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Alumna returns to WMU as new leader for DEI planning, programs and initiatives

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… and culture for students and staff as well as working with faculty to ensure a sense of belongingness for students. We … “I very much appreciated the relationships I built with WMU faculty and staff and the support I received from higher education and student affairs faculty even as I progressed throughout my career.” “I am …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72609

Political science standout, first WMU elected chair Greenberg dies at 88

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… Dr. Milton Greenberg A former Western Michigan University faculty member who was the first elected department chair at … University, died after a brief illness. He was a WMU faculty member from 1955 to 1969. After leaving WMU, he went … at WMU, Greenberg was a member of the political science faculty. In 1962, he and colleague Dr. Jack C. Plano …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26879

Simulation trains employees to aid military veterans

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Kalamazoo, Mich.—Faculty and staff members at Western Michigan University are … affecting military students. The Veterans on Campus for Faculty and Staff simulation may be started at any time on … modules. For more information , visit wmich.edu/military/faculty-staff-training . Direct questions to John C. Scott …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37670

New Presidential Innovation Professors announced at Western

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… Office of Research and Innovation is recognizing three faculty members for their innovative ideas and drive to make … Professorships . Dr. Wendy Beane "The three outstanding faculty members selected as this year’s Presidential … expressed across the Western Michigan University faculty in every one of our colleges." Sue Ellen Christian …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/63961

WMU ranked by TIME as a ‘Best College for Future Leaders’

Haworth College of Business

… again been recognized for fostering future leaders. Our faculty and staff put significant time and effort into …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/02/time-leaders-haworth-2025

Erwin W. Rayford obituary

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… Erwin W. Rayford , a former Western Michigan University faculty member, died June 18, 2014 . He was 94. Rayford joined the WMU faculty in 1967 and retired in 1983 after 16 years of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21265

Outstanding seniors to be honored as 2022 Presidential Scholars

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… April 8 , in the Bernhard Center Ballroom. Each year, faculty members from across the University select the most … of WMU, and Marilyn Kritzman , president of the WMU Faculty Senate, also will be making comments. “We’re proud … their undergraduate careers," Montgomery says. "The faculty members who nominated these students did so based on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67695

Services set for WMU historian Ernst Breisach

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… chair from 1967 to 1989. After his retirement from the WMU faculty in 1996, he remained active as a scholar and deeply … he was one of the first recipients of WMU's Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award, which is the highest honor the University bestows on its faculty members. For the past 28 years, he chaired the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36629

George 'Stewart' Johnson obituary

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… "Stewart" Johnson , a former Western Michigan University faculty member, died Aug. 6 . He was 96. Johnson, of Grand Rapids and Spring Lake, joined the WMU faculty in 1960 and retired in 1984 after 24 years of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42231

Two professors to be honored with Distinguished Teaching Awards

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… honor two individuals with its highest award recognizing faculty members for their work with students. Drs. Matthew … honoring this year's Emerging Scholar and Distinguished Faculty Scholar as well as winners of the Distinguished … Award recipients, Mingus and Omilion-Hodges join 31 other faculty members who have been honored since the start of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/54905