You have four days remaining to register for WMU Day at the Capitol and be guaranteed a souvenir T-shirt and optional food and bus transportation, all free of charge. Nearly 500 students, alumni, faculty and staff have already registered. Online registration ends Friday.

More than 3,000 scholars from around the world will be on campus later this week for the International Congress on Medieval Studies.

Tickets are on sale for Irish dancing phenomenon “Lord of the Dance,” coming to Miller Auditorium for one show May 15.

President Emeritus Diether Haenicke will be honored with the Tony Griffin Golden Word Award at a banquet May 15 in the Fetzer Center. The award, for contributions to the communication profession in Southwest Michigan, is named for the late Tony Griffin, longtime news director at WMUK. Reservations with payment are required by Tuesday, May 6.

Miller Auditorium’s 2008-09 season announcement May 12, featuring the cabaret-style Marcy and Zina Show, is free of charge, but reservations are required. Call 387-2300 to reserve your seat.

Dr. Timothy J. Greene, dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and candidate for provost and vice president for academic affairs, will make a public presentation at noon tomorrow, April 25, in Room 1010 of the Health and Human Services Building. Please show your support for this important search by attending the presentation.

The latest issue of the President’s Perspective is available on the Web. Highlights in this issue include the upcoming WMU Day at the Capitol, successful NCAA recertification and some significant achievements by students, faculty and staff.

The opening of the new Career Center in the Haworth College of Business will be celebrated tomorrow afternoon, April 25.

University of Louisville’s Dr. Robert Felner, candidate for provost and vice president for academic affairs, will make a public presentation at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, April 23, in Shaw Theatre. Please show your support for this important search by attending as many of the public presentations as possible.

The 10 winners of the 2007-08 semiannual Make A Difference awards are now eligible to win one of four annual awards, each with a $1,000 prize. Please visit Make A Difference on the Web, where you can find the candidates’ names and instructions for submitting new information in support of any candidate by May 31.

Reservations are required for a free business breakfast lecture by Frances Denny of Catholic Family Services in Schneider Hall Friday, April 25.

Dr. Jeffrey P. Koep (pronounced Cope), candidate for provost and vice president for academic affairs, will make a public presentation at 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 21, in the South Ballroom of the Bernhard Center. Please show your support for this important search by attending as many of the public presentations as possible.

Construction at the interchange of I-94 and U.S. 131 has prompted the University to again publish alternate routes from I-94 to the main campus. Portions of the interchange will likely remained closed through October.

Dr. Christopher Korth, professor of finance, speaks on “Sensible Tax Reform: Fair, Simple and Effective,” tomorrow, April 18, in Schneider Hall.

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi speaks Sunday evening, April 20, in the Bernhard Center on “Defending the Rights of Women and Children.”

WMU’s Relay for Life reached their goal of $60,000 this year. 650 people in 75 teams were registered to participate in the event.

The first of four candidates for provost, Dr. Susan L. Carlson, will make a public presentation at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in the South Ballroom of the Bernhard Center. Please welcome her and each of the other candidates to our campus, and show your support for this important search by attending as many of the public presentations as possible.

The spring issue of Inquiry, the newsletter of the Office of the Vice President for Research is available on the Web as a PDF file.

Dr. Gerald Hardie, professor of physics, will be honored for his 43 years of service to WMU at an informal retirement reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 18, at the Oaklands.

“Eating Your Way to Democracy: Japan’s Postwar Politics of Food” will be discussed by Cambridge’s Dr. Barak Kushner at 4 p.m. today in 3301 Friedman Hall.

The Social Justice Lecture series concludes at 7 p.m. today with Dr. Luis Moll addressing Latino child literacy in the Fetzer Center’s Putney Auditorium.

The names and brief bios of four finalist for WMU provost and the dates and times of their public presentations will be announced later this morning in WMU News.

Dr. Michael Fowlin is the featured speaker at this year’s Respecting Differences community event at Chenery Auditorium. Programs are at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, and 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 16.

This year’s Graduate Research and Creative Scholars will be honored at a reception Tuesday, April 15, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the South Ballroom of the Bernhard Center. The Graduate College, Graduate Studies Council and Graduate Student Advisory Committee sponsor the awards and reception.

Campus Facility Development has created four possible designs for signs marking the Ring Road on West Campus. The idea is to aid visitors and make it easier to give driving directions. Vote for your favorite design online.

WMU’s Children’s Place Learning Center is accepting reservations for Campus Kids Summer Theme Camp. The weekly summer programs are for children who have completed kindergarten, up to age 9.

The School of Music’s annual capstone event, the Concerto Concert, featuring three competitively selected student soloists, is Sunday afternoon, April 13, in Miller Auditorium.

Dr. Thomas Kostrzewa, a longtime observer of Tibetan-Chinese affairs, gives a brown-bag luncheon talk Monday, April 14.

WMU is the first university in Michigan and among the first in the country to post its College Portrait on the Web as part of the Voluntary System of Accountability, a national initiative in higher education. The goal is to allow prospective undergraduate students to make fair comparisons among participating colleges.

University Theatre concludes its 2007-08 season with seven performances of the musical comedy “On the Town,” opening tomorrow, April 10.

One of the nation’s top string theorists and frequent guest on PBS science programs, Dr. Sylvester Gates, lectures Friday evening, April 11, in the Fetzer Center.

Advance purchase of VIP tickets is required for the popular MODA student fashion show, Friday and Saturday, April 11-12, at the Radisson Plaza.