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Students plan educational event to highlight and combat oppression

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… a keynote speaker will discuss how the Kalamazoo community can work together to combat oppression. Following the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3049

Author, film critic and New Yorker staff member David Denby to visit campus

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… humanities and serious reading at all levels of education can counteract political opportunism in discourse. The event … Up: One Reporter, Three Schools, Twenty-Four Books That Can Change Lives" examines the value of reading and how young people learn to love serious reading in this age of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45089

Three to receive WMU's Distinguished Faculty Scholar honors

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… pays tribute to individuals whose work constitutes a significant body of achievement that is widely recognized within the national and international academic communities. … Notably, Gorczyca was elected to Fellowship in the American Physical Society last year, a recognition awarded to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42952

Metal fabrication company next up in entrepreneurship series

Haworth College of Business

… Hall. The event is free and open to the public and begins with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Reservations are required and can be made at wmich.edu/business/e-rsvp or by calling … visit wmich.edu/business/entrepreneurship-forum . To suggest an entrepreneur who should be considered for the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46054

Alumnus surfs the turbulence to success

W Magazine

… His career has taken him all over the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. He thrived in Western’s … where that would take me I didn't know. I just jumped in with both feet, working my way to what interested me,” … Although he was called back to finish training, he was furloughed by Mesaba that October. He worked as an instructor …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71774

Student awarded Critical Language Scholarship to study in Japan

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… White, second from left, and other language students pose with the mascot of Hikone, "Hikonyan," at Hikone Castle. … is part of a federal effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages. … White is one of about 550 competitively selected American students at U.S. colleges and universities who received …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47665

Multimedia arts technology student's success amplified by 'instrumental' Western instructors

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… that," says Wolfe, of Okemos, Michigan, who will graduate with a degree in multimedia arts technology in spring 2022. … and this program had an option for that," he says. "You do everything from playing an instrument to computer … better," says Wolfe, who also credits Drs. Christopher Biggs and Carter Rice for helping him develop the audio and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66644

'The Sound of Music' comes to Miller Auditorium

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… Tickets are on sale now and range from $32 to $77. They can be purchased online at millerauditorium.com , by calling …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/45024

Plan to participate in Student Employment Appreciation Week

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… recognition ideas, as well as created a template that can be used to make individualized student appreciation … photos of their most exceptional student employees, along with a brief statement about their contributions, to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/45012

Sanford Center for Financial Planning and Wellness celebrates grand opening

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… The financial planning industry has a couple of significant issues facing its future—a shortage of qualified … color. Those are areas where the center will have a significant impact through student outreach. "Through research, we … to personal finance and financial health in the region, with the goal of one day becoming a national model. "The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51014