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Trustees to consider five-year strategic plan for WMU

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… Standard 2020. Under development since July 2015, the plan is a successor to a three-year plan adopted for a period … WMU's international initiatives and global engagement also is part of the agenda. As is the case with all meetings of the WMU Board of Trustees, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31138

Physical therapy instructor creates scholarship to give marching band students a boost

College of Health and Human Services

… Dr. Rodney Weir's future success—and he hasn't forgotten his roots.  “The marching band added a great deal to my high school experience,” says Weir, an assistant professor of physical therapy at Western Michigan … to almost every experience that followed. Time management, discipline, teamwork and organization are skills that I have …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60421

'Mannheim Steamroller Christmas' comes to Miller Auditorium

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… 'Mannheim Steamroller Christmas' comes to Miller Auditorium Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on "Mannheim Steamroller Christmas" comes to Miller Auditorium at Nov. 29. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—"Mannheim Steamroller Christmas" by Grammy Award-winner Chip Davis will perform at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20345

WMU English professor, author next in Gwen Frostic Reading Series

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… WMU English professor, author next in Gwen Frostic Reading Series … University's own. Dr. Richard Katrovas , professor of English, will read from his works at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20 , in Rooms 208-209 of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20183

Annual county event to explore unconscious, implicit bias

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… and Implicit Bias." Blackburn, a former police officer, is CEO of Protecting Resources through Awareness Training … consulting service in Clinton Township. He will present his interactive talk at 9:30 a.m. and again at 1:30 p.m . … bias. Blackburn will use scenarios, self-assessment exercises and personal evaluations to demonstrate how snap …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52701

Healing arts in the spotlight during WMU Humanities Center season

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… out its 2014-15 Healing Arts Speaker Series . The series is designed to nurture a conversation among scientists, humanists, social scientists, artists, politicians and citizens …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19571

Caring cases: Luggage for Love seeking donations for foster children

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… Caring cases: Luggage for Love seeking donations for foster children … the School of Social Work at the spring semester’s start, is forging ahead.  Called Luggage for Love , the effort … garbage bags. Instead of holding rotting food, used tissues or soggy leaves, such bags are hastily filled with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58665

Acclaimed playwright to visit WMU for Gwen Frostic Reading Series

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… Acclaimed playwright to visit WMU for Gwen Frostic Reading Series Submitted by … Gwen Frostic Reading Series . Peter Ullian will read from his works at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 , in Rooms 157-159 of the Bernhard Center. The event is free and open to the public. Ullian Peter Ullian Ullian …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19572

Thousands of students, families on campus for 2015 orientation

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… Two types of orientation programs are offered. The biggest one, New Student Orientation, is for incoming first-year students. A smaller but no less … set of activities, the Transfer Transition Program, is tailored for new transfer students. Registration forms …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24757

Group started to fill students' critical unmet needs

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… needs Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on The project is seeking donations from the campus community. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Meeting critical unmet student needs is the aim of a new campus initiative that also will help … students. "As the cost of education rises and families struggle to make ends meet, many students cut back on their food …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18486