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Dance

… Mission Western Michigan University’s Department of Dance is nationally recognized as a community that values aesthetic breadth, student choice and disciplinary excellence. In our mission as a dance community, …

https://wmich.edu/dance/about/mission

Trustees vote to name WMU engineering facility for Elson S. Floyd

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… the successful Business Technology and Research Park he envisioned. The naming will be effective after the University … He went on to serve as president of the University of Missouri and then Washington State University. He died … he would take a medical leave from WSU to focus on his battle with cancer. He was 59. 'A new standard in higher …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25452

Spanish professor dies Sept. 20 after being found unresponsive

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… Spanish professor dies Sept. 20 after being found unresponsive … in a pool at Kalamazoo's YMCA. Dr. Carolyn J. Harris , professor and undergraduate advisor in the Department of Spanish, died at Bronson …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18987

Sponsored Elements

Chemistry

… Sponsored Elements The Department of Chemistry at Western Michigan University thanks the donors who have purchased and sponsored elements to assist chemistry students in times of crisis and need.  The plaques are …

https://wmich.edu/chemistry/giving/element/sold

OT, social work faculty earn $1.8 million behavioral health grant

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… grant Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Chapleau Harrison KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A four-year, $1.8 million grant for … professor of occupational therapy, and Dr. Jennifer Harrison , assistant professor of social work, received the grant from the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45083

WMU's Michigan campuses and regional locations closed through Thursday, Jan. 31

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… Events See the University events calendar for a full list of canceled events. The Bronco men's basketball game, … basketball team was slated to play at Northern Illinois on Jan. 31; that game has been canceled with a reschedule … to 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31. The cutoff for appointments is 2:30 p.m. There will be no charge for canceled or no-show …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51382

WMU appoints proven leader as new VP for development and alumni relations

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… alumni relations Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Kristen DeVries KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Following a national search, … Western Michigan University has named an experienced fundraising executive to provide strategic leadership and … efforts, alumni engagement and foundation enterprise. Kristen R. DeVries , previously vice president for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50885

Medieval Institute Publications and De Gruyter Partnership

College of Arts and Sciences

… July 26, 2018 KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A leading academic publishing house has been selected to partner with Medieval … The partnership will allow MIP to expand its niche publishing market in these areas significantly over the coming … new areas of publication. “We are pleased to enter this new partnership with De Gruyter and look forward to …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/mip-degruyter-partnership

National chemical engineering JEOPARDY! challenges students

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… diligence and perseverance … and a lot of studying. But it isn’t only calculations, reading and lab work. Sometimes, … Beasley, Zachary Hansen, Andy Kaczmar, Chase Roberts, Chris Rohen, Derek Ronayne and Willis Seifert, all chemical engineering students in Western’s …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66627

Prescribed burns OK'd at WMU's two nature preserves

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… If weather conditions are not conducive for a burn yet this spring semester, the next window of opportunity will be this coming fall in mid-October to mid-November. Fire's … various plant species to grow more vigorously and discouraged others that were not adapted to fire. "Without …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45596