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WMU Trustee Dennis Archer earns national achievement award
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… W. Archer , former Detroit mayor, a member of the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees and a 1965 WMU … president of the American Bar Association. He served as a Michigan Supreme Court justice from 1985 to 1990, and in his … bench, was named the most respected judge in the state by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. "Dennis Archer has worked …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1531
WMU students to compete in cross-country solar car race
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… 2012 Sunseeker solar racing team KALAMAZOO--Twelve Western Michigan University students will compete in a cross-country … in such solar events since 1989, this year is one of three Michigan schools competing. The other two teams are from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. 2012 WMU Sunseeker …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/909
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity commemorates 50 years at WMU
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… fraternity is celebrating its 50-year history at Western Michigan University, coinciding with WMU Homecoming Weekend … the fraternity, a WMU trustee, former Detroit mayor, former Michigan Supreme Court justice and served as the first … care and manufacturing industries John Ambrose, educator at Michigan State University specializing in recruitment and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1826
Two local special education leaders set for Keystone talk
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… years of professional service in K-12 public education in Michigan: five years working in the general education … degrees from WMU and is a doctoral candidate at Eastern Michigan University. Telfer Angela Telfer Telfer, also a WMU … a bachelor's degree in special education from Central Michigan University and a master's degree in special …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3062
Homecoming Campus Classic features new 5K course
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… year's Campus Classic is set for Oct. 12. KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University's 15th annual Homecoming Campus Classic … last year. New 5K course Up Western Avenue to West Michigan Avenue Up West Michigan past Sangren Hall Down Gilkison Avenue Left onto …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9756
Arts and Sciences dean named a distinguished woman in higher education
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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Michigan American Council on Education Network has … workplace responsibilities. This is the highest honor the Michigan ACE Network presents. PROMOTING CHANGE Dr. Carla … communities across West Michigan leading a W.K. Kellogg Foundation Racial Healing Planning Grant in her previous …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59963
Dean elected as library association vice-president/president-elect
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… Julie Garrison , dean of University Libraries at Western Michigan University, has been elected as … librarian roles at Grand Valley State University, Central Michigan University and Duke University Medical Center … (2011-16). She has held numerous positions within the Michigan Academic Library Association including serving as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58928
Western board votes to keep tuition increase well below cap proposed by state officials
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… an affordable and high-quality education, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees approved a tuition and … tuition-increase restraint cap proposed by the governor and Michigan Senate. Tuition and required fees will rise by … overall budget, the governor and the two chambers of the Michigan Legislature have submitted proposed spending plans …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64611
WMU new economic development park honored for cleanup, sustainable use of land
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… in the Parkview Avenue Campus. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's expanded land and economic development … use. A recipient of the U.S. Green Building Council of West Michigan's (USGBC-WM) Innovative Project Award, Western was … the U.S. Economic Development Administration, Southwest Michigan First, Oshtemo Township and Road Commission of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67442
All WMU campuses close early Wednesday, Feb. 22, due to severe weather
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… outages. 2007, Feb. 5—Extreme cold and snow closed many Michigan colleges. 2008, Feb. 1—WMU closed due to snow. … and expected severely cold temperatures prompted many Michigan colleges to close. The closure delayed the start of … several inches of snow and closed many schools throughout Michigan. The University closed campus at midday. 2019, Jan. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70872