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Campus honors Floyd with community celebration and building naming

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… beside a portrait of Dr. Elson Floyd, which was unveiled at the Oct. 16 event. KALAMAZOO, Mich—"He was your sixth … southwest Michigan. The latter included the voices of area political business and social leaders as well as former … leave from WSU to focus on his battle with cancer. He was 59. To watch a recording of the Dalton Center event, visit …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27970

Governor appoints accountancy professor to state board

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… Governor appoints accountancy professor to state board Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) … Dr. Ola Smith , associate professor of accountancy, to the State Board of Accountancy. The nine-member board oversees licensure and certification …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8910

Special education major earns outstanding student award

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Western Michigan University student in the College of Education and Human Development has been selected to … Those nominating Foreman for the award cited her for a WMU career in which she has shown exceptional academic and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44996

Two input sessions and surveys will help boost campus wayfinding

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… wayfinding Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Photo of the Bernhard Center. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Two public meetings … it easier for visitors to find and navigate the different areas of the campus and to make both pedestrian and vehicle …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19707

College Signing Day celebration not just for star athletes anymore

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… athletes anymore Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on The May 2 event will feature speakers and entertainment. … to which they've committed for fall 2016. About 1,500-1,800 graduating seniors from all Kalamazoo County high schools will gather at 9:30 a.m. in WMU's University Arena to celebrate their post-graduation plans. The students …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31904

Horn Day 2017 features Michigan native Leelanee Sterrett

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… Mich.—Michigan native Leelanee Sterrett will headline the 2017 Horn Day festival at Western Michigan University. She will perform during the final concert at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 , in the … for Horn Day is $20. Leelanee Sterrett Sterrett, third horn of the New York Philharmonic, joined the orchestra in June …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37861

WMU board to consider new unit name Thursday

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… name Thursday Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 12 , in formal session. The meeting will convene in Rooms 157-159 of the Bernhard Center on the University's Main …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58427

Larry E. Syndergaard obituary

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… Larry E. Syndergaard , Western Michigan University professor emeritus of English, died April 15 in Kalamazoo. He was 78. Syndergaard joined the Department of English faculty in 1968 and retired …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23396

Music student wins trombone competition

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… has won an important competition for young trombonists, one of two recent contests in which he was a finalist. Nick … Dewyer , of Chelsea, who will be a sophomore this fall, won the Larry Wiehe Solo Competition at the 2014 International … a huge honor for him and a highpoint in his playing career. "I honestly couldn't have imagined my freshman year …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16704

Summer camps online at WMU in June

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… graphic novels, cryptography and playwriting, among other areas, as summer camps during the month of May and June on the campus of Western Michigan University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58373