Humanities speaker series focuses on education in the 21st century
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… Edmundson KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The sometimes precarious state of education will be explored in detail when the University … Humanities stages its 2017-18 speaker series, "The Promise of Education." Five scholars and authors from across the … He earned a doctoral degree from Yale University and bachelor's degree from Bennington College. Upcoming talks …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42622
Webinars explore WMU research regarding social consequences and response to COVID-19
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… discoveries unfold regarding the physical implications of COVID-19, Western Michigan University researchers are … mental health during isolation, religion and the future of higher education will be highlighted in a series of … the academic year. Launched by WMU's College of Arts and Sciences in collaboration with WMUx, the series is funded …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61262
WMU to host 10th International Conference on African Development
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… the Bernhard Center. This year's conference topic is "State of African Economies in the 21st Century: Critical Issues of Education, Health, Governance, Conflict, and Food and … on Ethiopian economics, politics, education, biological sciences, business, philosophy and engineering. Keynote …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48263
Communication professor selected for prestigious TV academy fellowship
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… Communication professor selected for prestigious TV academy fellowship … Dr. Jennifer Machiorlatti , Western Michigan University professor of communication, has been selected to participate … and Native North American media storytellers. She earned a bachelor's degree in telecommunications and a master's …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43439
WMU to confer more than 1,700 degrees during fall commencement
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… all, the University will confer 1,773 degrees: 1,291 at the bachelor's level, 441 at the master's level, one at the … toward students who are graduating from a particular set of degree-granting academic units. The 9 a.m. ceremony is … of the colleges of Fine Arts and Engineering and Applied Sciences as well as the Haworth College of Business. The 4 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36754
AARP exec to address diversity and aging during two-day visit
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… senior-level AARP executive will address the intersection of diversity, aging and health care when she delivers the … at WMU is partnering with AARP Michigan to stage a series of additional discussions in the greater Kalamazoo-Grand … the African-American community. Kane-Williams received her bachelor's degree from Yale University and master's degree …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38144
Nationally known health law and bioethics scholar to speak at WMed
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… law and bioethics scholar will speak this month as part of the Western Michigan University Center for the Study of Ethics in Society's Spring 2017 Lecture Series. Dr. … ethics deliberations. She is also the author of "When Science Offers Salvation: Patient Advocacy and Research …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38662
Speaker to address today's changing perspectives on gender
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… on gender Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Schofield KALAMAZOO, Mich.—During two appearances in Kalamazoo … a noted diversity educator on transgender issues will offer concrete, easy-to-understand guidance for "not putting … what really matters. Schofield Although Schofield aced his Bachelor of Arts in theatre coursework at Emory University, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/39114
WMU Cooley Law’s Innocence Project frees man unjustly jailed for 42 years
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… 42 years Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Members of the WMU Cooley Innocence Project, including Director … Marla Mitchell-Cichon, second from left, celebrate news of the Watkins decision. DETROIT, Mich.—A Detroit man, … recanted his story. "Hair comparison is not based on science; it is simply a lab analyst's subjective opinion and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40557
WMU to confer 1,260 degrees during summer commencement
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… The University will confer 1,269 degrees: 821 at the bachelor's level, 417 at the master's level and 31 at the … The afternoon ceremony will include a public celebration of the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters that WMU has … of Education and Human Development, Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Health and Human Services. The 12:30 p.m. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32989