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Longtime employees to be inducted into 25 Year Club
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… total of 52 people who began their service to WMU in 1988 will be inducted into the 25 Year Club during a gala honoring longtime employees set for Tuesday, Dec. 3 . The annual gala, held in the … to members of the club, with reservations due Friday, Nov. 15 . For the full roster of club members, visit …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10913
Former Africana studies director serves as consultant on film
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… work contributed to a documentary film narrated by Emmy Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson that will air at 8 p.m. … thoughtful and often funny personal stories told by 15 residents of Muskegon, Mich. Wilson and civil rights … north left behind the legacy of slavery and segregation and set out to find the American dream. "Up From the Bottoms" is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/110
Francophone Film Fest features rare films, two filmmakers
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… countries across the globe and visits by two award-winning filmmakers from Morocco and Quebec are on tap as part of the 11th Annual Francophone Film Festival of Kalamazoo at … remains of his previous film--a mosque left behind from a set-village erected next to a real one. The fake mosque …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/223
Nobel Peace Prize winner gives public talk Friday
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… campus. The talk, "Voices on the Margins," is the 10th anniversary Nobel public address sponsored by the Great … Tum Tum received the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize for her work toward justice and reconciliation based on respect for the … the annual Great Lakes PeaceJam Youth Conference, set for Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22, in the Bernhard …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/344
Scholars from across Michigan to present research at WMU
College of Arts and Sciences
… Hall KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is set to host hundreds of scholars from around the state during the 2017 meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and … who eventually join academia in Michigan or elsewhere warmly remember the academy conference as where they …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37442
Seven football Broncos named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes
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… placed a program record seven student-athletes on the 2016 Mid-American Conference Distinguished Scholar Athlete … Athletics The Distinguished Scholar Athlete award is given to students who have excelled in athletics and … head to MAC Championship | Dec. 2, 2016 Community send-off set as WMU football team heads for Detroit | Nov. 30, 2016 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/37050
WMU trustees vote to freezes tuition, housing costs to support students in response to pandemic
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… by the coronavirus outbreak, University officials say they want to create certainty for students around the cost of … Typically, the University's governing board would set tuition in June, when there's more clarity around state … was important for students to know what to expect in 2020-21. The spring semester ends this week, as does the regular …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59125
Newell Rubbermaid to build at BTR Park
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… art 40,000-square-foot facility at the park by early 2014 , and expects to have a Kalamazoo employee base of up … The company's move is being assisted with a $2 million award from the Michigan Strategic Fund. Newell will build on … and the BTR Park's point person. "We know they've already set that process in motion by reaching out to architects and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/6076
Western's Army ROTC again recognized with top cadet in state
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… in Michigan during the past four years the honor has been awarded. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A student member of Western … of the U.S. Army's Arsenal of Democracy Chapter 2021 Officer's Saber—the third time a member of the Bronco … an infantry basic officer leadership course with his sights set on ultimately being accepted into the 75 th Ranger …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/63924
Medieval prayer book newly available online
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… on A two-page spread of the manuscript KALAMAZOO—A 15th century prayer book for nuns has been digitized and is … of the 48th International Congress on Medieval Studies, set for Thursday through Sunday, May 9-12, on the campus of … The manuscript, part of the Cistercian Studies Collection, was digitized by the WMU Libraries Digitization Center and a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7091