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WMU names Essential Needs program to honor President Montgomery
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… Montgomery Essential Needs program manager; and President Edward Montgomery visit the Bronco Food Pantry in Faunce Student Services. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University’s … Essential Needs program. The new name honors Dr. Edward Montgomery , whose tenure as Western’s ninth president …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/03/essential-needs-named-montgomery
Wilma J. (Napp) McNees obituary
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… at Western Michigan University, died May 13 . She was 75. McNees, of Kalamazoo, joined the staff in 1980 and left in 1992 after 12 years of service to the University. She also was employed locally for a time at Gibson Guitar, but for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7539
Social work professor wins lifetime award from state association
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… Social work professor wins lifetime award from state association Submitted by Anonymous (not … chapter of the National Association of Social Workers is awarding a Western Michigan University professor a Lifetime … wrote. "I have intimate awareness of her important service work within and outside the University, have …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/22868
Longtime WMU friend, honors college namesake Carl Lee dies at 96
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… pioneer Carl E Lee , who with his late wife Winifred Lee was the namesake for Western Michigan University's honors college, died Feb. 22 . He was 96. Lee worked for 60 years in the radio and television … College will be the site of a March 14 public memorial service for Carl Lee. "With the death of Carl E Lee, we have …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/22184
Bronco in business: WMU alumna leads the way in Chicago’s contemporary fashion scene
College of Education and Human Development
… Bronco in business: WMU alumna leads the way in Chicago’s contemporary fashion scene Submitted by … to her business, Hoffman, who said starting her business was scary but equally exciting, believes that having a … build great relationships and provide excellent customer service. Hoffman said that by using this simple tactic, …
https://wmich.edu/education/news/2023/01/wmu-textile-apparel-alumna-shannon-hoffman-chicago
Candidates announced for 2013 Make a Difference annual awards
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… Candidates announced for 2013 Make a Difference annual awards Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on The award … Mitchell Beare , Bernhard Center Debra Bitterman , Dining Services - Bernhard Café and Market Jean Bowsky-Verschoof , … , Facilities Management-Landscape Services Ann Ganz , Haenicke Institute for Global Education Jeannine Hamilton , …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6857
WMU public safety set to switch to countywide consolidated dispatch
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… Merlo says. "The campus community will still get excellent service, with some improvements." Merlo says that the new … emergency calls or texts made on cellphones from being forwarded from one department to another. And nonemergency … to facilities need--will also receive the same level of service campus community members have come to expect, he …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/10/49803
Western staff honored for making a difference for students, University success
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… and Scott Hennessy will be recognized during the Fall Awards Celebration on Friday, Sept. 29 , for making a … members are recipients of the annual Make a Difference Award, one of the highest accolades bestowed upon nonfaculty … faculty and staff for excellence in teaching, research, service and diversity efforts. The celebration in Kirsch …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72256
George M. Dennison obituary
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… Jan. 3 due to complications from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was 81. Dennison came to WMU in 1987 and left in 1990 to … He made a significant impact during his three years of service to WMU, then went on to become the longest serving … and under the leadership of then President Diether H. Haenicke, worked to create what is now the Walker Institute …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37202
Dedicated administrator remembered for decades-long career serving Western students
W Magazine
… Western students Submitted by Deanne Puca on Thomas Edward Coyne , BA ‘55, former head of Western Michigan … alumni outreach efforts and later a key figure in student services, passed away on Jan. 14, 2024 , in Kalamazoo, Michigan. “Tom was …
https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/fall-2024-coyne-obituary