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Campuswide emergency notification broadcast system to be tested March 31

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… The message, "Attention! Attention! This is a test of the emergency system," will be played 10 times, lasting …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63781

Glasser, Quada win Distinguished Service awards

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… University efforts to serve military veterans are winners of WMU's 2014-15 Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Harold … campus sustainability, and Tracey Quada , formerly director of the Office of Military and Veterans Affairs, will be presented …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18458

How to find out if WMU is closed

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… and will continue normal operation unless notified in one of four ways: Go to WMU Home Closing announcements will be … to the WMU Alert system will receive notification of a closure via phone call, text message or both, depending … receive an email notice. Assume WMU is open. In the absence of notification via one of the methods listed, all normal …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/11/50437

Area events to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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… Luther King Jr. Events include a convocation, march, day of service, educational programs and presentations. "Equity in Action Uniting Community" is the theme of this year's celebration, which includes events that are … Wednesday, Dec. 2 Piano recital, Awadagin Pratt, winner of the 1992 Naumberg International Piano Competition, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28803

Gilman Scholarship winner seeks adventures abroad

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… into his 21 years. The Milford native has taken advantage of co-op opportunities at Detroit-based American Axle and … completed a triathlon, and founded a college council of the Knights of Columbus at the University. Now, the … to study at the Hogeschool Utrecht University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht. He'll be pursuing a minor in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42318

Student ticket lottery set up for Broncos vs. MSU football opener

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… its final days, WMU students are looking ahead to the start of the fall semester and making plans for a highly … game against Michigan State University. WMU's Division of Intercollegiate Athletics this week announced the launch of an online, random lottery to determine which 7,000 WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23467

Annual county event to explore unconscious, implicit bias

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… Wednesday, April 10 , in Miller Auditorium on the campus of Western Michigan University. For the county's 21st annual … Unconscious and Implicit Bias." Blackburn, a former police officer, is CEO of Protecting Resources through Awareness Training LLC, a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52701

University adopts new mass email policy

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… a new mass email policy to regulate the dissemination of information within and beyond the campus community. The … include the following: The new policy requires the use of mailing lists to send mass email messages and empowers owners of mailing lists to send messages without the assistance of

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32696

Consumers, WMU show solar energy commitment with 1-megawatt solar garden

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… Western Michigan University Sept. 16 to mark the opening of its second solar power plant—an 8.5-acre array of solar panels on the University's campus that produces … in a ceremony at WMU's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The more than 4,000 solar panels that make up the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35079

'Station Eleven' is selection for WMU's 2016-17 book read

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… both the National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award. All of WMU's first-year students are required to read the book. Members of the campus and broader communities also are encouraged to … In addition, Dr. Elizabeth Bradburn, WMU associate professor of English, will discuss the book over two …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35228