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Financial incentives spark employee giving
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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Students across campus benefit whenever WMU employees make a gift through … campaign [caption] [/caption] Pinkham notes that donations can be made to WMU's more than 1,900 scholarships, funds and … Pinkham says. "Even small gifts, when multiplied by many, can make a significant impact on our campus and in the lives …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40463
Solar race team will take 25 years of experience on the road
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… from engineering schools around the world in the 2014 American Solar Challenge . The 14-member team will head for Austin, Texas, to take part in two … a chance to see the competitors and the cars they usually can only follow from afar. This year's race This year's …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17272
WMU alum's abstract art comes full circle in CHHS exhibition
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… in abstract art throughout his life but did not explore "being an artist" until his late 30s. He then taught himself … setting up a studio in his dining room. This simple beginning quickly escalated into an intense need to paint. "My work is inspired from …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20256
Princeton, Cornell scholars keynote Graduate Philosophy Conference
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… the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002 and has been an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy … and Love Permissivism," "Does Computationism Collapse into Behaviorism" and "A Minimalist Framework for Ontological …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20298
New bachelor's degree with high-tech music spin offered
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… by Anonymous (not verified) on The first cohort will begin coursework in fall 2014. KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan … says Campos, who worked closely with Dr. Christopher Biggs , assistant professor of music, to put the new major … with technology. "So they get involved first, and then they can specialize in the area they're most interested in as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15748
WMU ArtPrize events include 35-piece exhibit, reception and more
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… and transforming WMU's unique downtown fifth floor into a spectacular artistic venue. Other events taking place … coffee and watch the WMU-Virginia Tech football game, which begins at 12:30 p.m. Art created on site One of the … acting as juror and curator. Collazo-Lorens, whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, has focused …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/19214
Revising approaches to reduce vehicle accidents
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… safety, changing the roadways with its innovations. “We believe fully autonomous vehicles, once developed, will significantly reduce accidents,” says Dr. Zachary Asher , … the commercialization efforts to transform our technology into a commercial product,” explains Asher. “There is a lot …
https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/11/revising-approaches-reduce-vehicle-accidents
School of Music's Western Jazz Quartet rolls out new CD at concert
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… Fall" is the group's sixth CD, it is the first with new members Andrew Rathbun on sax, Jeremy Siskind on piano and … City and Chicago and has received rave reviews from DownBeat, Jazz Times and many other print and online … free fall and final parachuting—another record at 5000 feet—into the desert. Western Jazz Quartet The Western Jazz …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18704
Duo earns top honors for retention program
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… Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two staff members from Western Michigan University have been awarded … Business Education Award program sponsored by the MidAmerican Business Deans Association. Geralyn Heystek , director … recovery course were significantly more likely to get back into good standing or stay at the University, compared to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18324
Alfred Balkin obituary
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… research on children's television as well as how the arts can be used to improve education. For his body of compositions, he won an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers award in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31774