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WMU trustees set to elect 2012 leadership

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… on KALAMAZOO--The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees is scheduled to elect its chair and vice chair … meeting on campus . Convening at 11 a.m. in Rooms 157-159 of the Bernhard Center, the board also will consider a … for international partners that guarantee the enrollment of multiple groups of undergraduate or graduate students …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/171

Student comedians vie to be Last Bronco Standing

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… comedians. The Feb. 23 event is the only public round of the WMU contest. Contestants will have already performed privately in front of a panel of judges and another time for the CAB general assembly. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/144

Eaton sponsoring, mentoring WMU engineering students

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… provided $8,000 to Western Michigan University in support of three student engineering teams that will design and … and engineering support to the WMU teams from its College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Students also will have … across the U.S. As one of only a handful of engineering schools in North America to have participated in every race …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6619

Student hits high note with national young jazz composer award

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… band on tour. He's got the chops, and now he has the ears of the national jazz community. Eddie Codrington plays … recognizes the most promising jazz artists under the age of 30 from across the country. Only 18 musicians were … and I was focused on that." After the concert, the gravity of the award sunk in. "I was like, 'Oh my goodness, this is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52685

WMU finance students gain new tools through Bloomberg partnership

Haworth College of Business

… theory with practice," says Dr. Matt Ross , assistant professor of finance. "Our students begin using the Bloomberg … Trust Trading Room, located in the Haworth College of Business, with an additional terminal available in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52733

A catalyst for environmental justice

W Magazine

… advocates say it's time to acknowledge the lasting effects of historically racist policies. For example, a recent study … issues," she remembers, "they would say, 'We're a part of a community that may be impacted negatively by pollution' and those types of things. And although I didn't have the language or the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68145

WMU senior engineering students solve problems facing business, industry and people

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… but with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the cancelation of large group events, students presented their work online … to solve problems facing business and industry. A list of all the projects, many of which are sponsored by southwest Michigan companies, is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58984

Gov. Snyder praises WMU foster youth program

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… (not verified) on Gov. Snyder KALAMAZOO--In his State of the State address yesterday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder … Michigan University program for praise, triggering a round of applause in the Michigan House chamber at the state … is one that focuses on young people who have aged out of foster care and need support--the kind that families …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/83

WMU prepares for archives construction on Oakland Drive Campus

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… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO--Western Michigan University officials are gearing up for the next major campus … a new facility that will be located near the intersection of Howard Street and Oakland Drive on the grounds of what was once the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital. The new …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/635

Commercial real estate magnate next up in entrepreneurship series

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… estate brokerage, development and management, and founder of a local boutique commercial real estate firm will speak … Michigan University. Rick DeKam, principal and director of asset management for Midwest Realty Group, will speak at … and other related issues. He has represented a number of corporate clients, completed numerous large land …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4404