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WMU President to Be Inaugurated Sept. 15 Held Saturday, June 24, in Miller Auditorium an Annual Celebration of the Long- for Groups of Graduating Students JUNEJUNE 5,22 2014, 2017 Volume 40,43, Number 1718 Commencement takes place Saturday Two commencement ceremonies will be WMU president to be inaugurated Sept. 15 held Saturday, June 24, in Miller Auditorium An annual celebration of the long- for groups of graduating students. This will standing partnership between Kalamazoo be the last time President John M. Dunn and WMU this year will include the inau- will lead WMU’s graduation exercises, as guration of WMU’s ninth president. he is scheduled to retire July 31. Edward B. Montgomery, who will become The summer events are a 9 a.m. ceremony president of WMU Aug. 1, will be formally for graduates of the colleges of Aviation, inaugurated Friday, Sept. 15, during an Education and Human Development, 11 a.m. ceremony in Miller Auditorium. The Engineering and Applied Sciences, and formal ceremony will be part of the annual Health and Human Services; and a 12:30 CommUniverCity weekend. p.m. ceremony for graduates of the Col- Members of the campus and wider Kalama- lege of Arts and Sciences, College of Fine zoo communities are invited to the event, Arts, Extended University Programs, and which will mark the start of the next chapter Incoming President Edward B. Montgomery and Haworth College of Business. in the community/university partnership. first lady Kari (Photo by Mike Lanka) In addition to the presidential inaugura- Board of Trustees meeting scheduled munity/university partnerships. Tailgate and tion, weekend CommUniverCity events game times are still to be set. The next meeting of the WMU Board of will include a Saturday, Sept. 16, evening Friday’s formal inauguration will take place Trustees will be held Thursday, June 29, in of tailgating and football under the lights in Miller Auditorium and is expected to at- the Bernhard Center. The agenda includes vs. the University of Idaho. This will be tract members of the Kalamazoo and campus consideration of promotion and tenure the 26th consecutive year for the popular communities, members of the Montgomery recommendations as well as budget and fall celebration designed to focus on com- family, and academic leaders from around tuition recommendations. Continued on page 4 The meeting will start at 11 a.m. Addi- tional agenda information will be released online in WMU News at wmich.edu/news Law school frees man unjustly jailed for 42 years shortly before June 29. A Detroit man, Ledura Watkins, was freed June 15 after serving 42 years in prison for a robbery and murder he did not commit, thanks to the efforts of the WMU Cooley Law Time to register for Bronco Bash School Innocence Project. The 37th annual Bronco Bash is set for Based on the Innocence Project’s Friday, Sept. 8, on the Sangren Pedestrian motion for a new trial, the Wayne Mall. The early registration deadline for County Prosecutor’s Office and a booth space is Monday, July 31. Applications Wayne County Circuit Court judge submitted after that date will be assessed a agreed to vacate the judgment of $25 late fee and processed pending available conviction and dismiss all charges in booth space. The deadline for late applica- the 1975 murder of a Detroit woman. tion is 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25. Watkins was sentenced to life without Bronco Bash is WMU’s communitywide parole in 1976. welcome-back-to-WMU festival. For more Ledura Watkins, front, walks out a free man with members According to the National Regis- information, including an explanation of of his family and the Innocence Project team. (Photo try of Exonerations, Watkins is the event policies as well as how to apply for a courtesy of WMU Cooley Law School) longest-serving person in the United booth, volunteer at the event or become a States to be determined innocent. The WMU Cooley Innocence Project filed a motion for sponsor, contact the student coordinators in a new trial Jan. 19. The project is staffed by WMU Cooley Law School students and WMU the Bronco Bash office at (269) 387-0083. undergraduates, who work under the supervision of project attorneys. Staff Attorney Eric Schroeder and Legal Intern Wisam Mikho served as lead counsel in this case. Learn about employee tuition discount In reaching its decision, the prosecutor’s office agreed that hair comparison evidence An information session for employees Continued on page 4 interested in learning more about the University’s tuition discount program is set for noon Wednesday, Aug. 16, in 204 Digital system set to streamline faculty activity reports, CV updates Bernhard Center. The session will include A new digital reporting system for professional activities will be piloted on campus in presentations by the Office of Admissions, August and is expected to be ready for full faculty participation in the fall. the Graduate