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WMU to celebrate Arbor Day, 2012 Tree Campus recertification

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… the east end of its Goldsworth Valley Pond. WMU landscape services staff will be planting a Baldcypress (Taxodium … for sustainable campus forestry: sponsoring student service-learning projects and having a tree advisory … Darrell Junkins, WMU grounds supervisor in landscape services, at darrell.junkins@wmich.edu or (269) 387-8557. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6443

Trustees approve two staff retirements, other personnel changes

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… retiring, along with their positions, years of continuous service and effective dates of retirement are: Carey F. … Jr. , a groundskeeper II in Facilities Management-landscape services, 14 years, effective July 31, 2013, and Ruth Wagenaar , a custodian in Facilities Management-building …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8604

Board of Trustees approves minimal apartment rate increases

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… The recommended rates for all complexes include parking, water and sewer service, cable, trash removal and recycling services, plus … occupancy. Included in the recent expansion project was a new community center that opened its doors in October …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11933

WMU student receives competitive $10,000 accountancy scholarship

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… skills, and expanded my network." Her time at WMU was spent immersing herself in both the University and the … of Greater Kalamazoo. Participating in the Internal Revenue Service's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, including … my education and is helping me take the next steps toward achieving my goals of graduating with my M.S.A. and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64592

Nominations sought for semiannual staff award

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… Nominations sought for semiannual staff award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … Western Michigan University's semiannual Make a Difference awards are due Tuesday, Feb. 28 . Make a Difference is a … presented to non-faculty employees who provide exceptional service to the University. About the award Every fall and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/37795

Patrick D. Schiffer

College of Aviation

… in aviation.  Even before accepting his diploma, Schiffer was hired as the aviation program’s second flight … pilots to fly AT-6s, T-28s and T-34s during the Korean War.  Schiffer devoted himself to WMU’s aviation program, … tirelessly to enhance the program through his 23 years of service as an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner and FAA Safety …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/schiffer

EcoEssentials

Sustainability

… (WMU) created a novel, and as far as we know unprecedented, waste reduction initiative. During the first few weeks of … a free, high-quality, ISO-certified, 18 oz. stainless steel water bottle, a set of bamboo utensils and a canvas tote … but the program did not achieve widespread adoption. After a few iterations the idea caught the attention of the …

https://wmich.edu/sustainability/office/projects-programs/ecoessentials

Andy Kline

Higher Learning Commission Accreditation

… Paper Engineering in 2001 as an assistant professor. Kline was previously employed as a senior research engineer and … engineering process design, engineering education, and service-learning in engineering. He has co-authored 35 …

https://wmich.edu/hlc/directory/kline

Alan Holck

History

… B.A. in History from Western Michigan University in 1968. After graduation, Mr. Holck worked for Consolidated Foods Corporation for eight years before moving to Iowa to take an administrative position in conference center … he represented Norwest in various state financial services associations and managed responses to state banking …

https://wmich.edu/history/alan-holck

Award-winning singer, plane crash survivor to speak on resilience at WMU

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… Award-winning singer, plane crash survivor to speak on … the public. Inspiring by Example Born in Nigeria, Okwuchi was a teenager when she was involved in a horrific plane … tell anyone going through it to trust that there is life after adversity. There is live after trauma and hardship." …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55402