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Trustees to meet Thursday, discuss board's presidential assessment

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—When the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees meets at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16 ,  in formal session, trustees' annual assessment of President Edward Montgomery is on the agenda. A … will be considered at the meeting held in rooms 157-159 of the Bernhard Center. Other items before the board include …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66552

Update: Trustees to consider three labor contracts at Friday meeting

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will consider approval of contracts with three employee groups when it meets at 1 … Friday, Sept. 17 . Labor agreements with the WMU chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65564

Heralded British historian wins WMU's 2017 Gründler Prize

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Sumption (Photo courtesy of Alchetron) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A celebrated British judge, … Otto Gründler Book Prize for the fourth in his series of books about the Hundred Years War. Jonathan Sumption , dubbed by the British press as "the brain of Britain," is the winner of the 2017 Gründler Prize for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40684

When opportunity knocks: Alum’s business acquisition funded by Sleeping Giant Capital

Haworth College of Business

… Strategy at Western Michigan University’s Haworth College of Business is doing just that. By engaging with alumni, … impact that a leader could have when he took on the role of president of the Sales and Business Marketing Association, at that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64373

Events to examine ethical questions surrounding drones

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Ethical questions surrounding the use of drones will be examined in detail during an upcoming "double feature" of events sponsored by the Western Michigan University Center for the Study of Ethics in Society. Panel discussion A panel will address …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35534

Embry-Riddle research leader, cybersecurity expert to become WMU's next research VP

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… appointment will be effective July 1 , pending WMU Board of Trustees approval.  "Dr. Seker has distinguished himself, … with the support they need to advance the frontiers of knowledge and creative scholarship," Montgomery adds. At … and fuels economic development." He joined the faculty of Embry-Riddle in the Department of Electrical Engineering …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67867

WMU Alumni Association selects leadership for 2017-18

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… Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Three members of the Western Michigan University Alumni Association Board of Directors were elected to serve one-year terms as officers on the association's 2017-18 Board of Directors, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42674

Incoming students win $60,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… Valued at $60,000 each over four years, they constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher education. Some of this year's incoming scholars received a WMU Presidential … while others received awards that bear the names of their scholarships' donors or the individuals for whom …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47899

Business student earns national social impact scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… a student at Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business, recently received the American Marketing … Impact Scholarship, which is awarded to student members of AMA chapters who make a positive impact on their local, regional or larger community in terms of the environment, social justice, economic fairness, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53545

Wrongful Conviction Program changing one life at a time

College of Arts and Sciences

… one life at a time. "I cannot imagine getting convicted of a crime I didn’t commit," says Dr. Ashlyn Kuersten , director of the Wrongful Conviction Program and professor for the course. So she and her students work …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/34861