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Kalamazoo Arts Council grant takes WMU dancer to Panama

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… children in that nation's orphanages and centers for at-risk youth. Junior Sarah Mills is in Panama City this summer with an organization called Movement Exchange to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24066

Student-led summit to explore climate change justice

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… summit, planned for Friday, March 4 , from noon to 3 p.m ., is supported by the Western Student Association, the … around the broad theme of climate justice from a holistic perspective where interests in the environment, … politics, culture, economics, biodiversity and social issues intersect. Students and groups not affiliated with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67261

Longtime WMU friend, honors college namesake Carl Lee dies at 96

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… E Lee Kalamazoo broadcast pioneer Carl E Lee , who with his late wife Winifred Lee was the namesake for Western … . He was 96. Lee worked for 60 years in the radio and television broadcasting industry and was president and CEO of … supporting a number of initiatives. In 1988, Lee and his wife, Winifred, who died in 2012, pledged $500,000 for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/22184

Services set this weekend for Evaluation Center founder Stufflebeam

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… Services set this weekend for Evaluation Center founder Stufflebeam … Daniel Stufflebeam A Saturday, July 29 , memorial service is planned for Dr. Daniel Stufflebeam , an internationally … in the grant-making world—names like the MacArthur, Kellogg and Alger foundations. Internationally, he traveled to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41433

Irish Festival features music, food and activities

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… Irish Festival features music, food and activities Submitted by Deanne Puca on Dancers at a past Irish Festival (Photo credit: kalamazooirish.org) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Kalamazoo Irish Fest will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/25102

Jim Tripp obituary

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… service to the University. Survivors include his longtime companion, Pam McMakin, a WMU retiree. He loved his WMU job and took great pride in his work at the University, but his health required him to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29795

Academic programs to highlight annual Russian Festival

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… Center on the campus of Western Michigan University. This year, the festival is centered around the theme of "Russian Winter Holidays." … will conduct a workshop on the famous pysanki eggs, giving the audience a chance not only to learn about …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20065

Student awarded Critical Languages Scholarship to study in Jordan

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… semester through a prestigious federal scholarship. Kristen Canavan , a senior majoring in global and … Bangla, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Turkish, Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. … With an acceptance rate of less than 10 percent, the CLS is one of the most competitive study abroad scholarships …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/23885

Dunbar Hall to be transformed in $40 million renovation project

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… from the state of Michigan and $10 million in funding raised by the University, including through philanthropic … , before her term ended in 2018, led the effort to secure this outlay funding to extensively modernize Dunbar Hall. "We celebrate this major project funding finally coming to fruition and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/02/51700

Physician to discuss how inequities impact health care

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… Physician to discuss how inequities impact health care Submitted by … Mich—A physician, advocate and author will connect racism and income inequality to health and well-being during a … parking will be available in the adjacent Bronson Methodist Hospital lot at Portage and Lovell streets. Unequal life …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40228