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Sangren Hall earns LEED gold certification as a 'green' building
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… Sangren Hall KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University officials have learned that Sangren Hall , already the … benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. Certification accredits … quality. The Sangren gold designation brings the number of LEED certified buildings on the WMU campus to nine, with …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17649
Trustees set strategic direction for WMU for next five years
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… March 23 meeting, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees approved a strategic plan for the University … just concluded. The updated plan retains the core tenets of the earlier plan—identifying the University as a learner … transition team whose job it was to review the results of the original three-year plan, identify parts of the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31205
New WMU enrollment management chief hails from North Carolina
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… (not verified) on Curran KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An enrollment professional with more than 30 years of higher education experience in the fields of student life … rates in the country and being among the top five schools nationally for decreasing the graduation rate gap …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33091
Richard F. Raklovits obituary
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… on Richard F. Raklovits Richard F. Raklovits , associate professor emeritus of health, physical education and recreation, died Nov. 21, 2017 . He was 89. Raklovits, of Kalamazoo, joined the faculty in 1957 and retired at the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45100
Dedication scheduled for new main campus icon
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… icon Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Rendering of the icon with finished landscape and water feature … at 11 a.m. Friday, April 24 . The icon, a representation of the WMU seal, stands 23 feet tall overall inside the … in 1957. The five stars symbolize WMU's five original schools, Applied Arts (Engineering and Applied Sciences), …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23020
Poets with WMU ties explore Michigan through verse, discussion
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… titled "The Other Michigan: An Exploration, Through Verse, of the Various Degrees of Regional Identity," is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 , in the Van Deusen Room of the Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 S. Rose St. It will …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12800
Metal fabrication company next up in entrepreneurship series
Haworth College of Business
… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The owner and president of Amhawk, a full-service metal fabrication company, will be featured in the next installment of the Entrepreneurship Forum speaker series hosted by Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business. Regi Kurien will speak at 8 a.m. Friday, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46054
Meeting set to gain input on updating valley housing
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… Thursday, Sept. 14 , in the main lobby and lounge area of the Bernhard Center's first floor. Aerial view of the Goldsworth Valley area Officials are seeking input on the project from students, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42372
Kalamazoo Arts Council grant takes WMU dancer to Panama
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… University dance major to Panama to explore the joy of movement with children in that nation's orphanages and … capital city. Upon her return she wants to start a chapter of Movement Exchange at WMU. Class project becomes … children and an opportunity to start a new chapter of Movement Exchange grew out of a class project in Mills' …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24066
John D. Sheppard obituary
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… by Deanne Puca on John D. Sheppard John D. Sheppard , professor emeritus in accountancy, died Oct. 15 . He was 83. Sheppard retired in 1992 after 27 years of service. He joined WMU as an assistant professor of accounting in 1965, and he became an associate …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27929