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Economics alumna tackling hunger, health issues at Brookings Institution

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… Erin Flynn on A post-graduation activity report reveals 94% of 2018-19 WMU graduates are actively employed or pursuing … she says. "But even within the city there were pockets of poverty, poor people who lived in slums. So, I had seen … to work toward something that would improve the quality of life of those people." Driven to help end that suffering, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/57684

Michigan Autism Conference to bring who's who in autism to area

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… at Kalamazoo Center KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An all-star lineup of autism researchers is on tap for the Second Annual … put on by the Western Michigan University Department of Psychology, is Thursday and Friday, Sept.  25-26 , at the … and Suites in downtown Kalamazoo. It builds on the success of the first autism conference last year and the recent …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18854

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

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… U.S. tour, Sato Michiyoshi will perform a unique blend of traditional and modern styles on the "shamisen," a … on main campus. Michiyoshi is an award-winning performer of "Tsugaru-jamisen," a dynamic style of music played on the shamisen. In his performance, …

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

Physician to discuss how inequities impact health care

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… be given by Dr. David A. Ansell , senior vice president of community health equity and associate provost for … Center in Chicago. It will be held in the auditorium of the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. Free parking will be available in the adjacent …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40228

Student awarded Critical Languages Scholarship to study in Jordan

International Student and Scholar Services

… will focus on Arabic language. Canavan was selected as one of 100 awardees from a pool of 10,000 applicants representing more than 500 colleges and universities across the U.S. to study one of the 13 languages offered through the CLS program: …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/23885

Russell L. Gabier obituary

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… and alumni affairs leader and the founding president of the WMU Foundation, died Feb. 18 in Kalamazoo. He was 90. … the University in 1958 to take a job as assistant director of admissions. He remained at WMU until 1986, retiring as … and alumni relations and president and chief executive officer of the WMU Foundation. He helped found the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45491

Jazz students again take multiple awards in DownBeat competition

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… music competition. Earning top honors was the University of Miami with eight wins, followed by the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with six awards and the Berklee College of Music, the University of North Texas and the Manhattan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40131

America's drift away from equal opportunity to be discussed

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… on how America is drifting further away from the ideal of equal opportunity and what local communities can do to … is sponsored by WMU's Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations in collaboration with the City of Kalamazoo's new Shared Prosperity Kalamazoo Initiative. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23269

Paper produced at WMU could provide clean water for millions

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on An example of how the filter can be used (Photo credit: Folia Water) … to provide clean drinking water to millions at a cost of just pennies a day has been successfully produced on a … McGill and Carnegie Mellon universities and the University of Virginia was brought to WMU this fall by Folia Water of

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36402

Reminder: How to select your preferences for WMU alerts and advisories

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… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—With the beginning of the 2019-20 academic year, students and employees at … messages and Advisory Notifications from the WMU Department of Public Safety. Students and employees with a wmich.edu … via their campus email address. They cannot opt out of receiving these messages by email, but they can opt in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54703