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Design, future consumer landscapes focus of upcoming talk

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… The New Metrics of Success" will be the topic of discussion when futurist Ibrahim Ibrahim visits Western Michigan University … at 3 p.m. in 105-106 Bernhard Center , Ibrahim will explore how innovation can be ignited through placemaking that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38421

Constance S. (Waltz) Weaver obituary

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… Dr. Constance S. (Waltz) Weaver , professor emerita of English at Western Michigan University and an internationally … Professionally active after leaving WMU, Weaver worked from 2009 to 2014 at Miami University in Ohio, where she was … force in expanding understanding of reading and writing and how to better teach these subjects. Her prolific and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/48035

Three high-profile graduates to receive WMU's top alumni honor

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… next month will receive Western Michigan University's Distinguished Alumni Award--the highest honor WMU can confer … its alumni and will celebrate select groups of graduates from all of the University's colleges. The event will be … Additionally, he can be heard on "The Steve Harvey Morning Show" and he delivers "Right Now" with Ed Gordon, daily …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/49360

Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in June

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… art exhibits. Opportunities to get globally engaged are published weekly at  wmich.edu/global/events  by WMU's Haenicke … Activities. Join international students in reading stories from different cultures to local school children. … Students. Join CELCIS in teaching international students how to play the popular U.S. game of luck, BINGO. Free and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40055

WMU students to compete in cross-country solar car race

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… ends eight days later in St. Paul, Minn. Solar race teams from around the world will cover the more than 1,600-mile … will serve as a mid-day checkpoint Tuesday, July 17 . This year's American Solar Challenge will feature 18 teams … for the Sunseeker. He is a graduate of Dwight P. Eisenhower High School. Mitchell Panek, an industrial and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/909

WMU selects 'Maus I: A Survivor's Tale' for 2015-16 book read

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… read the book. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is turning the spotlight on Art Spiegelman's graphic novel … Critics Circle Award. WMU has selected the work, subtitled "My Father Bleeds History," as the 2015-16 University Common … about the common read website should be directed to Miranda Howard, head of technical services for University Libraries, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24002

Generating Buzz: Regulating genetically modified mosquitoes

W Magazine

… technology could have on communities being ravaged by the disease. Quemada Dr. Hector Quemada , a principal research … usually that’s in the area of genetically modified crops. However, they will be among the first to be faced with … Quemada received more than $3 million in grants from the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/57059

Music of the Carpenters featured in Miller Auditorium event

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… Mich.—"Close to You: The Music of the Carpenters" is coming to Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium … about Karen and Richard Carpenter, their lives and how some of the songs originated. Like the story of "We've … Seat n Sleep and Pepsi. Tickets are on sale now and range from $30 to $40. They can be purchased online at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35843

United Airlines' Aviate Pilot Development Program puts WMU aviators on fast track to careers

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… campus. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is partnering with United Airlines under terms of the … sought-after graduates.  This partnership helps to validate how the aviation industry views the quality of our program … in the nation, beginning in 1939 and evolving over time from a single program to its current status as a full …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/57857

Arts and sciences dean candidates on campus over the next two weeks

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… their current positions and the time, day, date and location of their WMU presentations are: Dr. Richard Utz , … Hall. Dr. Gary Wihl , the Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Washington University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31147