Staff member Helen Beck and faculty members Robert Wall Emerson, Jim Henry and Linda Reeser were honored with awards from the College of Health and Human Services.

Traci D. Brimhall, a doctoral student in WMU's creative writing poetry program, has been awarded a 2013 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship.

Bridget Lorenz Lemberg, founder and lab director of Forensic Fluids Laboratories, will speak at 8 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, in 2150 Schneider Hall, as part of the first Entrepreneurship Forum of 2013.

Bob Hercules' film, "Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance," chronicles the Joffrey Ballet's 56-year history and the company's rise to prominence in the world of dance.

Jen Hsu, coordinator of Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Student Services, has received the 2012 Kuseske Education Award from the Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center.

"Terrorism, Ticking Time Bombs and Torture" a new book by Dr. Fritz Allhoff, associate professor of philosophy, has been published by The University of Chicago Press.

Geraldine J. Bowen, a former WMU staff member, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, at age 94. Bowen retired from the University in 1982 after nearly 10 years of service.

Residence hall sign-up for fall 2013 begins at noon Friday, Jan. 18, for students wanting to live in the same room as last year, Jan. 25 for students choosing a different room in the same hall and Feb. 1 for students moving to a new hall.

The University makes a major effort to clear the main campus of snow and ice before most people arrive each day and to accommodate members of the campus community who have special mobility needs.

In its 2011-12 season, Bronco softball boasted the most National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar Athletes in a single year in program history with eight honorees.

There is still time for students, employees and retirees to get a flu shot at Sindecuse. Individuals considered at risk for complications are urged to get vaccinated, or to seek medical treatment if experiencing symptoms.

Except for essential and emergency services, Western Michigan University will be closed beginning Saturday, Dec. 22, and will reopen Wednesday, Jan. 2. Residence halls reopen Saturday, Jan. 5, and classes resume Monday, Jan. 7.

Keith Roberts, a former Western Michigan University custodian for 29 years, died Nov. 29. He was 77. Memorial gifts may be made to the Duane Roberts Scholarship fund.

Anyone who witnessed either crime or has any other information related to the robberies is urged to contact the WMU Department of Public Safety.