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Princeton Review names WMU a best business school

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… Business is an outstanding business school , according to The Princeton Review. The education services company … College of Business is among an elite group of fewer than 5 percent of business schools worldwide that are accredited at both the undergraduate and graduate levels …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43809

Noted historian to speak on empire and liberty

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… University, will speak at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, in the Meader Rare Book Room of Waldo Library. His presentation, titled … War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 " which won the 2001 Francis Parkman Prize as best …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/114

Associate professor leads effort to save local restaurants, support front-line workers in pandemic

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… media invitation has blossomed into a nonprofit helping the heroes of the pandemic in West Michigan, and demand is … ramping up efforts to deliver meals to front-line health care workers around the city amid a surge in COVID-19 cases … members to say, 'We get how dreadful this is, we know what sacrifices you're making in your family life and your …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/62261

Researchers explore human-robot communication with Pepper, a humanoid robot

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Researchers at Western Michigan University are gaining insight into their knowledge of human-robot interactions with a new, … preferred among human partners will carry over to what is preferred from a robot interlocutor. Or, owing to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42083

An electrifying future: Western team charging ahead with energy innovations

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… Flynn on It's not just your neighborhood: Power outages are happening more frequently and for longer time periods across the country, spurred by the combination of more extreme … the grid more efficient, more reliable; they are part of what's called 'smart components' because they react to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66666

WMU board pledges post-closing support for Miller College students

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… a formal motion added to its Dec. 8 meeting agenda, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees pledged … 200 students this fall. About 80 percent of Miller students are pursuing a bachelor's degree part time, and some … employed full time. Calhoun County students account for 59 percent of the student body. Miller's home is the Mawby …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/28983

WMU foster youth effort boosting its role as national training resource

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… University's successful program that helps former foster care youth find college success is getting national kudos and is the base for a new service to increase opportunities for … to meet the growing need and are turning to those who know what this kind of support can mean to students. Our coaching …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/07/33567

Jerome G. Manis obituary

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… professor emeritus of sociology, died Feb. 23 . He was 95. Manis joined the faculty in 1952 and retired in 1975 after 26 years of … program in the Philippines, Singapore, Israel, Taiwan and what was then Yugoslavia. His professional activities …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5848

Annual Bronco Bash event set

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… Puca on Bronco Bash is Tuesday, Aug. 28. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The early registration deadline for booth space at this … Applications submitted after that date will be assessed a $25 late fee and processed pending available booth space. The … 250 registered student organization booths alone, students are exposed to nearly everything WMU has to offer and are

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47531

Kalamazoo Film Society presents 'I'm So Excited'

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… (not verified) on Shows run from Oct. 4-6. KALAMAZOO—The Kalamazoo Film Society will present "I'm So Excited" … at Western Michigan University's Little Theatre. Show times are 7 and 9 p.m. Friday; 4:30, 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday; and 2:30, 5 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5. About the film In the

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9710