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Business pitch competition open to WMU student entrepreneurs

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… across campus are invited to share their business pitches for cash prizes totaling $2,500 at the second annual Pitch … brief three-minute pitch about an innovative business idea for an audience of potential investors. Students will be … prizes will be awarded to the top four finishers—$1,200 for first place; $700 for second place; $400 for third …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14110

University Theatre presents 'Man of La Mancha'

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… will "dream the impossible dream" as they stage several performances of "Man of La Mancha" April 10-19 in the Williams … Theatre Complex. Purchase tickets online: wmutheatre.com Performance schedule Friday, April 10, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, … management by Afton Earp . Graduating music theatre performance majors will give free performances following the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22784

$5.5 million renovation unveiled at WMU-Grand Rapids Beltline location

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… city commissioner. "This facility will act as another hub for talent in our city that we hope to retain and grow into … building contains state-of-the-art spaces for students and the community including a Collaboration … educating students," said Dawn Gaymer , associate provost for Extended University Programs. "New technology has …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26334

Tom Rainey Trio to entertain audiences in free recital at WMU

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… and when he plays the smell of invention is in the air." For more information about the concert, visit wmich.edu/music or call (269) 387-4667. For more WMU news, arts and events , visit wmich.edu/news . …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44786

Award-winning short story author next in Gwen Frostic Reading Series

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… Series. Danielle Evans , author of the story collection "Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self," will read from her … reading is free and open to the public. Danielle Evans "Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self" won the PEN American … and African American teenagers, women and men struggling to find a place in their families and communities. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43411

Frostic Series teams up with Theatre Kalamazoo to present playwright

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… , in the Epic Center, 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall. A reception for the public will follow the reading of his play. He also will conduct a free workshop for local playwrights at the festival, which runs Feb. 5-6. … event will feature new plays by nine local playwrights, performed and directed as staged readings by local actors and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29828

New book about World War II memories grows out of class project

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… conducted interviews locally and as far away as Canada for the project. KALAMAZOO—A Western Michigan University … book that now is being sold online. "There is No Substitute for Victory—Remembrances of World War II" is the result of a … arranged and illustrated spiral booklet is being sold for $20 and is packed with the reminiscences of nearly 200 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15025

Advisory group named to guide WMU teacher preparation programs

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… University's College of Education and Human Development has formed a new advisory council to oversee professional … The new council is a policy-making and review body for all programs preparing education professionals for PreK-12 settings. Through its various committees, the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15625

'Worlding' and 'Mapping Mrs. Dalloway' on display at Richmond Center

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… the public through Friday, Feb. 3, at the Richmond Center for Visual Arts on Western Michigan University's main … early age of 13. Walking the streets of London every day for nearly two weeks to photograph the path once taken by … 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, and noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. For more information , contact Indra Lacis, director of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37496

Clemson University prof, ethicist to give ethics talk

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… speaks at Western Michigan University as part of the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society's spring 2015 season. Dr. … Wueste is director of the Robert J. Rutland Institute for Ethics. Wueste's work has appeared in various journals, … preventability and responsibility loom large; make a suggestion about the links between and among these ideas; and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22320