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Students, researchers dig deeper into history of Fort St. Joseph

News

… me more choice and made me much more invested in what I was learning and wanting to do it well.   "This isn't sandbox archaeology, … the experience magical. "It's not even just feeling the scientific aspect of the soil. It's getting your hands on it …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54551

Take a stroll around Western's campuses to see what's new

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… bloom around the pond in front of Sangren Hall. The curtain wall on the new student center and dining facility is finished! The gold fins are designed like Michigan tree foliage to help … a brewpub ? The concrete is getting a face-lift in front of Waldo Library in August. The main entrance is closed for the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65100

WMU homecoming and Family Weekend events planned

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… Oct. 3-8 and Family Weekend Oct. 7-9 . "Forever Brown and Gold" is the 2016 homecoming theme, and a host of activities … are gathering across campus to welcome alumni home, stage award programs and hold special pregame tailgates Saturday, … Alumni Society—Annual Golden Apple and Keystone Awards reception and dinner, 5:30 p.m., Fetzer Center. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35240

Changing one life at a time

College of Arts and Sciences

… in criminology and gender, said “that file room is a gold mine. We figure out what’s not working and what can be … done to fix it.” Kuersten recalled one case in which a man was trying to contact them but couldn’t fill out the … that her office uses to begin researching a case. He was illiterate. She is optimistic that the upcoming …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news-wrongful-conviction-2016

History

Oaklands

… By Peter Schmidt , professor of history 1965–2008. Mark Twain liked to call the booming end of the 19th century “The … the Red Cross building at 530 West South, said the style was “intended for the countryseat of a man of ample fortune, … to work for her father. In 1876, he joined the Black Hills gold rush, wintering in Deadwood and taking up a freighting …

https://wmich.edu/oaklands/history

20th Annual Russian Festival a Big Hit

College of Arts and Sciences

… the event, said putting on the Russian Festival this year was more important than ever. “As the political relationship … world famous chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors located in the Catherine Palace of … constructed in 1701 in the Berlin City Palace, it was given to Peter the Great of the Russian Empire by …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/russian-festival

University's geospatial sciences designation to be touted at open house

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… designation is valid for one year, with expected annual renewals as the University keeps current with evolving GS … by Congress in 1879, USGS is now the nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping … The agency serves the nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43392

WMU Graduate Standard - Walwood History

Graduate College

… WMU Graduate Standard - Walwood History WMU Graduate Standard: Graduate College Spotlight A Brief History of Walwood Hall—by Carson Leftwich “My husband and I met at a … according to historian Larry Massie’s 2003 book, Brown and Golden Memories: Western Michigan University’s first …

https://wmich.edu/grad/wmugradstandard-2018f-wallwood

Some campus offices on reduced hours for the holidays

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… Tuesday, Jan. 2. For more information, call (269) 387-7000. Waldo Library  is open reduced hours 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. … 7:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 8. For information on hours for the Swain Education Library, Maybee Music and Dance Library, and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44110

Concerto competition winners perform at Miller Auditorium

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… is a graduate assistant in the School of Music working toward his Master of Music degree in trombone performance. He … where he graduated in 2016. At James Madison, Ford was selected to attend the 2014 Sulzbach-Rosenberg … Jazz Orchestra, Advanced Jazz Ensemble, University Theatre, Gold Company and the WMU Trombone Choir. Leffert became …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46247