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Alumni classnotes, spring and summer 2024

W Magazine

… summer 2024. Helen LeZotte Faulkner , BA ‘64, was promoted to vocational nursing program director at the Arlington … resources operations at the statewide system’s McLaren Macomb, McLaren Oakland and McLaren Port Huron hospitals. John … July 1. Kirby is currently the superintendent of Lake Orion Community Schools. Myla Edmond , BBA ‘00, joined the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75865

Alumna awarded Pulitzer Prize for poetry

W Magazine

… Circle Award and LA Times Book Prize. The Pulitzer Prize committee described Seuss’ work as “a virtuosic collection that inventively expands the sonnet form to confront the messy contradictions of contemporary … from the Academy of American Arts and Letters. Seuss has completed a draft of her sixth collection, “Modern Poetry,” …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69081

Gun Lake Casino topic of Keystone breakfast talk at WMU

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… Gun Lake Casino topic of Keystone breakfast talk at WMU Submitted by … up for discussion at the next presentation in the Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Series at Western Michigan … mark as both an entertainment destination and an engine of community economic development. Shagonaby played an integral …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/62

Long wins prestigious orientation and mobility award

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… will be presented the Lawrence E. Blaha Award at the upcoming biennial meeting of the Association for Education and … of professionals and is the highest honor that division bestows. It was initiated in 1968 to honor people who have made outstanding contributions to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/780

U.S. strategies in East Asia topic of lecture by visiting scholar

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… U.S. strategies in East Asia topic of lecture by visiting scholar Submitted by Anonymous … Dr. Ling Wei, professor of international studies and director of the East Asian Studies Center at China Foreign … and other stakeholders; and which regional institutions it commits itself to and to what extent. Wei also suggests that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4294

WMU offices closed for Independence Day

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… the week. Faculty, students and the public are encouraged to call ahead to make sure that a particular office on … normal summer hours the rest of the week. Bernhard Center computer lab closes at 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, and … open normal summer hours the rest of the week. University Computing Center lab closes at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/07/7875

Director of riding center next up in Keystone Breakfast Series

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… Director of riding center next up in Keystone Breakfast Series … of resources offered by the center during the Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Speaker Series at Western Michigan … Riding Center strives to focus on what individuals can accomplish, not on what they cannot. For more than 40 years, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12623

WMU employee wins Regional United Way sweepstakes

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… University's Kim LaViolette , landscaping, won a new automobile up to a value of $30,000 through a sweepstakes run … LaViolette said she's glad to make a difference in her community through United Way. "It's important to help people … the region. The 2016 sweepstakes was supported by Kellogg Community Federal Credit Union, Cole Automotive Group, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36968

Death of transgender teen next topic in Lyceum Series

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… Death of transgender teen next topic in Lyceum Series Submitted by Deanne Puca on Salamon … , author and associate professor of English at Princeton University, at noon in the Lee Honors College lounge . … the Lee Honors College Lyceum Series and is free and open to the public. Latisha King was shot by 14-year-old Brian …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44093

Autism is focus of new graduate education specialization

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… It will consist of 36 credit hours of coursework related to the teaching of autistic children. The program will help … to train teachers for that special population and also will complement the master teacher option's existing … studies department and a behavioral consultant with Compass LLC, a behavioral intervention consulting service. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/371