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Award winning U-M professor, author next up in Frostic Reading Series

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An accomplished author and University of Michigan professor will visit the Western Michigan University campus later this month … Gwen Frostic Reading Series. Claire Vaye Watkins is a Guggenheim Fellow and assistant professor in the U-M Helen …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30054

Business accelerator launched to help student entrepreneurs

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… them grow their innovative business ideas. Starting Gate is a new student business accelerator that will test … burgeoning businesses. The student business accelerator is located in WMU's Business Technology and Research Park … Starting Gate's fall cohort should visit wmich.edu/startinggate and submit applications by Sept. 6 . Four student …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8806

Frostic Series teams up with Theatre Kalamazoo to present playwright

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… Western Michigan University Gwen Frostic Reading Series is again collaborating with Theatre Kalamazoo in early … A reception for the public will follow the reading of his play. He also will conduct a free workshop for local … Kalamazoo. Dr. Steve Feffer, associate professor of English and head of the department's playwriting program, will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29828

WMU prof wins NSF grant to study stress in Kenyan communities

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Western Michigan University anthropologist has been awarded a $135,891 National Science Foundation … Kenya. Dr. Bilinda Straight , professor of anthropology, is one of two principal investigators involved in the … which builds on previous research conducted from 2008-2011, is $293,395. The research team will revisit the Kenyan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/19986

Summit set for 2014-15 supervisors of student workers

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… Summit set for 2014-15 supervisors of student workers Submitted by Anonymous (not … for Western Michigan University employees who supervise students to register to attend the annual Student Employment Summit is

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17675

Michigan Autism Conference to bring who's who in autism to area

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… Michigan Autism Conference to bring who's who in autism to area Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Radisson Plaza Hotel at Kalamazoo Center KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18854

Wisconsin educator will lead WMU College of Health and Human Services

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… Wisconsin educator will lead WMU College of Health and Human Services Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Cisler KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Ron A. Cisler of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has been …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46964

Grad student uses creativity, collaboration to keep her students learning

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… special education teacher and master’s student in the Interdisciplinary Preparation in Autism—IPA—program, Jenna Silverstein , has been able to do … and that she continues to work on IEP goals during this challenging time." Through the use of online tools, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58673

Entrepreneurial speaker part of WMU Innovation Day

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… includes a keynote speech at 10:30 a.m. by Jia Jiang , who is the founder of FearBuster, a speaker and author of the … One Rejection at a Time." Several years after Jiang began his career in the corporate world, he stepped into the … and started a blog to face "100 Days of Rejection." He discovered that rejection can be much less painful than …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28804

Business Broncos take first place in ACG Cup competition

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… for Corporate Growth Cup , winning a $6,000 cash prize. This is the first time WMU has won the competition at the … Walker . WMU professors Drs. Derrick McIver and Doug Lepisto , co-directors of the Center for Principled Leadership …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67589