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Jazz students continue winning streak in DownBeat competition
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… jazz studies students and their instructors are upbeat after again earning multiple wins in DownBeat magazine's 41st annual Student Music Awards. In what is regarded as the most comprehensive …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47375
In the business of making a difference
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… , a sock company that helps provide 100 days of clean water to someone in Rwanda, Africa, with each pair sold. They started the company … that were distinctively bold, fun and uniquely expressive. After a couple of years retailing other brands, they …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47536
Leading USDA’s largest cotton classing facility
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… USDA’s largest cotton classing facility Submitted by Cindy Wagner on “Visiting Floyd was amazing. The building has much … efficiency. Martinez has made his career in cotton. After graduating from Western with a Bachelor of Science … Following college, he joined the USDA Agriculture Marketing Services cotton program as a project engineer, part of an …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70806
Electrical engineering student finds the artistry in problem solving
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… the rigors of her engineering coursework brings her respite after a long day of problem solving. While drawing, painting … is exhibited best through her small business. “I have always been a very creative and artistic person,” says Biondo. … tutor, I have to know how to relay information in different ways because not everyone learns in the same way.” Biondo’s …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73469
Visiting professor to discuss lessons from Arab Spring
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… 2011-12 Minerva Chair at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., shed new light on secularity and the role … societies, she is the author of "Muslims in the West After 9/11: Religion, Politics and Law" and the forthcoming … Power and Publics Series The Power and Publics Series was inspired by the 2012 elections. The humanities center …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4770
Free financial aid event for college-bound students on campus
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… for maximum benefit. College Goal Sunday The program was created to increase the number of students who continue … not sure what kind of college or career training they want to pursue after high school," says Bryan Taylor, president of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4502
Jazz concert features Grammy winner John Clayton
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… directed by Tom Knific, will perform with Grammy Award-winning bassist, composer and conductor John Clayton at … discussion hosted by Dr. Dan Jacobson, WMU professor of music. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for seniors … Mancini's television series, "The Mancini Generation." After graduating from Indiana University in 1975, he toured …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1861
Recent Webmail Plus upgrade introduces new email features
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… Webmail Plus, Western Michigan University's email system, was recently updated. The update fixed performance problems … revisions in a collaborative environment. Delayed delivery After composing a message, clicking the Send button now … retention area external to each account, and not counting towards an account's quota, will now provide users a second …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/2879
Agendas in reporting about global warming to be examined in talk
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… Agendas in reporting about global warming to be examined in talk Submitted by Anonymous (not … potential for hidden agendas in the reporting of global warming will be examined later this month when a New York … careers to writing about science rather than doing science. After obtaining a science writing degree from the University …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/11039
Michigan mom finds fix for cold, wet winters
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… sole patent holders in the United States. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After years of dealing with her children's soggy mittens and … her family's winter gear. Finding that a traditional dryer wasted energy and laying winter gear on the vents took too … when her search led her right back to the same old slow or wasteful options, she decided to engineer a solution …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47805