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Working with youth has its own rewards, challenges

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… challenges Submitted by Deanne Puca on Dr. Karen Blaisure KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Support and education for … responded by expanding its training and internships in this area. The College of Education and Human Development … roles in afterschool, community service and youth activism programs; public and private human services …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/53714

WMU prof takes tax help to indigenous villages in Alaska

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… University professor and a group of accounting students. This is the second year Dr. Fritz Allhoff , associate professor of philosophy, has led a tax-assistance delegation to remote villages in western Alaska. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30766

Generous gift expands University art collection

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… art collection. John Kollig looks at the paintings in his collection, which date back decades. Student Bianca Misuraca inventories paintings. More than 200 of John … Rozlin Opolka in her effort to document and catalog all of his painting and drawings donated to the University art …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63282

Obare named interim vice president for research

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… guiding the University's research agenda. Her appointment is effective Aug. 1 and was made pending approval by the WMU … has served as vice president for research since 2010 and is returning to the faculty in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Obare is expected to serve in her interim role for a minimum of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/40983

Experts to address rapidly changing food industry during Western’s virtual Food Marketing Conference

Haworth College of Business

… will be held virtually for the first time in the program’s history.  Dr. Russell Zwanka, associate professor of marketing, will lead a panel discussion on supply chain learnings from the pandemic during … Conference. The conference will focus on new consumerism—especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic—and will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63371

Business students clinch victories at sales competition

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… on WMU business students Gabe Pelak, left. and Trevor Bageris, right KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University business students Trevor Bageris and Gabe Pelak traveled to the University of Missouri Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business Oct. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56440

With move in complete, Western Heights residents will showcase new hall

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… to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12 . The new residence hall complex is the first major new housing initiative for incoming … on each of four floors for a total of 23 houses. Each house is a campus home to 35 students. The houses on each floor … centrally private bathrooms and showers with high-end finishes. The houses are organized around a central public area …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27082

Impactful experiences empower theatre grad to script ambitious future

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… educate and empower young people to change the world. His work earned him recognition with two awards at the 2024 … Mich.—When it came to choosing a stage for the next act of his education, a teenage Jimmie Comer III had his pick of colleges. A promising performer in Detroit's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75482

Renowned musicians join forces for free concert

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on From left: Timothy McAllister, Kathryn Goodson and Randall Hawes KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Accomplished musical group Trio will perform a free concert at … Michigan University’s Dalton Center Lecture Hall. The event is open to the public. Randall Hawes ,  Kathryn Goodson and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30125

State of the University address, awards to highlight 2015 Convocation

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… President Dunn speaks at the 2014 Convocation. The event is set for 2 p.m. in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. It will … faculty and staff achievements and service. The convocation is traditionally held during the opening weeks of fall semester and is designed as a signature event to welcome faculty, staff …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27252