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Acclaimed national writers scheduled for annual reading series
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… produced by theaters, including The National Theatre/London, Wilma Theatre, The Kennedy Center, La MaMa, … Disquiet/Lisbon, Florida Studio Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Works and the NYC International Fringe Festival. Other … Brooklyn Community Pride Foundation, Deming Fund and the Wurlitzer Foundation. Alleyne, currently assistant director …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/51861
Famed composer Legrand awarded WMU honorary degree
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… written the scores for more than 200 films and television shows, was awarded a Western Michigan University honorary … and pianist Legrand was the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree approved earlier this year … Dunn read the formal degree citation, noting that Legrand's work over the years "bridged the musical styles of European …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32194
Nominations sought for three prestigious campuswide awards
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… are evidence of great potential for scholarship or creative work. To be eligible, those nominated must be current, … by the University to recognize faculty members for their work with students. It recognizes outstanding teaching by …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30626
WMU appoints proven leader as new VP for development and alumni relations
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… As executive director of the WMU Foundation, she will work closely with WMU's president and with the WMU … leadership on such an impressive trajectory, it's a tremendous time to join the University and to engage even more … a record-setting increase in the number of individual donors, social media engagement increased tenfold, and new …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50885
WMU celebrates journal's 10-year anniversary on grandfamilies research
College of Education and Human Development
… partnership with Dr. Debra Whitley , a professor of social work at Georgia State University, developed the journal in … to a 2012 comprehensive needs assessment of professionals working within the field of kinship care. Participants … years, Grandfamilies has published 61 articles and has been downloaded in 166 countries. In addition, the journal has …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/74996
Planning firms ID'd, first public input session on BTR-2 set for Dec. 17
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… has named a nine-member project advisory committee to work with the design team. That committee is made up of … employees and more than 400 WMU faculty and staff work each day in Phase I of the BTR Park. Nearly 200 WMU …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/29009
New app offers self-guided tour experience to prospective WMU students
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… different campus landmarks and buildings. A student ambassador narrates each stop. The app offers a GPS-guided walking … and the Bernhard Center, narrated by WMU student ambassadors. It can also be accessed remotely for students and … need conversations and experiences, so we thought about how we can facilitate it in a new, exciting way and then …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62451
Paper Tech Foundation bestows Honor Award on WMU researcher
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… chemistry master's degree and a wood and paper science doctoral degree, all from North Carolina State University, … industries, demonstrating both her creativity and tremendous productivity in both the printing and paper industries, … design and configuration and new product design. Her work in the areas of nanotechnology, high-speed curtain …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28499
Healing powers of artistic expression explored at Medical Humanities Conference
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… Book of the Year Awards in the public interest and creative works category. She was also short-listed as a finalist for … experiences through pictures and words. The benefits of doing so are largely accepted and unquestioned and, in fact, … to the Nigliazzo's address, the conference includes dozens of concurrent and plenary sessions, with …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26982
Nationally known health law and bioethics scholar to speak at WMed
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… M.D. School of Medicine. Her free presentation is titled "Does Everyone Have a Duty to Volunteer for Research?" The … later than March 15 . The discussion Dresser will discuss how some ethicists and researchers say that members of the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38662