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WMU officials begin planning next campus residential construction
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… of the new Western View community center KALAMAZOO--With two new residential buildings and a community center … and two new residential buildings are now under way along with a community center that will be for the use of all …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/885
Japan scholar to address Zen, art of mumbo jumbo in haiku
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… forthcoming "The Penguin Book of Haiku," Kern takes issue with the notion of haiku as a kind of age-old traditional … how the Hello Kitty pop culture icon has become affiliated with short Japanese poems. After spending more than a year …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/309
Dunn accepts Department of Defense award for troop support
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… Navy Capts. Rick Burn and Paul Ryan. Both are volunteers with Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, and Ryan … late last summer, shortly after his last deployment with the 415th Civil Affairs Battalion working on provincial …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/668
Jack S. Wood obituary
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… and direct the Southcentral Michigan Planning Council and with a faculty group, developed WMU's Institute of Public … before retiring, he garnered considerable attention working with the state to reintroduce wild turkeys to West Michigan. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1857
WMU enrollment for fall semester stands at 24,598
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… a boom in the number of international students, significant increases in the number of minority students, a … overall 1.9 percent decrease in total enrollment compared with last fall's total of 25,086. The percentage decrease … of nearly 3,200 A 4.2 percent increase in the number of African-American students and a 3.4 percent increase overall in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1699
Latvian official returns to alma mater as visiting scholar
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… assignments minister for social integration and an expert with the Society Integration Foundation and the governmental … scholars and artists to campus. These visitors meet with faculty and students in their fields and address the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1823
Jerome G. Manis obituary
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… of WMU's graduate program in sociology. That effort began with a Master of Arts in 1958 and a Doctor of Philosophy in … articles. He also began a faculty exchange program with Japan and taught and conducted research through the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5848
Paper tech association bestows awards to WMU student, professor
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… award is based not only on the technical content and significance to the industry of the written paper, but also the … and MeadWestvaco Prize. Joyce is the first to be honored with the newly established award. The honorarium is endowed … individual, who demonstrates her passion on a daily basis with her university and her students. I was thrilled to hear …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7220
WMU closed Monday, Jan. 6, due to severe weather
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… Monday, Jan. 6 , due to severe weather. All classes are canceled. The closure includes the University's Kalamazoo … University Programs Web page . This article will be updated with event cancellations and special hours as information … —All residence hall dining rooms and late-night carryouts are open when the University closes due to weather. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12517
Western's student-run radio station earns national award nominations
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… to her team's ability to adapt to new technology and run with it. "A huge part of how we've been able to work through … on each other and expect that we are all doing our best with what we have," Farrell says. "I am incredibly lucky to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63226