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WMU to confer 1,336 degrees during summer commencement

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… summer ceremonies will last about two hours and be geared toward students who are graduating from a particular set of … of Education and Human Development, Health and Human Services, and Engineering and Applied Sciences as well as … Ticket Office beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, June 27. After all ticketed guests have been seated in Miller, any …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16785

All Life is Learning - May 2024

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU

… $1,000 bonus during “Lunchtime Crunchtime” and we are still waiting for the last few challenge winners to be announced … sold out. A week later, WMU’s College of Health and Human Services hosted “Truth & Healing,” an awareness-raising … community, bring along your non-member friends for an afternoon filled with camaraderie, refreshments, and games. …

https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/may-2024

Multiple System Atrophy Research Leads to Repeat Gift

College of Arts and Sciences

… disease called Multiple System Atrophy. His interest in MSA was one that developed when he was recruited to do the first global gene expression study … molecular underpinnings of environmental based diseases. After his findings on MSA were published, he presented a …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/msa-research

WMU to confer more than 2,700 degrees at April commencement

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… spring ceremonies will last about two hours and be geared toward students who are graduating from a particular set of … of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Health and Human Services, and Aviation. The 3 p.m . ceremony is for … Ticket Office beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, April   25. After all ticketed guests have been seated in Miller, any …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15313

Three rare campus trees named state champions

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… on Andrew Sawyer, National Big Tree Registry, measures a dwarf hackberry tree. KALAMAZOO—One of Western Michigan … designated Michigan Co-champions. That news came March 14 after Andrew Sawyer , the state's official representative … so far on campus property. The WMU students and landscape services staff who found the University's dwarf hackberrys …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14820

Freezer organizer, space optimizer claims first at Bronco Pitch Competition

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… O'Shaughnessy Bronco Pitch Competition and Showcase, which was held virtually on April 9. The Freezer Smart team … Competition serves as a test run for student entrepreneurs wanting to present their original business ideas to … with one semifinal judge even purchasing the product online after hearing the pitch! Third place was awarded to String …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/64011

Area Sustainability Leadership Summit hosted by WMU

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… and sustainability manager, Bronson Health Care Group Inc. Walker Modic , sustainability specialist, Bells Brewery, … and Project Management Coordinator, Consumers Credit Union After a 12:30 p.m. networking luncheon, a 1:30 p.m. … or moderator of international conferences, including the Washington and Bonn International Conferences on Renewable …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14523

Why I Give: Barry Zurell Roberts

W Magazine

… and then I’d go to the next event to ask students if they wanted to buy any prints. This was before digital photography.” —Barry Z. Roberts, BS ‘84 … Sciences prepared Roberts for multiple disciplines. “After graduation I should’ve ended up at a drafting firm, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74813

All Life is Learning - August 2025

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU

… through word of mouth; family and friends are the primary way that they come to know about OLLI. Most members are … of OLLI and January Thaw—but less so about fitness classes. Want to learn what else our members had to say? Click here … and courses... Online Registration Step-by-Step:   After browsing the catalog, click the button that says, “ …

https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/august-2025

Bronco Marching Band: An instrumental part of Western history

W Magazine

… on Bronco Marching Band members charge onto the field at Waldo Stadium. As her parents revealed long ago, Bronco … members in the 1980s. “That's the big joke … because dad was in finance and my mom was a communications major. So, … as drum major. James and Carrie Hill met on the band’s bus after performing at an away game. "The rest, as they say, is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68141