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Football Broncos suffer first loss of season in Cotton Bowl
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… season came to an end Monday with a 16-24 loss to No. 8 Wisconsin in the Cotton Bowl Classic at AT&T Stadium. Under … Bowl appearance marked the second time in conference history that a MAC team was selected for a New Year's Six … of firsts The football Broncos achieved 73 program firsts this season, including beating two Big Ten teams and being …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37130
WMU, Kalamazoo Valley forge pathways to success through more than 50 program-level transfer agreements
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… Valley Provost Dr. Paige Eagan, Kalamazoo City Commissioner Jeanne Hess and WMU Associate Vice President for … interim dean of WMU Merze Tate College; Dr. Satish Despande, dean of the WMU Haworth College of Business; … president of enrollment management. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Administrators from Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73316
Famed composer Legrand awarded WMU honorary degree
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… who has written the scores for more than 200 films and television shows, was awarded a Western Michigan University … Keyboard Festival, composer, conductor and pianist Legrand was the recipient of an honorary Doctor of … Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and Iggy Pop. For Kalamazoo's famed Gilmore Festival this year, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32194
Trustees vote to name WMU engineering facility for Elson S. Floyd
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… the successful Business Technology and Research Park he envisioned. The naming will be effective after the University … He went on to serve as president of the University of Missouri and then Washington State University. He died … he would take a medical leave from WSU to focus on his battle with cancer. He was 59. 'A new standard in higher …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25452
Spanish professor dies Sept. 20 after being found unresponsive
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… Spanish professor dies Sept. 20 after being found unresponsive … in a pool at Kalamazoo's YMCA. Dr. Carolyn J. Harris , professor and undergraduate advisor in the Department of Spanish, died at Bronson …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18987
OT, social work faculty earn $1.8 million behavioral health grant
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… grant Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Chapleau Harrison KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A four-year, $1.8 million grant for … professor of occupational therapy, and Dr. Jennifer Harrison , assistant professor of social work, received the grant from the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45083
WMU's Michigan campuses and regional locations closed through Thursday, Jan. 31
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… Events See the University events calendar for a full list of canceled events. The Bronco men's basketball game, … basketball team was slated to play at Northern Illinois on Jan. 31; that game has been canceled with a reschedule … to 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31. The cutoff for appointments is 2:30 p.m. There will be no charge for canceled or no-show …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51382
WMU appoints proven leader as new VP for development and alumni relations
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… alumni relations Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Kristen DeVries KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Following a national search, … Western Michigan University has named an experienced fundraising executive to provide strategic leadership and … efforts, alumni engagement and foundation enterprise. Kristen R. DeVries , previously vice president for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50885
National chemical engineering JEOPARDY! challenges students
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… diligence and perseverance … and a lot of studying. But it isn’t only calculations, reading and lab work. Sometimes, … Beasley, Zachary Hansen, Andy Kaczmar, Chase Roberts, Chris Rohen, Derek Ronayne and Willis Seifert, all chemical engineering students in Western’s …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66627
Biomedical sciences graduate driven by resilience, called to help others
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… biomedical sciences. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Jovanny Ruiz-Alavez is a natural caregiver. It's a quality he leaned into as a teenager when his mother was diagnosed with cancer. "I would always go with … school student at the time—stepped up to help provide for his family. "It's really hard to focus on your grades when …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/63981