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WMU Board of Trustees to meet Wednesday to consider new AFSCME contract

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… through 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 …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/08/wmu-trustees-consider-new-afscme-contract-wednesday

Leona Heerlyn obituary

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… , a former Western Michigan University staff member, died April 14 . She was 81. Heerlyn, of Michigan, joined the WMU staff in 1980. … 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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… and Testing 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 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45875

WMU in final preparation for switch to consolidated dispatch

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… WMU in final preparation for switch to consolidated dispatch Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … 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 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46694

Student plans to bring a helping hand to families through financial planning

Haworth College of Business

… a positive impact on those he meets. He says helping individuals is the most rewarding aspect of his upcoming career, something he wants to … 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 … services during winter recess. Represented employees should direct questions to their management.  View holiday 2022-23 … 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 … for his lifetime of work as an advocate for the benefits of diversity. Archer will be honored Tuesday, Sept. 11, with … 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 … increase in annual state appropriations to WMU. The DHS funding is for WMU's Foster Youth and Higher Education … State University. The formula used to apportion increases was based on the number of degrees awarded in critical skill …

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 … for 15 social workers in the nationally recognized Incredible Years program. The project's four immediate objectives …

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 … superintendent for special education, and Angela Telfer , director of its WoodsEdge Learning Center, will speak at … The state-of-the-art special education learning facility was the first of two construction projects funded by a $25.4 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3062