was 65. DeHollander left the University in 1995 after 23 years of service in a variety of areas, including the grounds, dining … units . A Kalamazoo area resident most of her life, she was a member of the Southside Church of the Nazarene. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/176