Western Michigan University News

Kaylee Imel, a 2009 Norwell graduate, opened the second round of the Indiana Womena s Open golf tournament today in a six-way tie for 61st place at The Legends of Indiana course in Franklin.

Friday, July 3, 2009 A Western Michigan University student may want to get a new hobby -- a legal one.

CHICAGO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Kelly Burris, a patent attorney and a partner at Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., and co-pilot Erin Recke of Atlanta, Georgia, are the first place winners in the 2009 Air Race Classic, an all-female aviation race that dates back to 1929 and the era of famed ...

He wouldn't state the exact tuition hike, but a Western Michigan University official said the administration will recommend today that trustees approve a student tuition increase of between 4 and 6 percent.

More than 20,000 faculty members at two midwestern universities are one step closer to good union contracts.

Clearly, education isn't all it's cracked up to be. A Western Michigan University student committed what a judge called "the dumbest crime I've heard" by stealing a computer from the Kalamazoo County jail where he was serving time for another crime.

The Professional Instructors Organization has been certified as the union of part-time instructors and adjunct facility members at Western Michigan University .

By his own admission, William Kimbrel Bradley isn't a very good criminal, racking up six felonies and four misdemeanors by age 25.

As the Ujima Enterprises Inc., held its 10 annual Juneteenth celebration on Sunday, the quest of converging age-old African culture within the African-American community became pretty simple -- it's all about the next generation.

The future first female president of Uganda walks the stage at Western Michigan University's commencement today to receive her doctoral degree among about 1,500 other WMU graduates.

Sunday, June 28, 2009 Kalamazoo Real estate v Ritch Reynolds, a near-lifetime resident of Kalamazoo and a former business owner, has joined O'Brien Real Estate Inc., at 527 S. Westnedge Ave.

Family: Wife, Paralee; three adult children, son, Al III, and daughters Kia and Kimberly.

Western Michigan University is eyeing a plan to build a research center in Niles to aid its archaeological work at Fort St.

The tough economy and tight labor market have tarnished the luster of a bachelor's degree for young college graduates seeking employment.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, which is hosting its annual convention this week in Washington, has designed a model state law that, among other things, calls for better access to facilities and other capital resources, stricter accountability for the local school boards and other entities that authorize charters, and performance ...

Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr., 62, was the retired commanding general of the D.C. National Guard.

Conditions for migrant farmworkers in Michigan are deteriorating, and if they don't improve, the workforce behind a $2 billion industry could be driven out, area citizens told a state commission Monday.

Western Michigan University is offering tickets for its upcoming football season at a discounted price during "Beat the Clock Day" from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on June 30 at the Waldo Stadium ticket office.

One recent Western Michigan University graduate believes that the way his generation may rescue America is by dreaming, believing but, ultimately, by acting now -- the message behind his mural at the Campus Pointe Mall, near the Western campus.

Police are seeking a man they say assaulted a woman early Sunday after stealing her car from the 500 block of West Willard Street.