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Kalamazoo Arts Council grant takes WMU dancer to Panama
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… a commitment to serve and an idea that began as a class assignment have taken one Western Michigan University dance … dance and life in that Central American capital city. Upon her return she wants to start a chapter of Movement … Kalamazoo. "With all the work I put into our class assignment grant, it was really quite simple to turn it in for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24066
Speaking the language of success
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… in helping refugees find their voice. Toker, who grew up in Turkey, developed an interest in languages early on. … with the representative from WMU at first. But a couple of years later, as political turmoil gripped Turkey, … and Literacy Studies in the fall of 2017. He says the support he received from faculty members immediately made WMU …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53035
Employers to vie for job, intern candidates at spring career fairs
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… on campus with their selected first-round candidates. The biggest spring event is the annual February Career Fair, which already has about 140 employers signed up to participate. It focuses on those seeking employment in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/51134
WMU's Food Marketing Conference celebrates 50th anniversary
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… "State of the Food Industry: What is Keeping Retailers Up at Night." A conference favorite, the "Executive Forum" … in the industry. The conference is a nonprofit event that supports scholarships and programs for unique educational …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/22121
WMU boosts need-based aid for 10 top incoming students
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… contributions to society. These new scholarships were designed to provide a foundation that ensures such students … automatically be added to the candidate pool if they've signified financial need by having an approved fee waiver … a selection committee will narrow the pool to a smaller group of semifinalists. Those students will be invited to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20296
Thought leader in food marketing takes reins of Western’s renowned program
Haworth College of Business
… has spent the past year and a half shaping the program in significant ways. He created the first university-based … students, and the program’s industry conference, which drew upwards of 1,000 participants last year for the first virtual …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66714
University to honor its top four staffers for 2015-16
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… to resolve complex problems have raised WMU's image as a supportive and caring university as well as have motivated … "It does not matter where the customer started, if they end up in her office, they are taken care of at her office," … beyond to ensure that events such as CommUniverCity, the biggest and by most accounts best pre-football celebration in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34935
A winning combination: Natalie Samdal masters finance and golf
Haworth College of Business
… with my schedule so I can learn the material and make up any coursework that I may have missed while competing for … to the small class sizes and tight-knit student groups, Samdal encourages other students to enroll. “The …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70503
Miller Auditorium announces full 2012-13 event lineup
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… Miller Auditorium announces full 2012-13 event lineup Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on "Wicked" returns … Schonberg's legendary musical, "Les Misérables," with redesigned staging and scenery inspired by the paintings of … "Believe" Friday, April 5, 2013, 8 p.m. Contact: Tonya Durlach May 17, 2012 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/560
Distance education: You do you
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… as other tools. The team got business faculty and staff up and running with both Microsoft Teams and WebEx and … we finish our semester, choosing the technology that best supports how you teach is my advice to faculty,” says Rea. … for all of us and much of the course content wasn’t designed for online delivery and assessment. But, embrace the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58871