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WMU Board of Trustees to meet Wednesday to consider new AFSCME contract
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… Aug. 12, 2027. The union's 300 members perform custodial services, dining operations, landscaping, skilled trades and … reviewed the results to reach an agreement on market-based wage rates for each position for the 2025-26 fiscal year. In … each member will receive a 2.5% increase. In addition to wages, the agreement trustees will consider Wednesday also …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/08/wmu-trustees-consider-new-afscme-contract-wednesday
Leona Heerlyn obituary
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… Michigan University staff member, died April 14 . She was 81. Heerlyn, of Michigan, joined the WMU staff in 1980. She was a medical office assistant in the Sindecuse Health Center and retired in 1997 after 17 years of service to the University. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47495
Laura G. Manis obituary
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… Center at Western Michigan University, died Jan. 18 . She was 93. Manis joined the staff in 1966 and retired in 1982 after 15 years of service to the University. She was instrumental in establishing the women's studies minor, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45875
WMU in final preparation for switch to consolidated dispatch
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… emergency calls or texts made on cellphones from being forwarded from one department to another." But campus calls for … or other assistance will still see the same level of service campus community members have come to expect. The … request. Elevator emergency button messages, AED alarms and panic buttons will continue to be monitored …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46694
Student plans to bring a helping hand to families through financial planning
Haworth College of Business
… those he meets. He says helping individuals is the most rewarding aspect of his upcoming career, something he wants to share with those he interacts with—whether it's … analysts who focus on tasks behind the scenes, and service coordinators who help clients answer any questions …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69740
Winter recess 2022-23 hours announced for campus offices, facilities
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… Friday, Dec. 23 , through Tuesday, Jan. 3 . Some campus services will close or operate on limited hours through the … below are holiday hours for select University offices and services. Students, faculty, staff and the public are … 23 through Jan. 3 and reopen for regular hours on Jan. 4. Waldo Library is closed Dec. 18 with limited hours until the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70116
WMU Trustee Dennis Archer earns national achievement award
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… WMU Trustee Dennis Archer earns national achievement award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Archer … Corporate Counsel Association's Lifetime Achievement Award at an event slated for Lincoln Center's Alice Tully … for a lifetime of wide-ranging achievements that include service as mayor of Detroit from 1994 to 2001 and being the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1531
WMU's foster youth support program to get $750,000 from state
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… June 5 includes $750,000 in the Department of Human Services appropriation to support Western Michigan … State University. The formula used to apportion increases was based on the number of degrees awarded in critical skill areas, research and economic …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/771
WMU graduate students author infant foster care grant
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… will serve as the umbrella organization for a new social service program aimed at improving outcomes in infant foster … from the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. The grant proposal was authored last spring by eight WMU graduate students as … that will make this all possible. Their grant proposal was a demonstration of the perfect town-to-gown …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1512
Two local special education leaders set for Keystone talk
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… local leaders with the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency will be the November speakers for the … The state-of-the-art special education learning facility was the first of two construction projects funded by a $25.4 … County, from birth to age 26. From 2007 to 2009, Montgomery was director and supervisor of special education for the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3062