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Travel the world without leaving Michigan at 29th annual International Festival

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… fashion from all around the world. International students often receive help from family and community members who are … KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The music, dance, food and fashions of nearly two dozen cultures will be showcased during … from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 25 , on the second floor of the Bernhard Center. This year, the International …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45418

WMU Air Race Classic team places fifth in collegiate division

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… Karsten and Katherine Vena , representing WMU's College of Aviation, finished the 2,200-mile course from … Virginia, to Fairhope, Alabama, using two and a half of the four days allotted for the race. They were honored at … June 27 concluding banquet for completing the eighth leg of the race--from Union City, Tennessee, to Gadsden, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25334

WMUK wins two National Public Radio awards for news shows

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… among mid-sized stations." The award honored a segment of Evans' "WestSouthwest" weekly program that focused on the … Bombay Beach, California, which won praise in the "best use of sound" category. The segment was part of a series that Killian produced as he traveled around the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16783

WMU faculty win NEH grant to host national summer institute

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… higher education faculty and graduate students. It was one of 11 grants chosen nationwide, totaling $1.9 million. The … advanced graduate students to learn about specialized areas of knowledge, led by nationally recognized experts in their … and participants from many fields.  WMU's Dr. Robert Berkhofer III , associate professor of history, and Dr. Jana …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/62018

Light Center research grant awarded to business professors

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… Light Center research grant awarded to business professors Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Han … and Dr. Andrew Targowski , Western Michigan University professors of business information systems, were recently awarded the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14329

WMU trustees select new board secretary

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… its Dec. 8 meeting, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees named Dr. Kahler B. Schuemann to serve as … down from the position after more than three decades of support for the governing board. Schuemann, whose new … for two years as a graduate student assistant in the Office of the President. Kahler B. Schuemann In 2014, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/28993

WMU begins new academic year with preferred name policy

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… a chosen name rather than their legal name in a wide range of campus settings and activities. While legal names will … reporting, students will be free to select the first name of their choice for class lists, email, Bronco Cards, the … directories. With this move, WMU becomes one of just 146 schools around the nation and five in Michigan that have …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26662

Chemist to discuss climate change science and policy

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… Michigan University next month. Dr. Marsha I. Lester, professor of chemistry and the Edmund J. Kahn Distinguished Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, will be on campus …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35884

More than 1,000 staff members respond to HR request for job details

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… on A final report on the study is expected before the end of the academic year. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—By the start of 2015, 1,033 members of the WMU Staff Compensation System … input we received will make the final study outcome more valuable and reflective of our campus environment." In addition …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21034

In Memoriam, fall 2023

W Magazine

… MI David Clinton Greenhoe , BA ‘61, MA ‘66, Aug. 12, 2023, Schoolcraft, MI Kenneth James Woodring , BS ‘61, July 13, … ‘07, May 19, 2023, Leslie, MI Emeriti Richard D. Brewer, professor emeritus of biological sciences, March 25, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73616