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Faculty member Anthony Ellis dies, campus memorial service planned
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… life is being planned for Ellis, who battled leukemia for the past two years. A campus memorial service will be held … Anthony Ellis Ellis, who joined the WMU faculty in 2005, taught courses on Shakespeare and the history of drama. Until shortly before his …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12548
Wilma J. (Napp) McNees obituary
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… on Wilma Jeanette (Napp) McNees , a former custodian in the Department of Facilities Management at Western Michigan University, died May 13 . She was 75. McNees, of Kalamazoo, joined the staff in 1980 and left …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7539
Magician Joseph Tran coming to Bernhard Center
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… for a single show at 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27 , in the Bernhard Center's East Ballroom. The show is presented by the Campus Activities Board. … in southern California, Tran has been chosen as Magician of the Year of the Magic Castle Young Magician's Program, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1617
WMU Libraries staff support Smithsonian research into graphic designer, sunburst seal
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… Puca on Original drawings and notes by Crimilda Pontes, 1965, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 89-024, Box 4 … Mich.—When researchers encounter something unexpected, their curiosity can drive them in a new direction, and to … The majority of the Pontes archive focuses on her career at Yale University Press and the Smithsonian Institute …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58894
Year-end gift totals top $41 million
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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO—A report made to the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees at its July meeting showed the total of gifts, … ended June 30 tops $41 million. The figure reported, $41,575,189, included a total of nearly $412,000 in gifts and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/1108
Jazz vocalist returns for distinguished alumni concert
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… Michigan University alumna Kate Reid returns to the Dalton Center Recital Hall at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 , to perform as part of the School of Music's Distinguished Alumni Series. Admission …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1940
Metropolitan Opera star Samuel Ramey visits WMU
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… Opera star Samuel Ramey will perform with the Western Michigan University Symphony Orchestra and … Singers in a free, public concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5 , in Miller Auditorium. The concert will feature Gustav … Puccini and American composer Carlisle Floyd. It is part of Ramey's three-day guest residency at WMU, during which he …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/94
Neon Trees, Karmin to headline campus spring concert
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… on Neon Trees KALAMAZOO—Neon Trees and Karmin will headline the Campus Activities Board's spring concert Tuesday, … the general public can purchase tickets ranging from $15 to $25 beginning Monday, Feb. 11. Other area college students may purchase tickets in person with a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4342
Trustees authorize two lease agreements
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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO—At their July 25 meeting, Western Michigan University trustees authorized … lease extension of a lease with Megee Printing for 250 square feet of retail space in the Bernhard Center where the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/1101
James B. Dexheimer obituary
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… WMU's staff in 1992 and retired in December as coordinator of fast cataloging in University Libraries after 19 years of service to the University. He worked with the libraries' foreign language materials, rare books and manuscripts, and archival collections. He also …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/73