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Legendary Bronco track and cross country coach George Dales dies at 96

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… University athletic history, died in Kalamazoo Sept. 27. He was 96. Dales was a track and field and cross country coach … and field and cross country over more than half a century. After his retirement, Dales continued to serve and advance … by four daughters, Maria, Janine, Corinne and Natalie. Services Visitation is scheduled for 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42968

Kellogg Foundation is first recipient of aviation award

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… Kellogg Foundation is first recipient of aviation award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … on diversity in aviation; show commitment to community service on a consistent basis; positively impact the … The college's mission is to prepare leaders who are sought after by the aerospace industry and to engage in meaningful …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/336

Protecting children from environmental threats topic of humanities talk

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… need to know and do about it. The series is exploring how scientific research is defining issues that concern everybody, including the warming of the globe, the toxicity of the environment and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14025

Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice

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Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice … man of my father's generation," Forman says. "I was born after the voting rights act, after the civil rights act, … Supreme Court. He subsequently joined the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C., where for six years he …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22694

WMU gets $3.2 million to build culture of degree completion, success

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… students. The new grant is one of a small number of awards, and the only one made in Michigan, announced Sept. 30 … data behind the strategies embraced and replicated. "After receiving nearly 500 applications from around the … serve as director of evaluation and oversee the overall scientific conduct of the effort. To read the Department of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/19312

WMU choirs to honor the memory of Thomas C. Hardie with concert

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… retired in 1987 as an associate professor emeritus of music after 30 years of service to the university. He died Nov. 15, 2014, at age 93. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27693

Dr. Homer Hartman Stryker biography

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Dr. Homer Stryker was an orthopedic surgeon, inventor, and businessman, best … is a testimony to Dr. Stryker's approach to innovation—after he invented a product, he would continue to improve … lead healthier, more active lives through products and services that made surgery and recovery simpler, faster and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14108

Permaculture project abroad receives grant from WMU Office of Sustainability

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… grant titled, "Sustaining Natural Ecosystems: A WMU Service-Learning Project Abroad."  The study abroad program, … communities such as: lasagna composting, seed banks, water filtration, ancient grain products and a medicinal … grants this fall. The Office for Sustainability rewards grants each year to support students and faculty …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2019/01/sustainability-grant

WMU closes all campuses, cancels classes for second day due to ice storm

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… by Megan Looker on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Except for essential services, all Western Michigan University campuses are … must go out, the department urges taking extreme caution walking under trees due to the heavy limbs and branches that … in the patient portal . All appointments before 10 a.m. and after 3 p.m. have been canceled. The  Student Recreation …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70876

Caryl P. Freeman obituary

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… University, died Sept. 30 at Rose Arbor in Kalamazoo. She was 86. Freeman joined the WMU faculty in 1976 and retired in 1987 after 11 years of service to the University. Caryl Freeman Freeman served as …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19453