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WMU's estimated 2013-14 operating budget set
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… Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO—Meeting June 12 , the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees approved an … fiscal year that will begin July 1. The newly approved and balanced budget includes an $8 million increase in total … million in expected tuition income from students both on and off campus. The tuition revenue includes a 3.75 percent …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7651
Michigan Gov. Snyder makes campus stop for WMUK taping
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… Snyder KALAMAZOO— Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder visited the Western Michigan University campus July 25 to tape an interview for WMUK-FM's recently launched news and public affairs show "WestSouthwest." The far-ranging … Gordon Evans, Jennifer Bowman of the Battle Creek Enquirer and Alex Mitchell of MLive and the Kalamazoo Gazette. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/07/8360
Lynda S. Blair obituary
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… Lynda S. Blair , a process associate in Human Resources at Western Michigan University, died July 26 at home while on … to work earlier this year. She served WMU for eight years and made a significant impact on the lives of all who knew her, inspiring many with her strength, courage and positive outlook. Blair was born in the United Kingdom …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9128
WMU nets $140,000-plus in energy savings during holiday closure
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… Der Kley lowers thermostats at the Campus Facilities command center. KALAMAZOO—An eight-day winter recess at Western Michigan University came to an end Thursday, Jan. 2 , with offices returning to normal business hours and the final tally of energy savings during the period …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12514
Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter to perform on campus
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… Mich.—Six time Grammy Award winning jazz trumpeter and composer Randy Brecker will join the Western Jazz Quartet, WMU Jazz Orchestra, WMU Jazz Lab Band … albums by a wide range of artists from James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and Parliament/Funkadelic to Frank Sinatra, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21220
Science Olympiad brings 400 youngsters to campus
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… Science Olympiad March 17 KALAMAZOO--More than 400 middle and high school students from a five-county area will flock to Western Michigan University this month for the Region 10 … the Chemistry Building, Dalton Center, Bernhard Center and the Student Recreation Center. About 150 WMU students, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/220
Governing board authorizes new programs, name changes
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… on KALAMAZOO—Three new programs were approved by the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees during its … Care Concentration is a response to the demand for health care leaders with a strong business … is a secondary sciences teacher education concentration and, for Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows only, a secondary …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7700
Roads closed Homecoming Saturday for 5K Campus Classic
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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO--Many campus roads and parking areas at Western Michigan University will be closed for varying … Drive, North Dormitory Road, West Michigan Avenue and Western Avenue, where the race starts and ends at the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1354
Arizona author hosts free reading at Bernhard Center
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… Arizona is coming to town next month to take part in the Western Michigan University Gwen Frostic Reading Series. … Cully , a longtime instructor at the University of Arizona and author of four books of poetry, will read from her works … in Room 157 of the Bernhard Center. The reading is free and open to the public. Cully has taught in the University …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/281
Peter Blickle garners acclaim for second fiction work
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… Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO-- Dr. Peter Blickle , Western Michigan University professor of foreign languages, … for his second work of fiction. "Von einer Liebe zur andern" ("From Love to Love"), has been well received in … literature professor originally from Germany's upper Swabia and an American-Jewish violinist. Although about love and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/302