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Damali Ayo addresses improving community race relations
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… Damali Ayo addresses improving community race relations Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Ayo … KALAMAZOO--Author and artist Damali Ayo will present "You Can Fix Racism" at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 16 , in the … Ayo received a bachelor's degree in public policy and American civilization from Brown University. She went on to earn …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/305
Bronco basketball preview games begin in November
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… begin in November Submitted by Deanne Puca on Pre-season matches Nov. 2 and Nov. 4 KALAMAZOO—The Western Michigan … its 2013-14 season with two home exhibition games and feature six home games at University Arena, a three-game … Hawaii, and three other true road contests. Basketball fans can preview this year's team at one of two pre-season …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8781
Lt. Gov. Gilchrist to join WeVote in final push to encourage student civic engagement
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… in various groups on campus about why they’re voting and what questions they’ve heard from their peers about the … the winner. So students should know that their vote can really make a difference." Only about one-third of … have not been as involved in elections as older Americans. Lawrence believes a lack of education about the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61708
WMU new economic development park honored for cleanup, sustainable use of land
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… by Deanne Puca on BTR Park North includes 55 acres situated alongside Drake Road between Parkview Avenue and … around the life cycle of the Indian bat and found you can't work on trees during a certain part of the year (to … landscape. It's first new tenant, the Ascension Borgess Cancer Center, moved into the 55-acre park located near …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67442
Forging a new path with HyFlex
Haworth College of Business
… Forging a new path with HyFlex Submitted by Amy Coughenour on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Life after undergraduate graduation can become bustling with many different options. With career … family life and day-to-day responsibilities, time can begin to slip away faster than expected. For Andy …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73237
WMU part of $2.3 million program to boost diversity in economics
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… in economics doctoral degrees and professions. The American Economic Association's Summer Training Program and Scholarship Program offers talented … that some 20% of all doctorates awarded to underrepresented minority scholars in economics can be attributed to the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53730
Grad student looks to fill critical gap in orientation and mobility specialists in South Africa
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… Grad student looks to fill critical gap in orientation and mobility specialists in South Africa Submitted by … goes unaddressed. Another survey estimates 97% of South Africans who are blind or visually impaired are unemployed. "In … orientation and mobility (O&M) practitioners—specialists trained to teach safe, efficient and independent travel …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65565
School of Communication professor launches new podcast: ‘The Communicative Leader’
College of Arts and Sciences
… School of Communication professor launches new podcast: ‘The Communicative … are so complex and compelling—it’s amazing to me that we can all show up or log on around the same time and … a new "The Communicative Leader" episode is released and can be listened to on The Communicative Leader website , …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69265
Health care activist, author to speak on health reform act
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… health care activist and author will speak in mid-November at Western Michigan University. Richard Kirsch , author of … Affordable Care Act is that it shows grassroots politics can still matter," Kirsch says. "It was grassroots activists … With all the money in politics today, organized citizens can still make change." Richard Kirsch As the national …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/2820
Walker Institute facilitates community book read, discussions about ending gun violence
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… Walker Institute facilitates community book read, discussions about ending gun … "We're really trying to maximize the multiple ways that we can share and get the information out," says Wallace. … us to come together as a community to take a look at how we can, together, collaborate to stop gun violence in our …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67476