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Graduate College selects inaugural faculty fellows
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… as a peer reviewer for the U.S. Department of Educations' Race to the Top grant program and before coming to WMU, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4126
Western receives grant to aid student retention
Merze Tate College
… Curricula in Urban Ecosystems (CCUE) program, a partnership between Western, the Gardner Institute and the Kresge Foundation that looks to eliminate race, ethnicity and family income as the best predictors of … of the project to allow for ongoing tracking of lagging indicators. Other Michigan institutions selected for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70763
Updated location and time: MLK Day campus speaker is author, educator and daughter of Malcolm X
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… and Inclusion, Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations and Intercollegiate Athletics. … novels and is co-chairperson of the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. Grounded in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/73796
Kalamazoo Film Society presents 'Belle'
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… public . "Belle" is based on the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of a British General who was raised by a great …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15868
Cantus Femina and Collegiate Singers concert features male vocalists
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… is "Reasons for the Perpetuation of Slavery" by Elizabeth Alexander. The piece is not about shame or blame, but … prices drive so many of our decisions? Why does the human race so often fail to live up to its own cherished ideal?" …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38182
Walker Institute hosts judicial candidate forum focused on juvenile justice
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… Mich.—The Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations at Western Michigan University is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69558
DENSO Foundation gives $50,000 to support WMU student engineers
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… will receive through the grant are: The Sunseeker solar race team, which develops a solar-powered vehicle for the American Solar Challenge, a biennial cross-country race that is run on highways across the United States, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26445
Diversity celebrated at annual Pride event
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… Douglas and Thory Thor of the hit series RuPaul's Drag Race. Saturday's popular vendor alley features affirming and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32597
Spring virtual book clubs examine ethical questions
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… in different times and places, including the United States, India and Nazi Germany. Students are able to earn WMU …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62657
Western’s new associate provost for equity-centered initiatives champions systemic educational equity and inclusion
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
… a Latino background, but Latina/o/x/é students are the only race/ethnic group in the United States that have population …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72897