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WMU board to consider new AFSCME contract Monday
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… Trustees will consider the terms of a three-year contract with WMU's chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees … Thursday, Aug. 16 . The union's 418 members include hourly employees who work in building maintenance and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48402
Institute is taking local high school students to China for summer camp
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… 10 local high school students will travel to China in July with the Confucius Institute at Western Michigan University … yet, but [I'm] so happy to support my daughter in doing so with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." This will be the … area. It was established in 2009 through a partnership with Beijing Language and Culture University, and is the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40712
Black mason broke barriers, laid first building blocks for learning at Western
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… Parker , B.A.'02, M.A.'07, Ph.D.'22, a postdoctoral fellow with the University's Lewis Walker Institute for the Study … him as a prolific builder. Parker learned he was born in Canton, Indiana, where his parents had migrated after … are overjoyed that Mr. White will always remain a significant part of Bronco history," Montgomery says. The …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74599
Keith Bailey obituary
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… during his senior year in high school and served two years with occupation forces in Japan, returning to finish high … Jackson. Bailey attended WMU on the GI Bill and graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees from the University. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48243
Diversity, sexual orientation and gender identity celebrated at downtown festival
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… include local artists, a cover band, a former American Idol contestant and drag performances. Tickets are $10 … annual Kalamazoo Pride begins at 6 p.m. Friday, June 9, with DJ Dazzleship, the "Miss/Mister Kalamazoo Pride 2017" … activities planned throughout the afternoon in the youth tent area. Outfront Kalamazoo For more than 20 years, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40068
Bernardine Lacey named a 'Living Legend' by nursing association
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… four selected as 2014 Living Legends of Nursing by the American Academy of Nursing . Dr. Bernardine M. Lacey is one of … Bernardine M. Lacey Endowed Chair, was created in her honor with the help of a $1.5 million anonymous donation in 1998. … is better prepared to care for the most vulnerable in American society. Also honored as 2014 Living Legends were …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19655
Katrovas to combine storytelling and song in recital of Czech composers
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… debuted as Barbarina in W.A. Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" with the Kammer Oper Prague and toured Germany and Austria as the First Lady in "Die Zauberflöte" with the F.X. Šalda Theater in Liberec, where she … an active concert soloist in Prague, regularly performing with various instrumental and choral ensembles. She is the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43299
Business students take third in project management competition
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… of Higher Education in Michigan," tasked participants with applying their knowledge of the international standard, … systems major and member of the third place team, agrees with Chen about the group dynamics. "Everyone in the team … Plasticwala. "There were some obstacles, as there often are within projects, but the project manager and team members …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23450
Japanese author to visit WMU as visiting scholar, give reading
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… Kanoko." A book signing will follow her presentation, with books available for purchase. Itō has more than a dozen … Since the 1980s, Itō had been fascinated with Native American poetry, which she first read in Japanese translations. … California. The change of setting led to several significant changes in her writing, in terms of both genre and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18686
WMU named in Princeton Review's 2021 'best business schools'
Haworth College of Business
… rankings. “Despite all that this past year has brought with it, the Haworth College of Business has kept the bar … 25 years we've conducted this project, is to help MBA applicants identify the business schools best for them. Our … saying, “I like the ability to earn a specialization within my MBA program—I have some flexibility to change my …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62689