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Activist to talk on Obama's approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict

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… to bring peace. Josh Ruebner , national advocacy director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, will … activist for peace and reconciliation in this part of the world. He will bring to his speech not only … justice. He is the co-founder and former executive director of Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel, an organization …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/11140

WMU's foster youth support program to get $750,000 from state

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… the Legislature June 5 includes $750,000 in the Department of Human Services appropriation to support Western Michigan … college degrees. The item in the DHS appropriation is part of an overall state budget that also includes a 2.31 percent … provides a support network for students who have aged out of foster care and are pursuing college degrees. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/771

Annual food marketing conference features industry leaders

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… show supermarket guru, Phil Lempert , will join a list of top food industry professionals later this month as a featured speaker at this … Performance.” Food Marketing Conference Lempert will kick off the conference by sharing his perspective on the top 10 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5472

Fish Ninja Labs catches top prize in PITCH Competition

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Norman (Photo courtesy of the Haworth College of Business) KALAMAZOO—A Western Michigan University … marketing major from Portage, Mich., caught the top prize of $1,200 for his business idea for Fish Ninja Labs in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7114

Global warming activist to bring climate fight to campus

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… His presentation, titled "Notes from the Front Lines of the Climate Fight," is part of the University Center for the Humanities 2013-14 Changing … D.C. But that's where he spent three days in the summer of 2011 after leading the largest act of civil disobedience …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10071

John E. Martell Jr. obituary

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… E. Martell Jr. John E. Martell Jr. , retired assistant dean of the Lee Honors College at Western Michigan University, … students in the honors college, particularly his many years of advising and mentoring them as well as helping them to … he worked as a substitute teacher in the Kalamazoo Public Schools; a resident advisor and humanities assistant at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/11646

Racing toward his goals: Engineering student follows passion on the track

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… “I had always loved working hands on with cars and dreamed of becoming a racer. On my tour of WMU, I saw the car sitting in the lobby of the engineering building and knew I needed to be on that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/11/66110

Plan, do, check, act with Audrey Oswalt

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Continuous improvement is the backbone of manufacturing processes and the responsibility of production managers around the world, including Audrey … at GA Richards in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Oswalt is part of a hand-picked team implementing the plan-do-check-act …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/11/66388

'The People's Scholar' to address diversity in community talk

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Watkins KALAMAZOO--One of the leading social commentators, black speakers and … at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 18, in the Kalamazoo Public Schools' Chenery Auditorium, 714 S. Westnedge Ave. His talk is being offered free of charge to the public as well as to employees …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/321

Dr. Ruth M. Davis obituary

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… on Davis Dr. Ruth M. Davis, Western Michigan University professor emerita of health, physical education and … the University, Davis taught in the Adrian (Mich.) Public Schools for nine years and also served as coordinator of … she took a year off from her employment with the Adrian schools to do guidance work with the U.S. Air Force …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5855