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LGBT student services cosponsors bowling fundraiser
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… presented by Bell's Brewery and will span two days. First up will be a white party at 5 p.m. Friday, June 14, for … June 15, with dancing and singing to an entertainment lineup headlined by Chicago-based Kimi Hayes. In addition, there will be more than 75 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7138
IT Forum to explore communication in business
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… be Tim Dechant , director of technology at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and John Hill , higher education evangelist … the forum that gives students an opportunity to meet in groups with employers for several minutes before moving on to … choose which employers they want to interact with as a group and then will have limited time to do so, prompting …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2455
Revised road closings for Saturday's Campus Classic
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… West Shaw Lane. 9 to 10:15 a.m. — Ring Road (Rankin Avenue, Goldsworth Drive, North Dormitory and West Michigan from … , including online race registration, signing up as a race volunteer and a map of the 5K course. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1848
Western’s Pilot Plant gains machine to create recyclable, compostable trays
W Magazine
… by Deanne Puca on Doctoral student Jason Wang and Lon Pschigoda, WMU Pilot Plant general manager, work with the machine … shallow tray and a deep tray—with plans to expand to a cup in the future, says Lon Pschigoda , general manager of the WMU Pilot Plant. “Molded fiber …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70874
Spring career-related events set; fairs are open to public
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… casual or business professional attire and bring a supply of resumes. More information, including lists of … get 40 percent off career dress apparel during the WMU Suit Up event at J.C. Penney in the Crossroads Mall in Portage at … Association and hosted by the WMU College of Aviation. Support also is provided by MASCO Flight Operations and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45800
'Black Lives, Black Words' at York Arena
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… by award-winning playwright Reginald Edmund . Edmund's goal for the movement is to empower artists of color to … theaters in Canada, England and in U.S. cities such as Chicago, Minneapolis, Baltimore and Toronto. Local playwrights, … the Playwrights' Center. His play "Southbridge" was runner up for the Kennedy Center's Lorraine Hansberry and Rosa …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45185
Alumnus Matt Giraud joins Gold Company's 40th-anniversary show
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… Alumnus Matt Giraud joins Gold Company's 40th-anniversary show Submitted by Deanne Puca on Gold Company KALAMAZOO, Mich.—"American Idol" finalist and … Western Michigan University's award-winning vocal jazz group, Gold Company , on stage for its 40th-anniversary concert …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44966
Working with youth has its own rewards, challenges
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… by Deanne Puca on Dr. Karen Blaisure KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Support and education for professionals who work with young … Blaisure , WMU professor of family and consumer science. "Good intentions are good, but we need more when working with youth." A master's …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/53714
Sales students place second overall in national competition
Haworth College of Business
… displayed a great openness to each other's views, rolled up their sleeves, and brainstormed and executed the … built a marketing campaign for one of E & J Gallo's struggling wine brands and presented a plan to improve sales. … role-plays in our sales classes gave me confidence going in to the competition." WMU's Sales and Business …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43518
Fostering success of STEM transfer students at WMU is focus of nearly $1M NSF grant
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… at the National Science Foundation is specifically to support low-income but academically talented students in STEM … investigator on the grant, who aims to offer more support for transfer students at Western. "We have a lot of … all of these freshman orientation things, but when you show up in January as a sophomore or as a junior, there just …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61436