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Make a Difference staff award nominations due
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… awards are due by Friday, Feb. 28 . Make a Difference is a campuswide peer-to-peer program that recognizes staff members for their accomplishments and daily investment of energy and creativity. It …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/12876
Spirit of the 60s captured in photo exhibit at WMU
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… Spirit of the 60s captured in photo exhibit at WMU Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Photographer and political activist Leni Sinclair to visit WMU Oct. 29. KALAMAZOO, Mich.-- Campus community …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19844
New scholarship honors WMU graduate's life-changing mentor
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… New scholarship honors WMU graduate's life-changing mentor Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—If not for a special person in his life, Dr. Hashem Akhavan-Tafti would have never ended up … Akhavan-Tafti ended up at a school in Indiana, where he struggled to acclimate to his new surroundings. He contacted …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36667
WMU hosts daylong jazz festival
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… Invitational Jazz Festival Saturday, March 17 , at the Dalton Center. The daylong festival features educational and … a 7:30 p.m. concert in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The show will feature the University Jazz Orchestra as well as … Phil Palombi and WMU faculty member Keith Hall. General admission is $10. Tickets are available at the door or in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/234
Kirsten Dunst stars in 'Melancholia' at Little Theatre
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… , at Western Michigan University's Little Theatre. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 7 and 9:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 and 5 p.m. General admission is $5 and $3 for WMU students with a valid Bronco Card. "Melancholia" is the latest film from director Lars von Trier. Kirsten Dunst stars as a young bride …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/159
Kalamazoo Pride celebrates diversity
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… diversity Submitted by Deanne Puca on Kalamazoo Pride is Friday and Saturday, June 13-14. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A … will run Friday and Saturday, June 13-14 , in downtown Kalamazoo. The seventh annual Kalamazoo Pride kicks off … of this pop band will come to life in a Las Vegas-style show, recreating the full ABBA experience. Kalamazoo Pride is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15855
Walter Joseph Brunhumer obituary
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… Puca on Walter Joseph Brunhumer , professor emeritus of history at Western Michigan University, died March 15 . He was … of the WMU faculty for 29 years, retiring in 1986. He is survived by his wife, Sondra Brunhumer, who is an emerita …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46808
WMU trustees select new board secretary
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… University Board of Trustees named Dr. Kahler B. Schuemann to serve as secretary to the board, replacing Betty A. Kocher , whose is stepping down from the position after more than three … support for the governing board. Schuemann, whose new role is effective Jan. 1 , has been serving since 2008 as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/28993
Governor recognizes WMU renovation for reducing energy waste
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… Governor's Energy Excellence Award for the success it triggered in reducing energy waste, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder … announced Aug. 11 in East Lansing. The 1905 facility, which is WMU's birthplace, was selected as Best Public Project for … All in all, WMU expects changes made during the renovation to prevent the equivalent of 124.2 metric tons of carbon …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/34177
Top seniors honored as 2016 Presidential Scholars
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… Top seniors honored as 2016 Presidential Scholars Submitted … (not verified) on The Presidential Scholar designation is the highest academic honor that WMU can bestow on its … to represent their units as a WMU Presidential Scholar. This year, 50 scholars were chosen from a senior class of more …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31219