Dr. Dorceta Taylor will visit campus to discuss food justice, capping the day with a keynote address, "Race, Poverty and Access to Food in America: Resistance, Survival and Sustainability," at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18.
The Merling Trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall, kicking off the 2013–14 season of the Bullock Performance Institute.
A full slate of activities is planned Tuesday, Sept. 10, for the 54th annual Paper Technology Foundation meeting, to be held at WMU's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Flu shots will be administered at Sindecuse Health Center and one outreach clinic this fall, beginning Monday, Sept. 9. Costs vary for students, employees and retirees.
The public is invited to help ceramic artist Shay Church apply wet clay to his ArtPrize entry from noon to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, at the WMU Center-Downtown in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Episodes of "The Living Room," hosted and co-produced by Allison Downey, teaching, learning and educational studies, are being aired on Michigan Public Radio stations Thursday, Sept. 5.
Two public sessions, set for 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, are planned to provide members of the campus and extended communities the opportunity to be part of the design process for the new WMU Alumni Center.
The fall 2013 Gwen Frostic Reading Series will bring five accomplished authors to campus starting Wednesday, Sept. 11, through Thursday, Nov. 21. Peter Orner will kick off the series with a reading from his collected works.
A report detailing the first successful year of implementing WMU's 2012-15 Strategic Plan has been published online. Visit wmich.edu/strategic to read the full report.
Men's soccer walk-on tryouts will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, at the WMU Soccer Complex. A physical, sickle cell test and insurance paperwork is required.
Except for essential and emergency services, WMU offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 2, in observance of U.S. Labor Day. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, Sept. 3
WMU President John M. Dunn, Head Football Coach P.J. Fleck and Buster Bronco will help kick off the campus United Way drive at noon Wednesday, Sept. 4, in front of Sangren Hall.
Starting Gate, the new student business accelerator, gives students an opportunity to test business ideas and models, receive mentorship from faculty and members of the business community, and build a network of contacts.
Dr. Ola Smith has been appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder to serve on the State Board of Accountancy, which oversees licensure and certification requirements for certified public accountants and public accounting firms.
The Alpha Lambda Delta honor society at WMU was one of 12 chapters around the country recognized for continued excellence during the 2012-13 academic year.
WMU has been named by Washington Monthly as one of the top-50 values among national universities and by the PolicyMic blog as one of 12 top universities offering "the best bang for the buck."
A free concert kicking off the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, at First Baptist Church in downtown Kalamazoo.
Students seeking part-time work for the fall semester are invited to attend a part-time off-campus job fair from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, in the Student Recreation Center.
Aspiring student entrepreneurs are being sought to take part in a new business accelerator at WMU, called Starting Gate, which will help them grow their innovative business ideas.
The WMU men's basketball team will open its 2013-14 season with home exhibition matches Nov. 2 and Nov. 4. The regular season includes six home games at University Arena.
WMU's MBA program will begin offering a health care concentration this fall to meet the growing demand for highly skilled graduates in the business side of health care.
The temporary One Stop Convenience Center will open on the second floor of the Bernhard Center Aug. 26 through Sept. 6, offering numerous campus services in one location. The center will be closed over Labor Day weekend.
Students, faculty and staff will be welcomed back to campus with free refreshments, games and prizes from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the Campus Flagpoles and Goldsworth Pond.
WMU has been recognized by the U.S. departments of Education and Veterans Affairs as the only school in Michigan to have adopted a set of strategies considered to be best practices for serving veterans.
WMU alumna Katie Eberling has been named the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation Women's Bobsled Athlete of the Year. Eberling was honored at an Aug. 11 ceremony.
The Kalamazoo Film Society will present the comedy "Frances Ha" Friday through Sunday, Aug. 16-18, at WMU's Little Theatre. The film is rated R; admission is $5.
School of Music alumnus Paul Clifton took home two prestigious awards at the International Horn Society's 45th annual symposium, held July 29-Aug. 3 at the University of Memphis in Tennessee.
Senior Chad Niemchick is one of four students in Michigan to be awarded a 2013 Transportation Club of Detroit scholarship, and is also the sole recipient of this year’s Lakeshore Human Resource Management scholarship.
WMU's President Dunn and WCCCD's Chancellor Ivery signed a reverse transfer agreement, the most recent addition to a growing partnership between the two schools.
Grand Valley State University and WMU have launched a study to explore the magnitude of family owned businesses in West Michigan. The study will survey over 10,000 small businesses.