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| Architect's
drawing of renovated stadium |
Alumnus' $1 million gift
triggers renovation for baseball (May 2) Robert
J. Bobb's challenge gift funds complete renovation of stadium
at historic Hyames Field.
| Solar panels
on University Computing Center |
WMU wins chamber's environmental
honors (April 1) WMU gets 2008 Environmental Award
from Kalamazoo chamber for leadership in sustainability.
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Coach of the
Year
Dave Morin |
Men's tennis heads to NCAA
tourney (April 28) Broncos win record 20th MAC title,
third straight MAC tournament and automatic berth in NCAA national
tournament.
Kuhle |
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Pahl |
Women's tennis claims fourth
straight MAC title (April 28) Junior Kerstin Pahl
is MAC player of the year, Betsy Kuhle earns seventh coach of
the year honor.
Graduating senior lands job
as 'Blue Man' (April 16) Musical theatre performance
major Patrick Newton goes from graduation to job in Blue Man
Group.
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College of Aviation
enters Hall of Fame |
WMU goes into Michigan Aviation
Hall of Fame (April 10) College of Aviation inducted
into state Hall of Fame.
WMU program best undergrad
team at competition (April 23) Team from WMU Telecommunications
and Information Management program best in nation.
Faculty in four grad programs
get top-10 ranking (Jan. 9) Faculty Scholarly Productivity
Index ranks WMU faculty in four programs among top 10 in their
disciplines.
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Tweah |
WMU grad awarded fellowship
to assist Liberians (Jan. 9) Recent graduate Norris
Tweah gets $35,000 grant to work as special assistant for Liberian
government.
Jazz quartet tapped for another
State Department tour (Jan. 9) Western Jazz Quartet
leaves for Arts Ambassador tour in Chile, group's second tour
in the past year.
Grant helps students learn
about federal jobs (Feb. 15) WMU one of five universities
launching program to help students learn about federal jobs and
internships.
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Bernie's After
Hours is a regular presentation of CAB |
CAB wins award for programming
(March 26) WMU Campus Activities Board named in Campus Activities
Magazine voting as nation's best college program board for 2007.
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Stein |
Nursing student Diane Stein
wins national scholarship (May 9) Stein earns $2,000
Roberta Pierce Scofield Scholarship rarely given to undergraduates.
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Yockey, Densmore,
Lane |
Three film students invited
to Cannes Festival (May 2) Three from WMU competitively
selected for student programs at Cannes International Film Festival.
Two seniors receive Bucknell
poetry fellowships (April 16) Jennifer Dempsey and
Rebecah Pulsifer among just 12 undergraduates nationwide to get
young poet awards.
Three WMU teams in NCAA's
top 10 percent academically (May 7) Baseball, gymnastics,
volleyball rank in top tier academically among Division I schools.
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Gregor |
Junior Michael Gregor is
WMU's newest Udall Scholar (April 16) Gregor is
fifth WMU student to win prestigious environmental scholarship
since 2000.
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Asteroid impact
NASA image |
Grad student is lead author
of article in Geology (April 8) Travis Hayden article
in Geology magazine explores Chesapeake Bay meteor impact 35 million
years ago.
Scores of Dominican Republic
students coming to WMU (Feb. 5) Agreement with Caribbean
nation has already brought 60 students to WMU on full scholarships.
| Shaw, Lasecki
and Chapman |
Three students receive supply
management awards (Feb. 14) Seniors Marie Chapman
and Derrick Lasecki, freshman Matilda Shaw among 13 winners nationwide.
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Angles |
Angles curates Kennedy Center
Japanese events (Feb. 5) Dr. Jeffrey Angles organizes
series of literary events for Kennedy Center festival on Japanese
culture.
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