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Planning firms ID'd, first public input session on BTR-2 set for Dec. 17

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… Mich.—Western Michigan University has selected a design team made up of the firms Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber and O’Boyle, Cowell, Blalock, & Associates to develop a design plan for the expansion of the University's Business …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/29009

Pianist Christopher Taylor to close WMU's Piano Masters series

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… Gottschalk through Scott Joplin and Duke Ellington, leading up to the popular John Adams. The second part of this solo …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38566

Luminary author, journalist, blogger coming to WMU to deliver message on race

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… Luminary author, journalist, blogger coming to WMU to deliver message on race Submitted by … (not verified) on Coates KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A man who grew up in drug-riddled, inner city Baltimore and went on to … "The Beautiful Struggle," chronicles his life growing up in a tough Baltimore neighborhood, subject to the same …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27835

Prof wins a 2015 Independent Publisher Book Award

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… wellness past and its central figure, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg , has won an Independent Publisher Book Award, known as … for spiritualism, attracting other, radical religious groups. He started reading about the Seventh-day Adventists, who showed up in 1855, and from there he ran into John Harvey Kellogg. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26352

WMU researchers' school renewal project expands with $15M grant

College of Education and Human Development

… project director, adds “the HIL School Renewal Model is designed to help schools achieve sustainable implementation of … evidence-based practices for student success.  It is also designed to complement and help schools achieve their district … to 150 schools elementary and middle schools in up to 80 school districts across Michigan. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72476

Student awarded prestigious Boren Scholarship for study abroad

International Student and Scholar Services

… a junior working on a bachelor's degree based on a self-designed major in Arabic language and Middle Eastern studies. … foreign language and international skills. Scholars receive up to $20,000 while fellows receive up to $30,000, but all Boren Award winners agree to work in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23417

Recent alumnus pursues passion for geosciences research

College of Arts and Sciences

… his lab at Western. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—From a child growing up in Iraq, interested in geology, science and biology, Dr. … Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship from the U.S. Science Support Program. This highly competitive award funded the … helped me find a job in the oil industry. Although I ended up leaving this industry and decided to go back to graduate …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69146

Longtime WMU friend, honors college namesake Carl Lee dies at 96

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… serving on the board of the WMU Foundation and actively supporting a number of initiatives. In 1988, Lee and his … in 1990, and in late 2012, a $1.1 million gift from the couple made possible a renovation and expansion of that … friend to Western Michigan University and a wonderful supporter who truly understood the value and need for a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/22184

Student helps theater launch program for visually impaired patrons

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… Studies , will perform live audio description for two upcoming performances. "Sometimes you need to know that the … tell you," explains AnnMarie Miller , lighting and sound designer at the Civic. Personal experience WMU student Abby … started looking into audio description services at the suggestion of an audience member. "We had a patron who …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52232

World hunger relief nonprofit is subject of next Entrepreneurship Forum

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… in Lot 72R next to Schneider Hall. Foods Resource Bank Supported by more than 200 U.S. growing projects, which last year raised $3.3 million to support 62 overseas programs, Foods Resource Bank's 15 member … more than 30 countries. The nonprofit raises resources to support the capability and desire of small farmers in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19610