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Longtime employees to be inducted into 25 Year Club
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… employees for a total of 1,202 members. The membership list is posted online at wmich.edu/hr/25yearclub . This year's inductees Joyce A. Alexander , finance assistant, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20077
20 new WMU students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships
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… to begin their studies at Western Michigan University this fall. Medallion Scholarships are the highest merit-based … awards in American higher education. Fifteen of this year's incoming scholars received a Presidential … or the individuals for whom the scholarships were established. The 2012 recipients were announced in July. The …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1223
Geoffrey A. Smith obituary
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… A. Smith Geoffrey A. Smith , a former dean of the Division of Continuing Education at Western Michigan … education and was promoted to dean in 1988. The unit is now named Extended University Programs. Smith retired in … time after two years of employment as director of the Dissemination Project for the CREATE team in the Evaluation …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46238
Candidates to head education college visiting campus
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… Candidates to head education college visiting campus Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … the College of Education and Human Development, who will visit campus June 7-13 to meet with faculty, staff and students and make public presentations. During the visits, each candidate will make a public presentation from 2 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7477
Three development, alumni relations VP candidates to visit campus
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… Three development, alumni relations VP candidates to visit campus Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … of the Western Michigan University Foundation will visit campus in coming weeks. Each candidate will spend two … Nov. 8 , in the Bernhard Center's North Ballroom. • Kristen R. DeVries, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19 , in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/11/50081
WMU gets final OK to offer classes in Punta Gorda and Tampa
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… in Florida. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Higher Learning Commission has approved Western Michigan University's request to offer programs at two locations in Florida. The HLC's decision follows last year's approval by Florida’s Commission for Independent Education to grant provisional …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38888
Longtime jazz educator Steve Zegree passes away at 61
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… professor of music and mentor to Gold Company, which under his direction became one of the nation's leading collegiate vocal jazz groups. During his years at WMU, he was the Bobby McFerrin Distinguished Professor of Music and toured internationally …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22402
Robert 'Bob' L. Smith obituary
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… 31 years of service to the University. Survivors include his wife, Dr. Carol Payne Smith, WMU professor emeritus of teaching, learning and leadership. He put his retirement on hiatus in 2004-05 to direct WMU's Master of Fine Arts program in performing arts administration, which was the first program of its kind in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31808
Professor's documentary to screen at Waterfront Film Festival
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… (not verified) on From left: Wilder, Machiorlatti and Harris KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A documentary by a Western Michigan … two former gang rivals, will receive its world premiere this weekend at the Waterfront Film Festival in South Haven. … footage. In all, she worked on the project for a year, logging well over 100 hours. "It was really a great …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16566
Carls Foundation awards $314,400 to help children hear
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… and language development. According to the Center for Disease Control, approximately 98 percent of infants in the … evaluation. Infants who do not have access to early diagnosis and intervention are at risk for delays in auditory, speech and language development. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1243