Western Michigan University News

The Kalamazoo Gazette asked Mitch Kachun, an associate professor of history from Western Michigan University, to write an essay on the first Thanksgiving.

Late tonight, when many are snug in their beds, the true Black Friday shopper will venture out into the darkness to take part in a yearly ritual.

A lot has happened since Battle Creek Unlimited and the Kellogg Co. unveiled a multi-million dollar plan nearly one year ago to revitalize downtown Battle Creek.

A Conejo Valley high school teacher will be joining a United States delegation on Thanksgiving in South Korea to participate in an educational conference on how the two countries approach teaching geography.

Talk to students and realize that real or imagined freedoms unknown in high school often turn out to be hallmarks of college life -- including whether to show up for class consistently.

A Western Michigan University student was jailed Friday after two incidents in three days during which police allege they spotted him driving the wrong way on two local roads and arrested him for drunken driving.

Record profits. Job openings. Shareholders making money. It's not what you might think in Michigan, home to the country's highest unemployment rate, but a century-old company is in robust health thanks to achy, thifty Americans.

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. Funeral arrangements have been set for a Western Michigan University student who was found dead over the weekend.

Dowagiac coaches Bryan Henry and Curtis Partee were honored by the Wolverine Conference Wednesday night at Western Michigan University.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm is set to speak at Western Michigan University's campus at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, advocating for Senate passage of House legislation to restore the Michigan Promise scholarship, which was a casualty of state budget cuts this year.

Read the news release . Western Michigan University is slated to receive $1 million in federal funding to support its Green Manufacturing project, which will assist businesses throughout West Michigan in creating more energy efficient and sustainable processes and products.

A veritable flawless fall day weatherwise drew 35,000 to 40,000 people to the annual Kalamazoo Holiday Parade Saturday, according to crowd estimates parade coordinator Deborah Droppers gleaned from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.

Leaning on her walking stick, Linda Delene pointed to the large rectangle staked out by four wooden posts in the middle of Milcah Flowers' property.

Attorney Jeff Getting was looking for a way to help that was not within the legal community.

The Stewards of Kleinstuck, in the final stages of becoming an official nonprofit organization, will hold a public meeting to explore what can be done to improve the 48-acre Kleinstuck Preserve between the Westnedge Hill and Winchell neighborhoods.

My Sunday column tells the extraordinary story of Tererai Trent, who grew up impoverished in northern Zimbabwe and was able - with the help of Heifer International and a number of other aid groups - to get an education.

As he peers into his weather crystal ball, William Marino will go with the odds.

In New York City, it's not unusual to have a client arrested and jailed overnight for taking up two seats on the subway or riding a bike on or spitting on a sidewalk, defense attorney Michael T. Halpert said.

A 1.8-million dollar donation from an anonymous donor has been pledged to Western Michigan University if they use it to get the ball rolling on establishing a new medical school soon.

From "RCCongress 2010 Webmaster" Date Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:40:45 -0500 "Virtual or Real: Faith in the Second Life Community" will be offered by David Louder, Lutheran Campus Pastor at Western Michigan University, at the Religion Communication Congress, April 7-10, 2010.