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University partners with city to promote 'shared prosperity' for residents

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… more broadly shared prosperity in the city.  The memorandum of understanding, signed July 9 , designates the University's Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations as primarily responsible for … research, service and service learning in support of SPK, and to make Kalamazoo a national model of civic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/48062

Fulbright grants awarded to four WMU faculty members

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… Fulbright Program awards to work overseas during part of the 2011-12 academic year. The Fulbright Program was … Grant recipients are selected based on academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership … Fulbright grant recipients were awarded a combination of short- and long-term grants. Three have completed their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/606

Economist to address poverty in Sichel Series talk

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… at Western Michigan University. Dr. Stephen C. Smith, professor of economics and international affairs and director of the Institute for International Economic Policy at George …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6254

Campus gathering to bid goodbye to Hoekje and Bigelow halls

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… and former students, faculty and staff and other members of the Western Michigan University community will come together Friday, June 7 , to mark the end of the line for two longtime campus residence halls. A … will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. in the main areas of Hoekje Hall, which opened in 1959, and Bigelow Hall, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7341

Western leads NSF-funded, multi-university research into ancient rocks

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… multiple universities to better understand the composition of ancient rocks, specifically dolomite.  Dr. Stephen Kaczmarek , associate professor of geological and environmental sciences, and his …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65485

Speaker to give update on the Kalamazoo Promise

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… on Brown KALAMAZOO—Dr. Janice M. Brown, executive director of the Kalamazoo Promise and former superintendent of Kalamazoo Public Schools, will give an update on the Kalamazoo Promise later … program and works closely with Kalamazoo Public Schools and other organizations in the Kalamazoo …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2289

Graduate students honored for research poster demonstrations

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… were recognized for outstanding poster demonstrations of their research earlier in the month. The seventh annual … Activities Poster Day showcased scholarly work from a total of 60 graduate student projects. Winning poster … Composition Influence Inflection in Quickset Ink Setting Profiles to Improve Sheet-fed Print Quality and Efficiency" …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6808

New head coach for Bronco gymnastics named

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… Anonymous (not verified) on Jernigan KALAMAZOO—University of North Carolina gymnastics assistant head coach Penny … as our next gymnastics coach. She comes with a vast amount of experience not only as an assistant at North Carolina but … Beauregard. Penny Jernigan Jernigan brings nearly 20 years of collegiate coaching experience to the Bronco gymnastics …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8572

Father-son solar energy duo next up in Keystone Series

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… on Sam and Connor Field KALAMAZOO—Father-and-son founders of a Kalamazoo-based solar energy development company will … Bank Breakfast Speaker Series. Sam and Connor Field of Helios Solar will talk about "The Economics of Solar Power" at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25 , in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/9978

Winifred 'Winnie' Lee obituary

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… University has lost a true friend and a longtime member of the University family," said WMU President John M. Dunn. "Winifred Lee will be remembered by generations of students on this campus for her generosity, vision and … along with her husband Carl E Lee, was a major supporter of WMU and its Lee Honors College, which was named in their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2468