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Harvey Overton obituary

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… former Western Michigan University professor of humanities, died April 16. He was 92. Overton joined the WMU faculty in 1955 and retired in 1982 after 27 years of service to the University. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16782

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

Trustees approve retirements of 11 faculty, 14 staff members

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… status. Their names, positions, years of continuous service and effective dates of retirement are: Dr. Bassam E. … , associate professor of special education and literacy studies, 26 years, effective Aug. 31, 2017 Dr. Leonard … College of Business, 14 years, effective March 31, 2013 Dr. Warren E. Lacefield , senior research associate in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5806

Brenda L. Boerger obituary

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… retired physical therapist at Western Michigan University, died April 14 . She was 65. Boerger had worked in the Sindecuse Health Center. … to WMU in 2000 and retired in 2014 after nearly 15 years of service to the University. Services Services have taken …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46803