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Award-winning author, food advocate coming to WMU to talk about food

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… and food advocate Michael Pollan will bring his message of healthy food systems and healthy eating to the Western … titled "A Community Conversation about Food," is part of the University Center for the Humanities' Healing Arts … . Pollan Michael Pollan Pollan is the author of "Second Nature: A Gardener's Education," "A Place of My …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/19984

Poet, advocate for undocumented writers is next Frostic speaker

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… read from his works at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15 , as part of the spring 2018 Gwen Frostic Reading Series at Western Michigan University. Castilo, the author of "Cenzontle," "Dulce" and "Children of the Land," will read during a free public event in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45699

Campus visit rekindles a family legacy

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… members. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Her family's name has graced one of Western Michigan University's best-known instructional … buildings since 1964. But it was the accomplishments of her grandson that brought Hildur Sangren Makielski back … , visited campus to attend the April 9 trombone recital of their grandson, James Wilson , a music major from the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23896

PSSO recognizes annual award winners

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… verified) on Hutson van den Hombergh KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Professional Support Staff Organization at Western Michigan University celebrated the winners of its 2017 annual awards during a May 5 luncheon in the … students with unmet needs while strengthening the culture of giving at WMU. Award winners Each year, the Professional …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39977

Portuguese scholar to lead WMU's international initiatives

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… associate provost for Global Century Education and director of the Global Engagement Office at the University of Montana, will take the reins of WMU's comprehensive …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41172

WMU board to consider change to innovation center ownership

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A proposal that would allow transfer of ownership of the physical assets of the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center to the Western …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25381

ISM students win first place at international case competition

Haworth College of Business

… Submitted by Stacey Anderson on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A team of Western Michigan University integrated supply management … and GMC Sierra, which are set to launch at the end of 2018. The team was tasked with simulating components … and prepare their presentation. During the final round of the competition, the remaining groups were given four …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/11/50161

Zhang Career Center speakers address gender in the workplace

Haworth College of Business

… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Haworth College of Business's Zhang Career Center recently hosted a Student Professional Readiness Series (SPuRS) event covering a timely … only female account manager in her company and freshly out of college. Unfortunately, when the company that Jones was …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67861

Donald F. Sellin obituary

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… died May 16 at home in Kalamazoo. He was 82. Sellin was a professor emeritus of special education who spent years advising graduate … the faculty in 1969 and retired in 1990 after 21 years of service to the University. His scholarly expertise was in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33000

Bernadine Carlson obituary

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… (not verified) on Carlson Dr. Bernadine "Penny" Carlson , professor emerita of English at Western Michigan University, died May 17 . She … faculty in 1953 and retired in 1986 after nearly 33 years of service to the University. She was preceded in death by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32963