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Student plans to bring a helping hand to families through financial planning
Haworth College of Business
… a positive impact on those he meets. He says helping individuals is the most rewarding aspect of his upcoming career, something he wants to … analysts who focus on tasks behind the scenes, and service coordinators who help clients answer any questions …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69740
Winter recess 2022-23 hours announced for campus offices, facilities
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… Friday, Dec. 23 , through Tuesday, Jan. 3 . Some campus services will close or operate on limited hours through the … services during winter recess. Represented employees should direct questions to their management. View holiday 2022-23 … 23 through Jan. 3 and reopen for regular hours on Jan. 4. Waldo Library is closed Dec. 18 with limited hours until the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70116
WMU Trustee Dennis Archer earns national achievement award
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… WMU Trustee Dennis Archer earns national achievement award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Archer … for his lifetime of work as an advocate for the benefits of diversity. Archer will be honored Tuesday, Sept. 11, with … for a lifetime of wide-ranging achievements that include service as mayor of Detroit from 1994 to 2001 and being the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1531
WMU's foster youth support program to get $750,000 from state
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… June 5 includes $750,000 in the Department of Human Services appropriation to support Western Michigan … increase in annual state appropriations to WMU. The DHS funding is for WMU's Foster Youth and Higher Education … State University. The formula used to apportion increases was based on the number of degrees awarded in critical skill …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/771
WMU graduate students author infant foster care grant
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… will serve as the umbrella organization for a new social service program aimed at improving outcomes in infant foster … from the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. The grant proposal was authored last spring by eight WMU graduate students as … for 15 social workers in the nationally recognized Incredible Years program. The project's four immediate objectives …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1512
Two local special education leaders set for Keystone talk
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… local leaders with the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency will be the November speakers for the … superintendent for special education, and Angela Telfer , director of its WoodsEdge Learning Center, will speak at … The state-of-the-art special education learning facility was the first of two construction projects funded by a $25.4 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3062
Trustees approve retirements of 11 faculty, 14 staff members
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… status. Their names, positions, years of continuous service and effective dates of retirement are: Dr. Bassam E. … , associate professor of special education and literacy studies, 26 years, effective Aug. 31, 2017 Dr. Leonard … College of Business, 14 years, effective March 31, 2013 Dr. Warren E. Lacefield , senior research associate in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5806
Leona Heerlyn obituary
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… , a former Western Michigan University staff member, died April 14 . She was 81. Heerlyn, of Michigan, joined the WMU staff in 1980. … Health Center and retired in 1997 after 17 years of service to the University. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47495
Laura G. Manis obituary
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… and Testing Center at Western Michigan University, died Jan. 18 . She was 93. Manis joined the staff in 1966 and retired in 1982 after 15 years of service to the University. She was instrumental in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45875
Peggy Seals obituary
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… Seals , a former Western Michigan University staff member, died Dec. 20 . She was 78. Seals, of Kalamazoo, was a former employee in the residence halls. A memorial service was held. Her guestbook can be viewed online . …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/20950