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Four visiting campus as candidates to lead international operations

by Cheryl Roland
May 9, 2013 | WMU News

KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University officials have announced the names of four candidates from around the nation who will visit campus Monday through Thursday, May 13-16, as candidates for the position of associate provost for the Haenicke Institute for Global Education. Each of the candidates will make a public presentation during his or her visit. The candidates have been asked to describe how they would translate the University's strategy of global engagement into a distinctive competency and a competitive advantage. All of the presentations will take place in 2020 Fetzer Center.

 
Some 1,500 Malaysian students expected for the 2013 Midwest Games
Competitors from last year's games (Photo courtesy of the MWGi 2012 Facebook page)
Western Michigan University will take on the air of an Olympic sports complex Memorial Day weekend as the host for the Malaysian Midwest Games International 2013.

The Malaysian Midwest Games, an annual sporting event sponsored by members of Malaysian student organizations at American universities located throughout the Midwest, will be hosted by WMU for the third time Friday through Sunday, May 24-26, on WMU's main campus. The University also hosted the 1997 and 2001 games, which attracted more than 800 participants. More than 60 Malaysian students are currently enrolled at WMU. Registration is open via the MWGI website.

Second Light Center research grant awarded to marketing professor
WMU's 2013 Light Center research grant has been awarded to Dr. Ann Veeck for a project to examine how food-related behaviors and perceptions of urban Chinese families have changed in the last two decades.
 

 

 

 

 

Record crowd turns out to learn about world
cultures at International Festival 2013

More than 4,000 people turned out to experience the music, dance, food and fashions of cultures from around the world featured during Western Michigan University's 24th annual International Festival on Sunday, March 24. Sixteen international student organizations rallied hundreds of volunteers to present cultural display tables and native foods for sampling, as well as staged performances.

Awards were presented for Outstanding Student Organization based on the overall quality of the organization's presentations and participation, as follows:

First place:       Dominican Student Organization
Second place:   Association of Chinese Students/Scholars
Third place:      Malaysian Student Organization

International Festival 2013 photo gallery