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WMU to host discussion on the fall and rise of income equality in the U.S.

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… Fall and Rise of Income Equality in the Unites States," is free and open to the public. A light lunch reception will … presentations to community and business organizations. Upcoming Sichel presentations The theme of this year's … by the College of Arts and Sciences and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. The lectures are …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42876

Communitywide event set to inaugurate Montgomery as WMU president

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… a picnic on the adjacent Fountain Plaza. The timing of the free public event was set to make it part of WMU's annual … in the inaugural ceremony that day will be: U.S. Rep. Fred Upton Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby J. Hopewell Trustee James B. … the Fountain Plaza for a picnic luncheon. That event is designed to serve as many as 1,500 people. The rain location …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42380

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

Why I Give: Cheryl TenBrink

W Magazine

… and she planned for everything, especially recognizing and supporting students who embodied her passion for education.” … High School in 2007. The pair of former educators even grew up in the same neighborhood, although they didn’t know it at … where they visited for Borton’s 80th birthday; a couple of memorable floats aboard American Cruise Lines: …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72480

Ethics event to feature Purdue scholar's discussion on preventing violence

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… Everyday Citizens in West Africa and Central America," is free and open to the public and will include coffee and … peacebuilding. Her published work has appeared in Small Group Research, the Journal of Communication, Management … Identification," was published in 2005. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Carnegie …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/37949

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

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

Experts slated for upcoming Michigan Autism Conference

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… Experts slated for upcoming Michigan Autism Conference Submitted by Anonymous … interest to parents with children with autism will be a free session from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. as part of the … . Child supervision is available. Renowned keynote speakers The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34858

Donation helps WMU foster entrepreneur success in Kalamazoo community

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… queens who led empires?" wondered Ndao-Brumblay, who grew up in Senegal but now lives in Kalamazoo. "What I found as a … network of business professionals the program opened her up to. "It gave me courage and the push I needed to actually … business mindset." Initially, WMU's program focused on startups within the University. But, with the help of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55256

Black mason broke barriers, laid first building blocks for learning at Western

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… conditions—degradation, the worst human atrocity—could rise up and build the first building on a college campus, one he … Indiana, where his parents had migrated after garnering freedom from slavery in North Carolina. He worked on a farm … was. "We are overjoyed that Mr. White will always remain a significant part of Bronco history," Montgomery says. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74599