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Seniors honored for academic excellence as 2024 Presidential Scholars
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… Montgomery celebrates with Presidential Scholar Ritabrato Chatterjee. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Forty-five students were … to represent their unit as a WMU Presidential Scholar. This year, scholars were chosen from a senior class of 4,349 students. The Presidential Scholar designation is the highest academic honor that Western can bestow on its …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75101
College of Health and Human Services makes personnel moves
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… College of Health and Human Services has made two administrative appointments, naming a veteran nursing professor as nursing school director and a longtime chair as associate dean. Dr. Mary D. … the nursing school since 2013 and who has retired. Lagerway is the school's longest-serving traditional faculty member, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25569
William 'Bill' Doolittle obituary
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… football team for 11 seasons from 1964-74, leading WMU to its first Mid-American Conference championship. Read more here . Services A celebration of his life is set for noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 22 , on campus in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15123
University Theatre presents 'Ameriville'
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… Using Hurricane Katrina as its inspiration, "Ameriville" is a highly entertaining performance piece that fuses … poetry, flamenco, standup comedy, music and spoken word to encourage conversation about racial oppression in … A unique residency, supported by the W.K. Kellogg Grant for Racial Healing, has brought the company of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27430
Gertrude E. 'Trudy' Rohr obituary
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… staff in 1985 and retired in 1996 after 11 years of service to the University. She was a clerk II in the parking … Services have taken place. Remembrances The family obituary is available at obits.mlive.com/obituaries/kalamazoo . … Memorial gifts may be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Ministry. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39376
WMU United Way launches 2017 campaign with $200,000 goal, children's book drive
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… of $200,000 and increasing participation by 10 percent to a gathering of supporters at the Bernhard Center. The … for the campaign also may be purchased from an Amazon wish list at http://amzn.to/2vWBoAF and sent directly to United …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43019
Claude S. Phillips Jr. obituary
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… emeritus of political science and co-founder of what is now the Haenicke Institute for Global Education, died … in 1957 and retired in 1988 after 31 years of service to the University. He contributed greatly to WMU's growth … the tribulations and quests of an Appalachian miner struggling to improve his life and the life of his family. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15877
WMU staff member among graduates honored by U.S. presidents
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… verified) on Kavalhuna, pictured with presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush KALAMAZOO, Michigan— Capt. Russell … University's new executive director of flight operations, is in Little Rock, Arkansas, to take part in a historic graduation event today featuring former Presidents …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/07/33510
Award winning U-M professor, author next up in Frostic Reading Series
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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An accomplished author and University of Michigan professor will visit … the Western Michigan University campus later this month to take part in the Spring 2016 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. Claire Vaye Watkins is a Guggenheim Fellow and assistant professor in the U-M Helen …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30054
Perryman-Clark named associate dean of Lee Honors College
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… Dr. Staci Perryman-Clark , WMU associate professor of English, will begin her new role at the University Wednesday, Aug. 1 . Perryman-Clark has been serving as director of First-Year Writing in the Department of English since 2010 and also serving as associate director of the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47509