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Students picking up litter, raising funds to preserve Great Lakes

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… Master of Business Administration program are partnering with the Alliance for the Great Lakes to host a beach … community leadership, teamwork, collaboration and leading with a purpose—all while having an impact." Beach litter … metric tons of plastic pollution from the United States and Canada enter all of the Great Lakes each year. Funds raised …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47683

Student awarded scholarships from pulp and paper organization

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… awards at the annual TAPPI conference and is pictured with Deanna Durham, TAPPICON’s Woman of the Year, and Maja … “TAPPI offers me many valuable opportunities to network with other industry professionals, meet some other paper … process engineering intern at West Rock and a sales intern with Axchem USA. She has served as treasurer of WMU’s TAPPI …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/07/68502

Western joins Michigan universities in collaborative to spur innovation across state

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… technology into companies. The institution is partnering with four other universities to establish the Michigan … “The MUICF will unleash Michigan innovation and imagination within our university ecosystem and support startups across … Edward Montgomery . "It has the potential to significantly strengthen the high-tech ecosystem statewide and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74711

WMU wins men's MAC Academic Achievement Award for highest GPA

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… program has been named the winner of the 2016-17 Mid-American Conference Faculty Athletics Representative Men's … Awards are designed to recognize the conference institution with the overall highest grade-point average rank by gender. … is one of only three institutions ever to win the award, with Toledo claiming the honor three times and Miami winning …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42343

Faculty invited to apply for short-term exchange program

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… at the University of Passau. The successful WMU applicant will spend May 1 through June 30, 2013, as a visiting … and housing in the city. Although no stipend is provided with this exchange, there will be ample opportunity for … scholar will be selected by Wednesday, Oct. 3. Applicants should submit a brief letter of interest, including a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1574

University Symphony Orchestra continues season theme of fifths

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… "Perfect Fifth" because it highlights symphonic works with the number five. The Nov. 4 program is no exception, as … Conductor, Jeffrey Spenner , will make his conducting debut with the Overture to the opera Oberon by Carl Maria von …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2604

Trustees approve tenure for 19 faculty members

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… of 19 faculty members at its June 7 meeting, effective with the beginning of the 2012-13 academic year. The names of those granted tenure, along with their unit or program affiliations, are: Sheila Bair, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/766

University Symphony Orchestra to premiere alumna composition

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… is free and open to the public. The concert will open with the "Overture to Colas Breugnon" by Dmitri Kabalevsky, … composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. The performance will conclude with Dmitri Shostakovich’s epic "Symphony Number 5 in D … "El Letargo De Las Ballenas" (The Whale’s Lethargy) by Mexican composer and WMU alumna Valeria Jonard. Jonard’s …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4397

St. Louis Symphony bass trombonist presents solo recital

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… verified) on Pagano KALAMAZOO—Gerry Pagano, bass trombonist with the St. Louis Symphony, will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, … Ballet Orchestra for eight seasons. He has performed with numerous orchestras, including the San Francisco …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1440

Update on investigation of on-campus robberies

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… The students reported being robbed by single individuals with similar but slightly different descriptions. The two … large as of Friday afternoon, Dec. 7. They are described as young black males, both about 6 feet 3 inches tall—one in a red shirt with a black vest and jeans, the other wearing a dark …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3399