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Film and discussion to focus on sexual assault in U.S. military

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… Deanne Puca on A panel discussion will follow the screening of "The Invisible War" KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University … will be the host for a screening and panel discussion of "The Invisible War," a documentary about sexual assault … Monday, April 15 , in WMU's Little Theatre at the corner of Oakland Drive and Oliver Lane, and is free and open to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6333

Award-winning New York poet to read in Frostic Series

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… on Valentine KALAMAZOO—A New York City poet and winner of the National Book Award and several other high honors … early next month at Western Michigan University as part of the spring 2013 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. Jean … bachelor's degree from Radcliffe College and has lived most of her life in New York City. She won the Yale Younger Poets …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5964

Broadway hit 'American Idiot' on campus for one performance

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… Broadway musical "American Idiot," featuring the music of Green Day, is coming to Western Michigan University's … . Purchase tickets online: millerauditorium.com Winner of two Tony Awards, "American Idiot" is the story of three boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5977

Panel discussion focuses on cultural humility

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… toward cultural humility: A lifelong process" is the topic of a panel discussion Tuesday, Nov. 13 , on the campus of Western Michigan University. Free and open to the public, … Center in the Adrian Trimpe Building and is part of the Real Talk Diversity Series and International …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/11/50120

WMU historian awarded National Humanities Center fellowship for early Supreme Court book

College of Arts and Sciences

… history herself. Dr. Sally Hadden Dr. Sally Hadden , a professor in the Department of History , earned a prestigious one-year fellowship from … the fellowship. This recognition comes in acknowledgment of her collaborative efforts on the book "One Supreme …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72562

Homecoming and Family Weekend events planned

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… . "Forever Gold" is the 2018 Homecoming theme, and a host of activities will mark this year's celebration. Most are … University Eagles. In addition, the WMU Bookstore is offering discounts to alumni during homecoming weekend. Family members of WMU students can purchase tickets at a discount using the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/49378

Get moving, gamers!

W Magazine

… and overall performance, according to a recent study. “Get off the couch and get active”—it's not the typical advice an … in competitive esports. Dr. Nicholas Hanson , associate professor of exercise science and 2022 Emerging Scholar Award …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69851

WMU commercialization center invests in nervous system breakthrough

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… nervous systems. The BRCC award to Axonia Medical is part of $2 million in seed financing the company recently … "The technology Axonia is developing is precisely the kind of innovative, early-stage work our center is designed to support," says Stephen J. Haakenson, executive director of the BRCC. "This is technology developed in a university …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/555

Oprah's favorite guest Tererai Trent will speak at WMU

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… Winfrey (center) and Trent (right) with Jo Luck, president of international aid agency Heifer International KALAMAZOO-- Dr. Tererai Trent , whose moving story of being "the woman who buried her dreams" earned her the designation last May as Oprah Winfrey's favorite guest of all times, will speak at Western Michigan University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/65

WMU alum and veteran journalist to deliver annual peace lecture

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… writing from Columbia College in 1995. A poet and proponent of the human potential movement, he has taken restorative … first newspaper job was at the Plainwell Enterprise, north of Kalamazoo, where he laid out copy, sold ads and did … a dozen years at the Lerner Newspaper chain, covering much of the North Side of Chicago, a pulsating, complex …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1877