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Topping-out event, groundbreaking to celebrate two WMU building projects

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… project. All students, staff, faculty and members of the community are invited to attend the two-part … Michigan Director Cheri Holman and student leaders will offer remarks.  Arcadia Flats The festivities start with the … to open fall 2020, the apartment-style housing will offer multiple living options for graduate and upper-level …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55089

University to honor its top four staffers for 2015-16

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… represent each year's most outstanding employees—the best of the best. The recipients for 2015-16 are Sheila Atherton … event also will feature WMU President John M. Dunn's State of the University address and presentation of three other prestigious campuswide honors: the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34935

Budget, 2017-18 tuition rates top June board agenda

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… top the agenda when the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees meets Thursday, June 29 . Meeting in formal … the University's Extended University Programs, which are offered at regional locations around the state and at … operating budget, accounting for some 97 percent of that budget. Also on the agenda Extend WMU President John …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40742

Anita Hill's lecture has been rescheduled

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… the woman who captivated the nation with her testimony of sexual harassment directed at then-U.S. Supreme Court … , in Kalamazoo's Chenery Auditorium. Her appearance, part of the new "Raise Your Voice" speaker series, had to be … the Alamo Drafthouse, in downtown Kalamazoo at the corner of Portage and South streets. Raise Your Voice Series The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/22079

WMU’s Center for Integrated Supply Management expands services

Haworth College of Business

… Chain Services Group, in conjunction with PeoplePlus Software, of Ann Arbor. The partnership will support Bronco Source, a … two West Michigan manufacturers: Command Electronics, of Schoolcraft, and Dunkley International of Kalamazoo, as well …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30206

WMU wins NSF grant to study contaminants in industry, agriculture

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… The grant was awarded to Dr. Gellert Mezei , associate professor of chemistry, who has been studying negatively charged ions, … Mezei's research ultimately could further understanding of how anions can be extracted from industrial and mining …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18390

Library putting new twist on communicating with patrons

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… Mich.—A telepresence robot is interacting with patrons of Western Michigan University's Waldo Library. The robot … to 1 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays through the end of the fall semester. In addition, Waldo Library patrons … and Social Robotics Lab, or CSRL, in WMU's College of Arts and Sciences. During the course of the project, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28111

Fall programs highlight tuition-related employee benefits

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… employees and their eligible children take advantage of the University's tuition-related benefits. Brown-bag … and Wednesday, Dec. 9 ; in the President's Dining Room of the Bernhard Center. Sessions for employees' children who … Friday, Nov. 13 and Dec. 4 , in the President's Dining Room of the Bernhard Center. Students and parents are welcome to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/28054

Mildred K. 'Millie' Hedrick obituary

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… University librarian, died May 1 . She was 94. Hedrick, of Kalamazoo, had been a librarian at WMU for 14 years. She … World War II. Active in the community, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church as well as local chapters of the American Association of University Women, the Ladies …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40211

Sky Broncos get ready for national championship

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… team, the Sky Broncos , is in Columbus, Ohio, in search of a national title as the National Intercollegiate Flying … team headed to Ohio May 7 to get ready to compete with schools from across the country. The annual competition … 400 pilots from teams representing 30 of the top aviation schools in the nation. Schools earn the right to compete at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15826