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WMU Symphony nabs 3rd place in national competition
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… Bruce Uchimura , cellist and professor of music. The WMU group placed third in its division, with the Baylor University … that place or win the American Prize, get a lot of bragging rights," he says. Competition results are based on … Dvorak and Tchaikovsky. Uchimura says the jury is a "good mix of professional conductors, college music educators …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29479
Library putting new twist on communicating with patrons
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… with the robot. "Telepresence robots are beginning to show up in organizational and educational settings. These robots … who leads CSRL. "Libraries are large, intricate and sometimes intimidating spaces in which having easy access to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28111
WMU's President Dunn announces 2017 retirement date
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… consultation with the University community, have adequate time to conduct a national search for the person who will … of Health from 1995 to 2002. Before that, he was at Oregon State University for 20 years, last serving as associate … WMU Foundation as well as the governing board of the W.E.Upjohn Institute. He also is in his second term as chair of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/33779
WMU earns top accreditation for landscape management
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… accreditation rating requires a very proactive and aggressive approach to understanding and implementing sound … and expectations," Holysz says. "Bringing our campus up to the exacting standards required for accreditation has been decades in the making. We've now accomplished our goals for PGMS' Key Principles and Best Management …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26328
Journal on grandparenting launched by national center at WMU
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… issue, for instance, includes stories on grandfamily support groups, youth mentoring, grandparent resilience and the first of what is expected to be an annual brief on state and federal … includes two managing editors— John McElroy and Deborah Langosch —and a six-person editorial board working from …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/18130
June Jubilee events mark start of summer in downtown Kalamazoo
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… on West Michigan Avenue and south on Portage Street. A lineup of businesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals will goof-it-up using everything from animals, colorful costumes and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24283
WMU researchers awarded NIH grant to improve canes used by blind
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… The research team will study how to improve the ergonomic design and cane-use biomechanics to see what has the greatest impact on detecting obstacles and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15729
WMU student team wins national Wege sustainability prize
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… Savannah College. Third place was awarded to a team made up of students from Savannah College, Kendall and Penn … manger for Apple. The Wege Foundation focuses on local good works that enhance the lives of people and preserve the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22739
MBA program tops list for sustainability education
Haworth College of Business
… sustainable and socially responsible economic practices are good for business and that top MBA programs have the … the MBA program WMU's MBA program is designed with the full-time working professional in mind, which is reflected in … a premier location to earn a MBA and is among an elite group of fewer than 5 percent of business schools worldwide …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51047
Area events slated to mark life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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… Hannah , a poet, author and radio commentator for "Talk It Up," 95.5 FM in Kalamazoo. Friday, Jan. 16 Community … in Society. Thursday, Feb. 26 "The Courage to Create-Group Poetry Reading on Confronting Injustice" poetry …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21048