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New cycle of integrated program review and planning to be launched

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… included in WMU's strategic plan as well as the Criteria for Reaffirmation of Accreditation from the Higher Learning … new round is intended to provide a mission-driven, data-informed and participatory mechanism for continuous quality review that incorporates three …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/31811

British author, adventurer to take WMU audience on a journey

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… speaks later this month as part of the University Center for the Humanities spring series at Western Michigan … November 2014, was named the Huffington Post's top art book for that year. A journalist, Finlay spent 12 years in Hong … then as arts editor of the South China Morning Post. For the past decade, she has worked for the Alliance of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38802

Western Brass Quintet to present CD release concert

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… Sept. 30 , in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The performance will be preceded by a 7 p.m. discussion hosted by … Dr. Robert White . Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for seniors and $5 for students, and are available from Miller Auditorium …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27102

Big Brothers Big Sisters administrator to provide perspective at breakfast series

Haworth College of Business

… titled "Helping Local Children Change Their Lives for the Better, Forever" at 8 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, in 2150 Schneider Hall. … and better relationships, avoid risky behaviors and aim for educational success. Amy Kuchta Kuchta has devoted her …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37056

New BTR Park firm offers inside look at product development process

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… development process . Newell Rubbermaid's new Design Center formally opened May 19 at the BTR Park. Product testing by … It's all being done in the name of product development for consumer goods that bear such iconic brand names as … Newell Rubbermaid is a Fortune 500 company that had 2013 sales of about $5.7 billion. It has more than 40 brands in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17817

Two WMU researchers answer invitation to visit White House

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… House Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on From left: Liggins-Abrams and Beach KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two Western Michigan … University researchers visited the White House April 4 for an event that spotlighted a grant program funding work … Andrea Beach and Monica Liggins-Abrams were in Washington for the annual meeting of research principals for efforts …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31523

Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice

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… Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Forman KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Starting this month, Western Michigan University's Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations is launching a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22694

Area events to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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… WMU Dalton Center Recital Hall. Tickets are $12, $5 for students. More information at  wmich.edu/music/events . Wednesday, Jan. 13 … Schools Social Justice Book Bowl, elimination competition for middle and high school students from surrounding area, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28803

Michigan State Geographic Bee to return to WMU's Fetzer Center

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… State Geographic Bee is in its 29th year. KALAMAZOO—For the 10th straight year, just over 100 young geography … the state will descend on Western Michigan University for the Michigan State Geographic Bee, testing their knowledge of the world while vying for a trip to Washington, D.C., to compete in the National …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/39017

Sabbatical leave granted to 34 WMU faculty members

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… Trustees during its March 14 meeting. Sabbaticals Effective for the fall 2018 semester Dr. Kyle Brink , associate … Mary-Louise Totton , associate professor of art Effective for the 2018-19 academic year Dr. David Burnie , professor … , professor of gender and women's studies Dr. Christopher Biggs , associate professor of music Dr. William Liou , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45801