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Pandemic Influenza

Emergency Management

… influenza event. An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of a new influenza A virus that is very different from … not be widely available. The new virus will make a lot of people sick. How sick people get will depend on the characteristics of the virus, whether or not people have any immunity to …

https://wmich.edu/emergencymanagement/pandemic-influenza

Fort St. Joseph offers lectures and open house

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… Fort St. Joseph offers lectures and open house Submitted by Deanne Puca on … sponsored by Western Michigan University and the city of Niles, is hosting a summer lecture series and open house. … Partnerships in Context," Dr. Jonathan Bush , WMU professor of English. July 19 , "Braiding Knowledge: …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40535

Social work professor wins lifetime award from state association

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… Social work professor wins lifetime award from state association Submitted … verified) on Reeser KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Michigan chapter of the National Association of Social Workers is awarding a Western Michigan University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/22868

WMU teams identify potential for seven-figure Detroit city savings

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… savings for the city. Since early May, two volunteer teams of students, alumni and a faculty advisor have been working with city officials to identify operational efficiencies in two … and parts warehouse facility for buses that are part of the Detroit Department Of Transportation. Charged with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17539

Grand opening set for Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation

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… , in Central Kohrman Hall. Renovations to create a state-of-the-art facility for WMU's year-old product design program on the first and third floors of Central Kohrman Hall began in December and were completed … to renovate Central Kohrman Hall to support the needs of an innovative product design program was made possible by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/49312

WMU grad student's poetry book published, wins big award

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… Anonymous (not verified) on Rocha KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A book of poems by a Western Michigan University doctoral student … in English has just been published by the University of Pittsburgh Press after winning the 2014 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry. The award, sponsored by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs and named after American …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26664

Middle East expert to talk about 'Engaging the Muslim World'

College of Arts and Sciences

… (not verified) on Cole KALAMAZOO, Mich.—In the wake of recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Mali and an increasing level of fear and hostility toward Muslims across North American … Center at Western Michigan University. The talk is part of the Department of Comparative Religion's Islam in Global …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/28691

Renowned business sustainability expert visits WMU

Sustainable Business Practices

… sustainable value chains will visit WMU’s Haworth College of Business on April 23 to speak about the complexities of sustainable manufacturing using Fairphone as an example … Free parking is available in Lot 72R. Sean Ansett, founder of At Stake Advisors, senior associate at the Cambridge …

https://wmich.edu/sustainablebusiness/ansett

Bronco basketball legend Manny Newsome to be honored Saturday

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… for WMU from 1960 to 1964. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Known as one of Western Michigan University's greatest basketball players … and that record held for more than 45 years. During part of his senior year, he was the leading scorer in the nation.  Some of Newsome's achievements include being selected First Team …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44935

Twenty incoming students win $60,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… Valued at $60,000 each over four years, they constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher education. Some of this year's incoming scholars received a WMU Presidential … while others received awards that bear the names of their scholarships' donors or the individuals for whom …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32715