College, Extended University The new Faculty Activity Reporting System—FARS—is designed to provide an online Programs, Human Resources, the university process for faculty members to submit Professional studies program, and the Center for Aca- Activity Reports in a single location and, through that demic Success Programs. For details, visit tool, automatically generate updated curricula vitae or wmich.edu/admissions/guest/employees. biographical material for personal and professional use. Western News now on summer hiatus “With the click of a trackpad, faculty members Today’s issue of the Western News, WMU’s will be able to create different forms of their bios or faculty and staff newspaper, is the last issue vitae,” says Associate Dean Keith Hearit, College of for the summer. Western News will resume Arts and Sciences, who has been co-coordinating the its regular publication schedule Thursday, initiative with Fen Yu, institutional research. Access Sept. 7, at the start of the 2017-18 academic will be simplified as well, he says, by offering a single year. During the hiatus, go to wmich.edu/ sign-on location through GoWMU. news to keep up with campus news and How part of the FARS website will look Hearit says the University’s existing PeopleSoft and announcements. Continued on page 4 Archaeological activities at Fort St. Joseph enthrall young, old The Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project, sponsored by Sustaining Meaningful University-Community Partnerships WMU and the city of Niles, Michigan, is hosting a summer in Context”; July 19, “Braiding Knowledge: Community-based lecture series and open house. Archaeology With Turkish and Native American Communi- The lecture series is an opportunity for the public to engage in ties”; July 26, “Negotiating Multiple Communities Surrounding several interactive and educational programs that focus on this (Literally and Figuratively) the Stone Street Recovery and year’s theme, “Community Partnerships: Building Meaningful Repatriation Project in Downtown Flint, Michigan”; and Connections Through Archaeology.” The annual four-part Aug. 2, “Archaeology and Communities, Past and Present.” series begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, in the Niles District The Fort St. Joseph project also will host a free open house Library, 620 E. Main St. in Niles. It continues on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, and Sunday, Aug. 6, through Aug. 2 at the same location. at the corner of Fort and Bond streets in Niles. The topics to be covered are: July 12, “Conversations and Attendees can meet WMU archaeologists working at the Collaborations; Objectives, and Obligations: Building and archaeological site, observe period demonstrations at the Living History Village, view recently uncov- ered artifacts, explore the active site and learn more about the importance of the St. Joseph River, past and present. The event also will include activities and crafts for children, and opportuni- ties for attendees to hear period music and participate in period dance. Living history reenactments and discussions about recent finds at Fort St. Joseph are some of the For more information, visit wmich. many family-friendly activities that take place during the open house. (Photos by Cheryl Roland) edu/fortstjoseph. Readers invited to take part in BTR Park set to host 12th annual cycling criterium fall ethics-related book clubs Registration is open for the annual Cy- kid’s bike race for youth 12 years of age and clingLawyer.com Criterium, set for Saturday, Just in time for summer reading, the Center under at about noon, with no registration July 8, on the Parkview Campus. for the Study of Ethics in Society has an- required. Smoked Down BBQ is the of- The day of competition—which attracts nounced the launching of three book clubs ficial food vendor, and will be on site from 250-300 cyclists from the Midwest and dealing with hot-button ethical questions 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. offering food and beverages. awards more than $6,000 in cash and other that will begin meeting this fall. The night of Friday, July 7, on-bike cy- prizes—begins at 8 a.m. and Discussions of the three books begin cling clinics for men, features a 1.1-mile circuit Wednesday, Sept. 20, and continue through women and children around the college’s Floyd late November. The book clubs are open to will be staged on the race Hall. The circuit has three the greater campus community. Books are circuit. Pre-registration 90-degree turns and multiple provided free of charge to the first 10 people is free, or $10 the day sweeping turns that excite who sign up via email sent to ethicscenter@ of the clinic, space spectators as well as racers. wmich.edu. To participate in a club, people permitting. This is the 12th year WMU must sign up no later than one week before For more criterium and its BTR Park will host a the group’s first meeting.
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