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University welcomes two explosive-detection K-9s to police force

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… K-9 Oso, both less than two-year-old male German shepherds, are Kalamazoo County's first and only explosion-detection canines. The dogs and their handlers, WMU officers Travis Cable and … of that is bomb-detection work. Obviously, I can't smell what he can smell," Lininger says, adding that when Brax …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/02/51620

Japanese musician to perform on campus during second U.S. tour

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… performs traditional and modern Japanese music on the shamisen. KALAMAZOO Mich.—On his second U.S. tour, Sato Michiyoshi will perform a unique blend of traditional and modern styles on the "shamisen," a Japanese three-stringed banjo, at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45560

National honor organization honors WMU chapter advisor

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… University’s Lee Honors College, has been named Advisor of the Year by the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society national … and beyond to assist our executive board in accomplishing whatever our next mission might be," says Nicole Thompson , … that the student leaders of our chapter’s executive board are given enough independence to learn and practice …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30927

IT Forum to explore communication in business

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… business will come into sharper focus early next month when the 10th Western Michigan IT Forum unfolds at Western … University. Business professionals from across the region are invited to gather from 7:15 a.m. to 4:50 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 , at the Fetzer Center to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2455

Helen J. Flaspohler obituary

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… Merze Tate and Gwen Frostic, and she played a major role in the 1984 launch of the Medallion Scholarship program, a … millions of dollars in support of the University including what was then the single largest donation WMU had ever … executive director of development in 1992, began her WMU career as a staff member in the alumni affairs and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46613

Business lecture features award-winning author and professor

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… noted author, marketing professor and a founder of the Conscious Capitalism Institute will share his views on the new realities of the global marketplace … Business Lecture Series. In his talk, Sisodia will describe what he says is an emerging paradigm for business that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1431

WMU celebrates poetry in April

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… by Deanne Puca on University Libraries is organizing the poetry month events. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan … Poetry Month with more than 25 events in April. All are free and open to the public. Events Ongoing in April … different themes where visitors can create poetry or see what others have written. Poetry broadsides displays, poetry …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/22792

Check out WMU’s latest Human Library event Feb. 12

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… racially ambiguous. Of being confused. But her identity, the ways in which she sees and understands herself, belies … such insults, stereotypes, and generalizations. This is what some learned while “reading” an anonymous individual … serve as human library books and where difficult questions are expected, appreciated and answered.” As with the first, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57540

Sabbatical leave granted to 34 WMU faculty members

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… faculty members have been granted sabbaticals during the 2018-19 academic year to engage in research and creative projects as well as other work that promotes their professional growth and development. The leaves were granted …

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

WMU grants soar past $13 million mark in September, October

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… million in September and October, WMU trustees learned at their Dec. 18 meeting. Grants for research garnered the biggest share of externally funded awards, breaking the $9 million … also awarded Henry a public service grant of $632,590 to identify, treat and improve the social and emotional …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20827