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Governor names new trustees to Western’s governing board

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… Liggins Jr. , senior counsel with the Kalamazoo office of Warner Norcross + Judd, and  Kara Wood , executive director … economic development organization Grand Action 2.0. Liggins was appointed to fill a seat left vacant by the untimely … fields, with deep experience in community and board service. We look forward to the leadership and expertise …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74314

Provost and dean discuss Grow Your Own on education podcast

College of Education and Human Development

… interim dean said 'Can we manage this?' And what we said was, by any means necessary, we will do this in service to the state of Michigan."  With the Grow Your Own … us," says Vasquez Heilig. "So the idea that people don't want to be teachers anymore, if you put the right incentives …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75250

Some campus services on reduced hours for spring recess

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… Some campus services on reduced hours for spring recess Submitted by … is Monday through Sunday, March 4-10. KALAMAZOO—Some campus services at Western Michigan University will be on reduced … Clinics will maintain normal hours throughout the recess. Waldo Library is open reduced hours, 8 a.m. to midnight …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/5282

Area youths participating in Asylum Lake Adventure Day

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… County schools will get an education in environmental stewardship next month as well as gain an appreciation for … May 8. It will bring together students from the Mattawan (Mich.) Early Elementary School, Montessori School in … Nature Center. Asylum Lake Adventure Day The day is a service-learning component of the Outside in Our Schoolyard …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/6948

WMU introduces new tribal governance certificate

College of Arts and Sciences

… (not verified) on The tribal governance certificate was announced at an event held at WMU on April 13 where … of tribal governments. The credits can also be applied toward the Master of Public Administration degree. The program … explore best practices in policies through the creation of service-learning projects.” The program is open to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71601

Standout business graduate enters workforce armed with grit, resilience

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… by Erin Flynn on Read a special message from President Edward Montgomery  for Western Michigan University's 2020 … started his college career with a last-minute decision. “It was actually a blessing how I chose WMU during such a … earned him the Sales and Business Marketing Outstanding Service Award and also helped him land his first job, weeks …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59046

WMU project puts spotlight on lighthouse logs, late 1800s life on South Haven coastline

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… Haven station for most of the period the collection covers after taking over for Capt. William P. Bryan, who completed … events, including shipwrecks, daring rescues, bodies washed ashore and forest fires sweeping the mainland. The … Regional History Collections for many years. The collection was placed on microfilm, but that did not render the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25859

English, Theatre departments establish new regional play festival

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… and four plays were selected for staged readings. After the festival, one of these plays will be selected to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24528

WMU and WMU Cooley Innocence Project garner $418,000 grant

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… The grant is one of the largest wrongful conviction grants awarded by the Justice Department so far in 2015. Since its … and exonerated three Michigan men who spent years in prison after being wrongly convicted of such serious crimes as … Innocence Project to continue to provide high-quality legal services to Michigan prisoners whose innocence may be proven …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27269

Double feature planned for Arbor Day at WMU this year

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… celebration that includes a public tree-planting ceremony. After that, officials will dedicate a new main campus icon … Darrell Junkins, WMU grounds supervisor in landscape services, at darrell.junkins@wmich.edu or (269) 387-8557. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23241