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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

Robbery reported near WMU residence hall triggers campus alert

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… campus alert system Monday, Oct. 31. A male student told WMU Department of Public Safety officers that he was meeting someone in the parking lot of the hall to discuss a cellphone sale at approximately 8:50 p.m. While … driving a silver Pontiac vehicle. Members of the campus community are advised to be alert and to move about the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/36058

Generational differences in the workplace next topic in community speaker series

Haworth College of Business

… Generational differences in the workplace next topic in community speaker series Submitted by Anonymous … about generational differences in the workplace at the upcoming Mercantile Bank of Michigan Breakfast Speaker Series …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43512

School of Music, Department of Dance collaborate on performance

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… "Metrics" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 , in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The performance will be preceded by … are available from Miller Auditorium at millerauditorium.com/som or by calling (269) 387-2300 or (800) 228-9858. "Metrics" is a five-movement suite composed for a ten-piece ensemble. The idea behind the suite …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21524

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

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

'Worlding' and 'Mapping Mrs. Dalloway' on display at Richmond Center

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… exhibits, "Worlding" and "Mapping Mrs. Dalloway," are open to the public through Friday, Feb. 3, at the Richmond Center … Amherst's New York Professional Outreach Program. Comprised of film, sculpture, painting and drawing, "Worlding" asks viewers to examine works of art not only as objects but as …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37496

Beatrice P. Hartman obituary

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… Beatrice P. Hartman , assistant professor emerita of communication at Western Michigan University, died Nov. 15 . … and retired in 1985 after more than 27 years of service to the University. She primarily taught speech and communication courses and helped bring to campus a variety …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36674

'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 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