WMU News

Bailey to deliver State of the University address

Jan. 27, 2004

KALAMAZOO--Western Michigan University President Judith I. Bailey will deliver an address on the State of the University during the annual Academic Convocation, set for 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall.

The WMU Faculty Senate will act as host to the event. A brief senate meeting and awards ceremony will precede the president's address.

Organized by the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the annual gathering is designed to mark excellence at WMU and honor outstanding members of the campus community, In addition to the president's speech, the ceremony will include the awarding of a Distinguished Service Award. Two professors also will be honored by being named Distinguished Faculty Scholars--the University's highest honor for a member of the faculty.

Public radio station WMUK 102.1 FM will broadcast the State of the University address at 7 p.m. that evening.

Media contact: Cheryl Roland, 269 387-8400, cheryl.roland@wmich.edu


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