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Movie and discussion focus on weight-loss obsession
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… film "America the Beautiful" will be shown free of charge at Western Michigan University in advance of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week . " America the … will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 , in Room 2452 of Knauss Hall. Discussion with the audience by a panel of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/145
Accomplished civil engineer to lead two seminars
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… as a visiting scholar. Dr. Chandrasekhar Putcha , professor of civil and environmental engineering at California State … . Putcha will address "Basic Principles and Applications of Reliability and Risk Analysis to Civil Engineering" at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/106
Richard B. Valley obituary
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… Dr. Richard B. Valley , Western Michigan University professor emeritus of paper and printing science and engineering, died Nov. 12. He was 85. Valley, of Portage, Mich., came to WMU in 1977 to chair the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3033
Three recipients honored with 2022 Excellence in Diversity Award
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… Western Michigan University will recognize three recipients of the 2022 Excellence in Diversity Award at this academic … at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16 , in the North Ballroom of the Bernhard Center. The recipients for 2022 diversity … , the WMU Athletics Diversity Task Force and the Professional Development Institute . “The purpose of these …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69069
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