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Winter recess 2022-23 hours announced for campus offices, facilities

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… Friday, Dec. 23 , through Tuesday, Jan. 3 . Some campus services will close or operate on limited hours through the … below are holiday hours for select University offices and services. Students, faculty, staff and the public are … 23 through Jan. 3 and reopen for regular hours on Jan. 4.   Waldo Library is closed Dec. 18 with limited hours until the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70116

WMU Trustee Dennis Archer earns national achievement award

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… WMU Trustee Dennis Archer earns national achievement award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Archer … Corporate Counsel Association's Lifetime Achievement Award at an event slated for Lincoln Center's Alice Tully … for a lifetime of wide-ranging achievements that include service as mayor of Detroit from 1994 to 2001 and being the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1531

WMU's foster youth support program to get $750,000 from state

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… June 5 includes $750,000 in the Department of Human Services appropriation to support Western Michigan … State University. The formula used to apportion increases was based on the number of degrees awarded in critical skill areas, research and economic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/771

WMU graduate students author infant foster care grant

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… will serve as the umbrella organization for a new social service program aimed at improving outcomes in infant foster … from the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. The grant proposal was authored last spring by eight WMU graduate students as … that will make this all possible. Their grant proposal was a demonstration of the perfect town-to-gown …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1512

Two local special education leaders set for Keystone talk

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… local leaders with the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency will be the November speakers for the … The state-of-the-art special education learning facility was the first of two construction projects funded by a $25.4 … County, from birth to age 26. From 2007 to 2009, Montgomery was director and supervisor of special education for the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3062

Trustees approve retirements of 11 faculty, 14 staff members

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… status. Their names, positions, years of continuous service and effective dates of retirement are: Dr. Bassam E. … College of Business, 14 years, effective March 31, 2013 Dr. Warren E. Lacefield , senior research associate in the … Dec. 18, 2012 Faculty leaves Sabbatical leave for Dr. R. Wayne Fuqua , chair and professor of psychology, effective …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5806

WMU to offer BSW program in Benton Harbor

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… the degree includes a 400-hour internship at a human service agency or nonprofit organization, providing students … designed to train social workers for a variety of human service work environments, and includes an opportunity to … Or they may choose to continue their education toward the Master of Social Work degree, which also is offered …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23093

George Vuicich obituary

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… of geography, died Monday, Nov. 2 , in Kalamazoo. He was 89. Vuicich joined the Department of Geography in 1968 and retired in 1993 after 25 years of service to the University. George Vuicich Originally, … and went on to finish his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. His professional career continued at Wisconsin State …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28519

WMU Ethics Center offers soul searching for professionals

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… of Ethical Commitment: Finding Your Ground for Finding Your Way," is free and open to the public. Miller will explore … for the Legal Assistance Center, a courthouse-based service providing legal forms and information to thousands … of Michigan recognized Miller with the John W. Cummiskey Award for pro-bono service. Miller's presentation is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28335

20 new WMU students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… fall. Medallion Scholarships are the highest merit-based award WMU can bestow on an incoming freshman. Valued at … years , they constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher education. Fifteen of this year's … and was her own school's homecoming queen. Her community service activities included taking part in Red Cross blood …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1223