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Bronco softball leads the MAC with 11 academic recognitions

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… Michigan University's softball team tied Northern Illinois University with a league-best 11 recognitions in the … and Kent State universities followed with 10 apiece. In total, 89 softball student-athletes were honored. All 11 Broncos will now be eligible to be voted as Distinguished Scholar-Athletes by the league, an award which …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40398

WMU grad programs ranked among nation's best by U.S. News

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… on WMU's Kalamazoo-based occupational therapy program is ranked at No. 32 nationally, making it the state's … The latest annual U.S. News & World Report ranking of the top graduate programs in the nation shows Western Michigan University with eight programs ranked …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38794

Spanish professor dies Sept. 20 after being found unresponsive

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… Spanish professor dies Sept. 20 after being found unresponsive … in a pool at Kalamazoo's YMCA. Dr. Carolyn J. Harris , professor and undergraduate advisor in the Department … this week. Memorial gifts in Harris's name may be made to the Emeriti Scholarship in the Department of Spanish. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18987

WMU student team wins national Wege sustainability prize

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… the eyes of an international panel of judges whose task was to assess the teams' ability to use design principles toto solve a truly wicked problem." The second annual transdisciplinary design contest asked teams of five to work … major from Detroit. The WMU team designed The Local Loop Farm, an agricultural system that exists symbiotically with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22739

Caution urged after armed robbery

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… , in a third-floor hallway of LeFevre Hall. Extreme caution is urged. Members of the campus community should be on the lookout for two black males. One has dreadlocks and is wearing a red coat. No description is available yet for the second suspect. Call WMU Public …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21466

Frank R. Olenchak obituary

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… former Western Michigan University faculty member, died at his home in Columbia, South Carolina, Aug. 24 . He was 88. … joined the WMU faculty in 1966 and retired in 1984 as an assistant professor emeritus of education and professional … development after more than 17 years of service to the University. He initially was appointed to teach in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35298

Campus Activities Board presents comedian Chris James

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… Campus Activities Board presents comedian Chris James Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on James KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Comedian Chris James will perform on Western Michigan University's … in both New York and California, including the Laugh Factory and the Comedy Store on Sunset Strip. For more …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21350

Dr. Richard R. Williams obituary

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… R. Williams , founder of Western Michigan University's holistic health program, died Feb. 5 . He was 77. Williams, a … the WMU faculty in 1970 and left the University in 1984 to engage full time in private practice and other endeavors. He began his faculty service in the general studies unit as an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14819

Diversity celebrated at annual Pride event

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… June 10-11 , in the Arcadia Creek Festival Site in downtown Kalamazoo. Entertainment and activities Entertainment … Pride begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday with a local DJ, the "Miss or Mister Kalamazoo Pride 2016" local drag competition, a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32597

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 … community service activities included volunteering at the Farmers Alley Theatre in downtown Kalamazoo, taking part in … fix the hospital's computer system to doing monthly magic shows for pediatric patients. Seth Laws , of Lansdale, Pa., …

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