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John F. Walker obituary

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… on John F. Walker , a former industrial design teacher at Western Michigan University, died Dec. 27 . He was 76. Walker was an instructor and advisor in industrial design for a few years starting in 1987. Prior to coming to WMU, he was owner and partner in Walker design, an industrial and graphic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37468

Weekly drawings begin for campus United Way campaign

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… United Way campaign Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University faculty and staff members who give any amount to the 2013 campus … Michigan University football game Saturday, Nov. 16; and for the Nov. 1 drawing, a 2013-14 Bronco Plan booklet …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10064

Weekly drawings continue for faculty, staff who donate to United Way

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… have already been named in prize drawings for donating to Western Michigan University's 2013 campus United Way … Research; Donna Talbot , educational leadership, research and technology; Donald Nelson , computer science; Linda … Health Center; Kristal Ehrhardt , special education and literacy studies; Jane Baas , dance; Laurie Wolfe , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10834

WMU Symphony Orchestra to perform free concert

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… Orchestra will perform Feb. 8. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Symphony Orchestra and conductor Bruce Uchimura will present its first all … Sunday, Feb. 8 , in Miller Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. The program will feature Richard …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21521

Capitol Steps to satirize presidential race in upcoming performance

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… Capitol Steps will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 , at Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium. Purchase … of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. In the years that followed, … the conventional wisdom ("Don't quit your day job!"), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1968

Fountain Plaza reopens after summer improvements

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… on The new plaza design includes a curved fountain wall and increased green space. KALAMAZOO—Fountain Plaza by Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium officially … while the area was redesigned to improve accessibility and traffic flow as well as to create a less formal, more …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10405

Humanities center to tackle 'changing climates' in speaker series

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… 'Changing Climates' series begins Sept. 26. KALAMAZOO—The Western Michigan University Center for the Humanities is bringing together scientists and humanists in its annual speaker series to consider how the world's temperature and social climates are changing and what the earth's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9350

Beverly R. 'Penny' David obituary

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… Beverly R. "Penny" David , professor emerita of theatre at Western Michigan University, died Nov.   19 . She was   85. … humanities section of the General Studies faculty in 1967 and retired in 1994 after more than 26   years of continuous … An internationally recognized expert on Mark Twain and the illustration and design of his books, she lectured …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11911

Trustees set formal 'annual' meeting date

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… their final meeting of the 2014 calendar year Dec. 18, Western Michigan University trustees agreed on Thursday, Jan. 22 , as their next meeting date, and the one designated as the WMU Board of Trustees annual … 2015 year will be set during the January annual meeting, and the board is expected to welcome its newly appointed …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20768

Innovation center chief to speak at May Keystone breakfast lecture

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… as part of the Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Series at Western Michigan University. Dr. Robert DeWit, president and chief executive officer of the Southwest Michigan … discuss the growth of the center, which provides support and assistance to nurture the formation, survival and growth …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/554