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Fall event welcomes LBGT college students to Kalamazoo

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… Fall event welcomes LBGT college students to Kalamazoo Submitted by … the Western Michigan University intramural fields between Howard Street and Rankin Avenue near Goldsworth Valley Pond. In the event of inclement …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9260

Vow renewal sets world record, grabs international coverage

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… Vow renewal sets world record, grabs international coverage … 1,201 couples renewing their vows on the Grand Lawn near Heritage Hall Oct. 8 , Western Michigan University set … Record for the most vow renewals in one place at one time. The event also garnered international attention, with an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35777

Hawking biography to be screened

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… Jan. 31 , in 1110 Rood Hall. "Hawking" is a PBS documentary billed as "a remarkable man, a remarkable story." … under-achiever to Ph.D. genius, and from a healthy coxswain on the Oxford rowing team to a diagnosis of motor … In addition, the film highlights the physicist's greatest scientific discoveries and plots his rise to fame and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21370

Thank You Notes

Career and Student Employment Services

… you notes 22% of employers are less likely to hire a candidate who does not send a thank you and 91% like being … Creates an opportunity to introduce information that wasn’t brought up in the interview. Thank you notes should … interviews, job shadows and any other career development opportunities where you interact with employers, …

https://wmich.edu/career/thankyou

History Professor Linda Borish Mentors a SEITA Scholar

College of Arts and Sciences

… History Professor Linda Borish Mentors a SEITA Scholar Olga Bonfiglio College of Arts and … opportunities for internships, classes to take and ways to navigate the college system. Borish decided to get … him to consider whether he had enough time to do this in addition to his job in the library. Borish finds mentoring …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/seita-scholar

Flying High with Fink – Jason’s Jaunt to WMU’s College of Aviation

College of Aviation

… Submitted by Tom Thinnes on College of Aviation students always have amazing reasons for choosing their career path, … the stories his grandfather told when he was a U.S. Navy radio operator on flights hunting for enemy submarines during … days to pursue a private-pilot certificate back in his home state of Texas. All of which led him to the north and …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/09/jasonfink

Faculty Feature: Jeremy Hierholzer

College of Aviation

… Tom Thinnes on This week WMU Aviation is featuring faculty member Jeremy C. Hierholzer. Jeremy started as a faculty … is his second stint with Western Michigan University as he was an aircraft maintenance technician and a WMU faculty … industry calls. Jeremy reports that one of the most rewarding parts of his career is seeing students graduate and …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2018/01/hierholzer

WMU faculty head to South Africa, Thailand this summer on Fulbright Specialist Awards

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… WMU faculty head to South Africa, Thailand this summer on Fulbright Specialist Awards Submitted by Elizabeth Braaksma on KALAMAZOO – Two … Western Michigan University community. Its offices assist nearly 2,500 international students and alumni at home and …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/06/fulbright-specialist-summer-2025

New geological repository expands essential geoscience research capabilities at WMU

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… building on the WMU Parkview Campus that will become the new home of the Michigan Geological Repository for … and data in the state—including approximately 600,000 linear feet of rock and mineral core.   The new facility, … added cost of redrilling, unlocking existing information in ways that advance research, resource management and economic …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/03/michigan-geological-repository-research-education-new-facility-groundbreaking

Jim Tripp obituary

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… Anonymous (not verified) on Jim Tripp Jim Tripp , a staff member in Western Michigan University's Department of Facilities Management, died Dec. 25, 2015 . He was 62. Tripp, a painter/glazier in the maintenance services … joined the staff in 2001 and had given 14 years of near-continuous service to the University. Survivors include …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29795