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Award-winning professor, performing arts design expert dies at 60

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… Award-winning professor, performing arts design expert dies … than 125 University Theatre productions, died Feb. 25. He was 60. Roehrick joined the WMU faculty in 1978 and taught … courses.  He served the Department of Theatre as director of design and technical production. He also served for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13843

WMU prof listed among most influential education scholars

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… influential education scholars in the United States and the top 10 most influential in scholarship related to government and policy, according to an annual ranking … Hess Straight Up Edu-Scholar Public Influence ranking that was recently released. The publication also offered …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12721

Frostic Reading Series caps spring season with three April events

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… presentations running the gamut from graduate students to seasoned professionals. First up will be Dao Strom , a … also is the author of "Barren Island," winner of the AWP Award for the Novel from the Association of Writers and … Quarterly Review, FIELD and elsewhere. He teaches at Akhawayn University in Morocco. All of the readings are free and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39157

John P. Mulligan obituary

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… staff member, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Arkansas. He was 89. Mulligan, a former WMU residence hall custodian, joined the staff in 1976 and retired in 1986 after 10 years of service. Remembrances A memorial service was held this past November in Arkansas. Memorial gifts may …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4130

Lee Allen Cliffman obituary

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… plumber at Western Michigan University, died June 15 . He was 60. Cliffman, of Oshtemo Township, Mich., joined the WMU facilities management staff in 1996 and was a military veteran. Services Services will be at 1 p.m. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7684

Mary Ann LeDoux obituary

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… member at Western Michigan University, died Aug. 29 . She was 48. LeDoux had worked at the University for six years, having joined the staff in 2007. She was a utility food worker in the Valley 2 Dining Service. A … taken place. Visit obits.mlive.com/obituaries/kalamazoo to make a memorial guestbook entry. Contact: Jeanne Baron …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9613

Robert I. Sundick obituary

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… , a former Western Michigan University faculty member who was involved with forensics research and applications for decades, died June 29 in Jerusalem. He was 71. Sundick, professor emeritus of anthropology, joined … in 1969 and retired in 2000 after 31 years of service to the University. An expert in forensic anthropology, he …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26541

Shirley Bach obituary

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… on biomedical ethics, died in Kalamazoo Feb. 13 . She was 86. Bach came to WMU as an instructor and researcher in 1961 and served as … a statewide effort to assess public attitudes on genetic testing.  A graduate of Queen's College in New York, Bach …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45322

Rachel Kushner's Frostic Reading Series appearance rescheduled

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… author who has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award has rescheduled her reading as part of the Frostic … University, after her original date was canceled due to travel difficulties. Rachel Kushner will read from her … Prize. It was a winner of the California Book Award. Her latest work, "The Flamethrowers," was a finalist for the 2013 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13354

Chaucer scholar honored with prestigious Medieval Institute book prize

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… Puca on Dr. Marion Turner is the recipient of Western's Otto Gründler Book Prize for her biography of medieval poet … of the 2021 prize for " Chaucer: A European Life ." The award, which comes with a $1,000 cash prize, was announced at the 56th International Congress on Medieval …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64343