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WMU Pilot Plants director, researcher dies

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… Pilot Plants and a leader in boosting recycling efforts in the fast food and packaging industries, died on … Pilot Plants teamed up with Global Green and its Coalition for Resource Recovery to bring the recycling effort to the fast food and packaging industries, starting …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21279

WMU wins 2014 Climate Leadership Award from Second Nature

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU's sustainability efforts date back decades. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Western Michigan … a 2014 Climate Leadership Award , recognizing the campus for its innovation and leadership in sustainability. Award … a national nonprofit organization that works to transform higher education to create a healthy, just and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16339

Longtime WMUK volunteer wins Community Medal of Arts award

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… advocacy' Sahlgren has been volunteer host of "Grassroots" for 36 years on WMUK, the University's National Public Radio … nominated Mark because of his tireless advocacy and performance of acoustic music in our community," says Gordon … has broadcast its self-described mix of "real music for real people" across the region. Listeners can tune in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17248

William H. Kanzler obituary

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… teachers and teaching courses in directed teaching. Before joining the WMU faculty, he was director of the intern teaching program for college graduates and director of the general education program for teachers at Temple University from 1960 to 1961. Prior …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16682

Three rare campus trees named state champions

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… after Andrew Sawyer , the state's official representative for the National Big Tree Registry, measured three of the … one would also be the National Champion. But none of the biggest campus trees could match the thick girth of the … National Register of Big Trees is maintained by American Forests, the only national nonprofit organization focused …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14820

Doretha E. 'Corey' Mortimore obituary

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… on Doretha E. Mortimore Doretha E. "Corey" Mortimore, a former director of the Annual Fund at Western Michigan … University, died March 20 at home in San Diego, California. She was 73. Mortimore joined the staff in 1972 and … Mortimore left WMU to become director of development for the College of Natural Resources at Michigan State …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32195

In artist's imagination, even Einstein took breaks

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… and to appreciate it. The statue also serves as a mascot for the High-Performance Computational Science Laboratory. The statue has since become the mascot of the University's High-Performance Computational Science Laboratory , and there are …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15810

Trustees approve recent retirements, resignations

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… 2019. Dr. Marianne Frauenknecht, professor of human performance and health education, 25 years, effective June 30, … projects in the Office of the Associate Vice President for Finance, 12 years, effective Dec. 31, 2014. Nancy J. … officer in the Office of the Associate Vice President for Finance, 35 years, effective Dec. 31, 2014. Judy A. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21134

Community invited to help ArtPrize competitor complete sculpture

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… tree he says is reminiscent of one that has fallen in a forest. The root system rises high overhead and the trunk extends for some 60 feet along the exhibition area. The basic wooden … non-WMU artists, including collaborative teams from Kellogg Community College and Ferris State University's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9063

WMU Stryker School of Medicine welcomes inaugural class

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… class total, who are from Michigan; 15 students from California; and four who hail from Illinois. The three WMU … class size of 84 students per class. A white-coat ceremony for this year's students is slated for mid-September, just before the WMU Stryker Medical …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/18129