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Shantytown fundraiser demonstrates need for affordable housing

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… Shantytown fundraiser demonstrates need for affordable housing Submitted by … University students will be pulling an all-nighter this month, but they won't be cramming for end-of-the-semester … housing in Kalamazoo, the need for affordable housing, and what Habitat for Humanity and student volunteers can do to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/318

NPR host to speak as part of the Reading Together program

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… verified) on Cover of Gladstone's book KALAMAZOO—Journalist, media analyst and author Brooke Gladstone , host of the … Reading Together 2013 activities. Her presentation is titled "The Influence of the Media" and is free and open … On her radio program, Gladstone gives an up-close look at what the news media are covering and why. While maintaining …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5928

Trustees approve moving forward with Cooley Law affiliation

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… Michigan University and the Thomas M. Cooley Law School is a step closer to reality today after the WMU Board of … approval for the move and authorized the University's administration to proceed with the initiative. By voice vote at … Dunn said following the meeting. "This is consistent with what all of our stakeholders embrace, the idea of working …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6646

Employees urged to 'Go West' by finding their own paths of study

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… KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University's leadership is urging faculty and staff members to take advantage of their tuition discount benefits by starting a new degree or simply … Greene. "All of us need to make sure we never lose sight of what being learner centered is all about and focusing on our …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8571

Panel to discuss human trafficking in 'our own backyard'

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… Panel to discuss human trafficking in 'our own backyard' Submitted by … Exploitation, and Becky McDonald , president of Women at Risk International. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. … voices to help us understand human trafficking and discuss what's being done to combat this issue." For more news, arts …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27155

Gold Company to present annual preview concert

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… Hall. GCII will also perform. Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 for students. They are available from Miller … Joined by a power-packed band, Gold Company will take listeners on a tour of musical styles and provide a sneak peek of what is in store over the next few months. For more …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28663

Michigan businesses invited to free printed electronics session at WMU

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… nation's leading research center on the topic. The session is expected to attract representatives from the Michigan … will demonstrate applications, and we'll all be looking at what talent already exists in our state as well as what talent still needs to be developed." WMU is the only …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15651

Grad student knows the rewards of studying abroad at WMU

Haworth College of Business

… Submitted by Janine Adamski on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— For Francisco Viana de Sousa Santos , studying abroad is nothing new. … future career in finance. “I am starting to understand how what we learn in the classroom can be applied to the real … job of preparing me for this,” he says. While Santos is somewhat of an expert in living abroad, he says the experience …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74890

Intrigued by a good mystery, Western student decodes path in cybersecurity

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—There is nothing like a good mystery or the intrigue of secret … For sophomore Evelyn Ortiz-Martinez , that feeling is part of what she loves about her chosen major at Western Michigan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70195

'The Fierce Urgency of Now' inspires MLK Day speaker, teach-in on Western’s campus

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… on Jemele Hill KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Acclaimed author and activist Jemele Hill will speak on the campus of Western Michigan … learn how to be vocal leaders and better take a stand for what is right,” Jones says. About Jemele Hill Hill’s more … than 20 years in journalism has included stops at the biggest sports media network and several reputable newspapers, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70357