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Simply Eight founder to speak at Entrepreneurship Forum
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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Pang KALAMAZOO—The founder of a Michigan-based company dedicated to simple, great-tasting foods will kick off the 2013-14 Entrepreneurship Forum at Western Michigan University. Ernie Pang , founder of Simply Eight, will speak at 8 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13, in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9139
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
Trustees slate short conference call meeting
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… on KALAMAZOO—The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees has scheduled a special conference call meeting … for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 , to consider approval of a new employee contract. The session, which is a formal … originate from the Connable Board Room on the second floor of the Bernhard Center. The sole agenda item is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5853
Wilma J. (Napp) McNees obituary
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… (Napp) McNees , a former custodian in the Department of Facilities Management at Western Michigan University, died May 13 . She was 75. McNees, of Kalamazoo, joined the staff in 1980 and left in 1992 after 12 years of service to the University. She also was employed locally …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7539
'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