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WMU to hold Foster Care Awareness Walk

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… and most comprehensive college program in the nation for young people who have aged out of foster care. May is … be provided to set up for information sharing. Those who can't attend the walk and would like to sponsor a student can do so for $25. For sponsorship levels and information , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39598

Trustees vote to name WMU engineering facility for Elson S. Floyd

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… The naming will be effective after the University confers with Carmento Floyd, former WMU first lady and President … take a medical leave from WSU to focus on his battle with cancer. He was 59. 'A new standard in higher education' … flexible classroom, lecture, study and research spaces that can be tailored to student and faculty needs. The highly …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25452

Ethics Center offers four book club events for the fall semester

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… this crisis, systems and their effect on the people living within them–especially perverse incentives and behavioral … on a variant of a respiratory virus that may transform cancer cells into normal ones. He has disobeyed orders to … Santiago-Valles, WMU associate professor emeritus of Africana studies, will be leading discussions of Alfred McCoy's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48334

WMU becomes part of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute network

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… University . The agreement, effective April 1, comes with an operating grant of $100,000 from the foundation to … Programs. "We're enormously pleased about this relationship with Osher, which is the nation's premier name in lifelong … and the arts. The lifelong learning programs it supports can be found in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/16136

Lyceum Series to take broad look at sexual identity issues

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… will focus on sexual identity issues and how they can overlap with other dimensions of diversity. With the theme "LGBTQ+ … originally working with high-risk LGBT and questioning youth at a grassroots nonprofit in Jacksonville, Florida. He …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42433

Delores Flowers obituary

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… Hospice Residence or Park Village Pines.  Flowers' obituary can be found at bit.ly/2mQcuu5 . …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38504

Business accelerator launched to help student entrepreneurs

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… Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in partnership with the Western Michigan University Office of Community … a promising idea for a product or service, which can be launched within a short period of time. Starting Gate … Starting Gate's fall cohort should visit wmich.edu/startinggate and submit applications by Sept. 6 . Four student …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8806

Chrysa Richards obituary

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… Gardens in Palos Heights, Illinois. Richards' obituary can be found at hirschfuneralhome.com .   …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38083

Screening, performance set for world premiere of 'Spirit Moves'

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… of the web-based documentary series, "The Spirit Moves with Us: Afrikan Dance in the Diaspora." The premiere, which … by Heather Mitchell, Kama Mitchell and the Rootead Youth Dance Company , and Afrobeat dance performances by … because there is a lack of educational media about West African dance practices, even though it continues to gain …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39422

WMU taps leader from Oregon State to take reins of Bronco Athletics

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… foundation upon which our forthcoming athletic director can build in the years to come,” President Edward Montgomery says. "Dan comes to Western with a strong record of service in Division I athletics and … of comprehensive success nationally and within the Mid-American Conference," Bartholomae says. "The opportunity to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66647