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Sunny, Oreo and Poppy join WMU's new therapy dog clinic

Unified Clinics

… Sunny, Oreo and Poppy join WMU's new therapy dog clinic Submitted by Jillian Fraze … Moe, professor of sociology, has been working to establish a clinic specifically focused on training, testing and incorporating therapy dogs into existing operations within the Unified Clinics and the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/69818

Alumnus surfs the turbulence to success

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… Denomme, BS '00 DETROIT— Steve Denomme’s movie script for his storied aviation career could be “The Good, the Bad and … 9/11 terrorist attacks, recession and pandemic on the airline industry to thrive as a captain. His career has taken … Although he was called back to finish training, he was furloughed by Mesaba that October. He worked as an instructor …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71774

Campus Campout to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity

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… Campus Campout to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Members of Alpha Tau Omega during their 2015 event KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Members of Western … will camp out for 48 consecutive hours next week to raise funds for Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity. The ATO …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38599

University Theatre presents 'The Whale'

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… acclaimed play "The Whale" Jan. 23 through Feb. 8 in the York Arena Theatre at the Gilmore Theatre Complex. … Mormon Country, Idaho, a 600-pound recluse hides away in his apartment. Desperate to reconnect with his long-estranged daughter, he reaches out to a crazy …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/20948

University Symphonic Band to present a preview concert

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… Western Michigan University Symphonic Band has been invited to perform at the College Band Directors National Association North Central Division Conference at Iowa State University. At 3 p.m. Sunday, … new works by John Mackey and faculty composer Christopher Biggs . Internationally acclaimed soprano soloist Lindsay …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30223

Award-winning WMU poet will launch Frostic Reading Series

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… Award-winning WMU poet will launch Frostic Reading Series Submitted … Western Michigan University poet will read selections from his new book of poems to kick off the fall 2017 Gwen Frostic … Prize, the Crazyhorse Prize, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42757

Bronco basketball legend Manny Newsome to be honored Saturday

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… honored at the Saturday, Jan. 27 , WMU basketball game against Northern Illinois University in University Arena. Newsome, a basketball … Gary, Indiana, later became the first African American administrator at WMU and led a storied career in higher education …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44935

WMU Trustee Ronald Hall of Detroit dies at 72

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… "Ron" Hall Sr. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is mourning the death June 1 of Trustee Ronald "Ron" Hall Sr. of … Detroit. Remembrances In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested memorial donations to Michigan AAU Boys Basketball …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32562

WMU theatre faculty member wins NEH grant

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… WMU theatre faculty member wins NEH grant Submitted by Deanne Puca on Durham KALAMAZOO, … award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. His project, "Medieval Theatre at the Center: Jaques Milet's … to commit two full months to the project," Durham says. "This outside support, plus the support of Western for my …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39426

Longtime education professor named new dean of honors college

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… of honors college Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Bischof KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Gary H. Bischof , professor and chair of the Department of Family and … Honors College, effective Jan. 1 . A WMU faculty member since 1999, Bischof taught in the Department of Counselor …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36729