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WMU engages football fans with Facebook team frame

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… temporarily change their profile pictures to show support for their favorite sports team. Showing Bronco pride on … are still in the beta stage and have largely been reserved for bigger institutions and team fan bases. Efforts by social …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/29133

Ethics event focuses on fictional portrayals of legal issues

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… series presented by Western Michigan University's Center for the Study of Ethics in Society. The discussion of "Legal … in the Media: How Does Fiction Influence Reality?" is set for 4 p.m. , in the Brown and Gold Room—Room 242—of the … The presentation is designed to be interactive and allow for lively audience participation. Hawker , whose research …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45482

WMU baritone presents free recital of operatic excerpts

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… Verdi and Wagner by special guests Barry Ross , violin and former concertmaster of the Kalamazoo Symphony, WMU faculty … Arwady . The program will focus on the characters typical for the mature baritone: Fathers, Friends, Fiends and Fools. The concert will also serve as a sendoff for performances Ratner will be giving in Saint Petersburg, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42384

Researcher who models off-world storms earns NASA fellowship

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… Michigan University, is trying to do just that, and his efforts earned him a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship. … is one of only 28 applicants to be awarded a $30,000 award for 2016-17 from the fellowship's planetary science research … provide extra support Receiving the fellowship is a coup for the veteran engineer, who's taught thermodynamics, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36117

WMU to confer nearly 1,300 degrees during summer commencement

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… of degree-granting academic units. The 9 a.m. ceremony is for graduates of the College of Engineering and Applied … Arts, and Haworth College of Business. The noon ceremony is for graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences, College … conducted by Joshua Martin . Tickets Tickets are required for guests to attend commencement. All seats are general …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47571

Programs planned to clarify tuition-related employee benefits

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… Program descriptions There will be a noon brown-bag event for employees wanting to learn more about signing up for courses themselves. It will be held in the President's … Bernhard Center and include representatives from the Center for Academic Success Programs, Extended University Programs, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/18022

Journalist, activist Gloria Steinem to speak on campus

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… who became the nationally recognized leader and spokeswoman for the women's liberation movement, will visit the Western … She was also the founding president of the Ms. Foundation for Women and helped create Take Our Daughters to Work Day. … says she started Ms. Magazine because there was nothing for women to read that was controlled by women. Steinem will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27969

Employee, retiree talk focuses on WMU health insurance

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… BCBSM website account. Determining your coverages for health care service. Reviewing your explanation of … with the University's Human Resources department. For more information , contact WARF officers Barbara Havira, chair, at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32050

Students and faculty join forces to offer varied musical program

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… Students and faculty join forces to offer varied musical program Submitted by Deanne … feature the music of Haufrecht, Ibert, Sampson and Krommer. For more information about the concert, visit wmich.edu/music or call …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44908

University Concert Band to present final concert of semester

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… is free and open to the public. The concert will feature performances of Aaron Copland’s "Outdoor Overture," John Barnes … as well as "Speak to Me" by Dana Wilson , featured composer for the 2015 Spring Concert on Wind and Percussion Music. That concert is set for April 16. For more information about the concert, visit …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22785