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Chinese research grants available to faculty
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… accepted for a research and creative activities grant to support the study of Greater China by Western Michigan … members. The deadline for submitting proposals, valued at up to $3,000 each, is Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 . All board-appointed, full-time faculty members are eligible to apply. One or two …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19724
Free Chinese culture workshops offered this spring
International Student and Scholar Services
… Chinese knotting is one of the skills being taught in the upcoming workshops. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Confucius Institute … years teaching Chinese as a second language. During that time, she held several part-time jobs as a Chinese language teacher. Elaine Lui and YuJu …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30633
Doctoral student launches WMU Higher Education for the Justice-Involved program
College of Arts and Sciences
… from vastly different backgrounds whose varying dreams and goals will launch them to a myriad of different futures, all … we just went and did it in prison and we thought, let's see what happens.” Dale Brown spearheaded the HEJI program. … He highlighted the way his students’ eyes light up when they receive their Bronco-branded notebooks and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73662
University College to become Merze Tate College, honoring legacy of trailblazing alumna
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… larger journey toward racial justice, of course, remains ongoing and unfinished," says Dr. Ed Martini , associate … in cooperation with K-12 partners, reducing the time and cost of degrees. WMU Essential Studies : WMU’s … her dreams. When then-WMU President Dr. Dwight Waldo heard what happened, he immediately accepted Tate and provided her …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65686
Memorial service set for engineering professor Fred Sitkins
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… In 1979, he returned to Kalamazoo to accept an offer for what was intended to be a two-year appointment as an … cooperative education for the engineering college and a longtime advisor to its Sunseeker solar race car team. He served … Hill. The holder of several patents, he was appointed by Gov. John Engler to the Governor's Innovation Forum. He also …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28420
WMU researcher awarded $2.1 million to study evidence-based registers
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… scientific evidence rather than word of mouth, intuition or what other agencies are using. But nobody has actually … programs and interventions," Magura says. "A dozen years ago, there was hardly anything like this happening." Team … the aid of researchers at the Developmental Services Group and Rady Children's Hospital San Diego to assist in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42896
Waldo Library a finalist in national photo contest
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… votes may be cast. Waldo is in the Best Curb Appeal' category on the fifth page of photos, and is titled "Waldo … highlights the work that WMU's Landscape Services staff does to maintain the fountain area near the entry of the … on the "Vote Now" button, select a photo from each category, then click "Next" until the message appears indicating …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14932
Drive-thru COVID-19 testing event offered as students return to campus
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… Health Center, emphasizing the testing is a "snapshot in time" and it's important to remain vigilant regardless of … test results. Current students, faculty and staff can sign up for drive-thru testing through Sindecuse Health Center's … are following safety recommendations," VanDerBos says. The goal is to continue that trend until vaccines are widely …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62769
Board signs off on name for new student residence halls
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… currently under construction and slated for completion in time to house fall 2015's incoming students. Located in the … it met the hopes of staff members. "This is in keeping with what we wanted," Anderson said. "We wanted a name that had … facility or landscape. Because the new residence halls are going to be overlooking Goldsworth Valley, it's a very …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19403
Author, son of Holocaust survivors to talk on Israel-Palestine conflict
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… the Western Michigan University campus this month to share what he thinks might be a way out of the standoff between … clearly about the injustices occurring in the conflict and what is necessary to bring about a just solution for … of West Michigan Justice in Palestine, the WMU student group sponsoring Finkelstein's visit. The event is cosponsored …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/80