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Statement From Board Chair Miller on Recent Athletic Issue

Board of Trustees

… Michigan University Board of Trustees is in complete accord with the steps taken by the University following an … incident off campus last month that involved two young men who, at the time, were part of the Bronco football team. The young men were quickly suspended and then dismissed, once …

https://wmich.edu/trustees/statement

Southwest Michigan slates 2015 Chávez dinner, awards program

News

… the Fetzer Center at Western Michigan University. It begins with a reception at 6 p.m. followed by the dinner at … planned this year in honor of César Chávez include an American Red Cross blood drive on campus in the Bernhard Center … Institute in 2000; received the highest award the Mexican government bestows on an individual outside Mexico in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22456

Dr. Ruth Kaarlela obituary

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… of Blindness and Low Vision Studies in 1963 and retired with emerita status in 1986 after nearly 23 years of service … After retiring from WMU, Kaarlela worked for the American Foundation for the Blind, educating Native Americans with respect to visual problems. Prior to coming to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47979

Gov. Whitmer appoints Jon Hoadley to WMU Board of Trustees

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… was appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to fill the vacant seat on the WMU Board of Trustees through Dec. 31, … last year. Hoadley will fill out the remainder of the vacant seat, with his term expiring on Dec. 31, 2024 . “Jon has a long …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67181

International expert on geographical naming in Asia visits WMU

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… the position that the name East Sea be used concurrently with Sea of Japan and appears on all maps, charts and … Geun-hye's Committee on Regional Development and also works with the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical … in 1960, the Visiting Scholars and Artists Program significantly contributes to the intellectual life of WMU and the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27782

WMU welcomes new director of international admissions

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… in international recruitment and admissions, combined with his understanding of graduate recruitment and … education," Mohanan says. "I look forward to working with the gifted professionals and leadership of Haenicke …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55182

Olympic gold medalist to give public talk about resilience

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… will move them forward. While on campus, Mills will meet with two groups of WMU scholarship students, many of whom … to win the gold medal in the 10K race. He is the only American to ever bring home gold in that race, and his upset win … back, Mills helped found Running Strong for American Indian Youth and became the organization's national spokesperson. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26880

Grafton "Grif" Cook '96 Receives 2010 Alumni Achievement Award

History

… attended Washington and Lee University before graduating with his associate’s degree from Southwest Michigan College. … collector, author and patron of local history projects, with a particular passion for the history of arms and armor. …

https://wmich.edu/history/cook

Event series looks at multicultural issues

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… bag series of multicultural events that kicks off this fall with the showing of two episodes in the three-episode PBS … impacting the campus. One key activity has been to partner with the First-Year Experience office to create a standard … at the beginning of first-year students' academic careers, with the expectation that the students will benefit from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26786

Student-designed neonatal ventilator wins two more prestigious awards

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… for undergraduate biomedical and bioengineering students. With this latest win for their invention, Joseph Barnett and … The Dyson award competition saw a record number of entries, with 690 entered designs worldwide. NeoVent will receive … working in Central America, the Middle East, and Asia—with a focus on health disparities in Nepal. Globally, an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/25963