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Shirley K. James obituary
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… 1977 and retired in 2001 after almost 24 years of service to the University. She was a head cook in Davis Dining Hall. … will be held at a later date. Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan or Twelve Baskets Food Pantry of Portage. Visit langelands.com to make a memorial guestbook entry. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42232
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 … Mall stores are closed Friday, July 4. Bernhard Center computer lab closes at 10 p.m. Thursday, July 3, and reopens … are closed Friday through Sunday, July 4-6. University Computing Center lab closes at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 3, and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16649
Technology-based music performance featured at WMU
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… with Western Michigan University School of Music students to bring an immersive concert of renowned music innovator Pauline Oliveros' work to the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The event, which begins …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42568
Students get involved in the community during Spring Staycation
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… Students get involved in the community during Spring Staycation Submitted by Anonymous … low-cost, meaningful spring break experience are encouraged to participate in Spring Staycation , an introduction to service learning in the community, to be held during the week of spring recess, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13819
Great Works Dance Project celebrates 20th anniversary
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… Project. Bringing renowned choreographers and guest artists to campus and exposing students and community members alike to innovative, professional … Project concludes with a four-day gala concert in February, wherein students will perform these world-class works for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35212
Frank R. Olenchak obituary
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… development after more than 17 years of service to the University. He initially was appointed to teach in … school, a training school for students preparing to become teachers. Olenchak became coordinator of student … Association of Teacher Educators—MATE—News. He also composed music, produced one television film and served as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35298
'Passed On,' by Nichole Maury, on display at the Richmond Center
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… Dec. 12. For the exhibition, Maury explores how the stories we tell are purposefully incomplete. We become so entrenched in manufactured realities, romanticized …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19528
WMU mourns student Jacob Jones, who was victim of off-campus shooting
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… student in an off-campus apartment has left the WMU community reeling. The 19-year-old student died in a … Both KDPS and the WMU Department of Public Safety responded to the initial report of a shooting received at 10:28 p.m. … the tragedy, he issued a short statement, noting "the WMU community is stunned by the realization that a promising …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36851
WMU Medieval Institute wins NEH grant for summer institute
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… Mich.— Dr. Jana K. Schulman , professor of English and director of the WMU Medieval Institute, has received a $180,000 … says NEH Chairman William Adams . "NEH is proud to support programs that illuminate the great ideas and … opportunities for Western Michigan University to affirm its commitment to the humanities and demonstrate its support for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31130
WMU congress puts focus of world's medieval scholars on Kalamazoo
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… in May, some 3,000 of the world's leading scholars on all topics medieval will converge on the Western Michigan University campus for an annual meeting that has become the largest international gathering of its kind. WMU's … favorite topics as the epic poem "Beowulf," the Crusades and the King Arthur legends. And many sessions focus …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39837