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WMU Sanford Center program manager helps Burmese-American teens learn about finances

Haworth College of Business

… sharpen their financial skills. Mora, B.B.A.’85, MBA ’94, is program manager for Western's Sanford Center for … by Burma Center Program Manager Sara Johnson to share his expertise for a week during the center's summer camp. Located in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72913

Area youths participating in Asylum Lake Adventure Day

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… Michigan University's Asylum Lake Adventure Day. The event is set for 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 7 , or in case … 274-acre Asylum Lake Preserve to area school children and is held in cooperation with the Kalamazoo Nature Center. In … About 20 WMU students and community volunteers will assist during the event. Some serve as naturalists, offering …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/6948

WMU's Evaluation Center teams up with CDC to boost disease surveillance and response amid pandemic

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… WMU's Evaluation Center teams up with CDC to boost disease surveillance and response amid pandemic Submitted by … A team of evaluation experts from WMU’s Evaluation Center is working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the CDC Foundation to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59912

Researchers consider oral fluid testing as wave of the future for drug treatment, epidemiology

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… could revolutionize the future of testing for drugs, which is subject to abuse. "The main way the outcomes of substance … abuse treatment and prevention programs are evaluated is by whether or not patients or clients cease, reduce or … drug use. The traditional objective way of measuring this has been through analysis of urine for drugs. However, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66863

State association honors Spanish faculty member

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… State association honors Spanish faculty member Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … member in Western Michigan University's Department of Spanish is this year's winner of the Barbara Ort-Smith Award from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43899

Kalamazoo Literacy Council, WMU celebrate 10th annual literacy symposium

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… 10th annual literacy symposium Submitted by Paula M. Davis on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Kalamazoo Literacy Council (KLC), in collaboration with Western Michigan University, is proud to announce the 10th annual Adult Literacy Research … enhancing the lives of adults in Kalamazoo County who struggle to read, through programs designed to strengthen basic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73301

Business students take first place in ACG finance competition

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… Michigan University students in the Master of Business Administration program recently placed first in the West Michigan … says. "It provides an introduction into the merger and acquisition world that is invaluable to someone considering this field for a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/237

WMU professor takes the helm at state board

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… term as chair completing a seven-year term. The board is responsible for the certification, licensure and … public accountants and public accounting firms. The CPA is the most significant licensure for accountants in the … American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. AICPA is a national organization responsible for setting the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60233

Western leads NSF-funded, multi-university research into ancient rocks

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… Kaczmarek KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Western Michigan University is leading efforts at multiple universities to better … professor of geological and environmental sciences, and his collaborators at the University of Michigan and Grand … Western also will be engaged in the research. The research is centered on dolomite, which is a calcium-magnesium, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65485

Three recipients honored with 2022 Excellence in Diversity Award

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… 2022 Excellence in Diversity Award Submitted by Paula M. Davis on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Western Michigan University will … recipients of the 2022 Excellence in Diversity Award at this academic year’s Fall Convocation ceremony, set to take … departments, centers and other units in the process of disaggregating unit data around faculty and staff recruitment …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69069