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Insomnia prevention device takes first place at annual Pitch Competition

Haworth College of Business

… Right Temp, a device to combat insomnia invented by Western Michigan University industrial and entrepreneurial engineering students, has won first place and $2,000 at the fifth annual K.C. O'Shaughnessy Business …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39431

Southwest Michigan slates 2016 Chávez Dinner, awards program

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Southwest Michigan will celebrate the life and work of civil rights leader César E. Chávez on Saturday, … dinner that includes the presentation of regional awards and scholarships for 2016. Proceeds from the annual dinner … E. Chávez," the event will be held in the Fetzer Center at Western Michigan University. It begins with a reception at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31407

Football Broncos earn first ever national ranking

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… 49-10 win against arch rival Central Michigan University and the chance to take home the rivalry's Cannon Trophy for the third straight time was just the start of the Western Michigan University Broncos' Oct. 1-2 weekend. … Broncos are 5-0, with wins against two Big 10 teams—Northwestern and Illinois. It is also just the fourth time in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35536

Speaker to address today's changing perspectives on gender

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… on transgender issues will offer concrete, easy-to-understand guidance for "not putting your foot in your mouth" around transgender and nonbinary people. Actor and award-winning storyteller … Wednesday, April 12 , in Miller Auditorium on the campus of Western Michigan University. Both presentations will include …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/39114

U.C. San Diego scholar to tackle economic reform in China in Sichel talk

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… address economic reform in China in a talk next month at Western Michigan University as part of the Werner Sichel … International Affairs at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California at San Diego, … "Is There a Xi Jinping Model of Economic Reform?" is free and open to the public. A light lunch reception will be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27968

WMU journalism students pen issue of West Michigan magazine

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… (not verified) on From left: May, Penny, Steele, Marzke and Diana (Photo credit: Encore/Brian Powers) KALAMAZOO, … journalists choose to write about if they were given and entire magazine to fill with their best work? That … almost entirely by a team of junior- and senior-level Western Michigan University journalism students taught by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39823

Kalamazoo Arts Council grant takes WMU dancer to Panama

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A passion for dance, a commitment to serve and an idea that began as a class assignment have taken one Western Michigan University dance major to Panama to explore … joy of movement with children in that nation's orphanages and centers for at-risk youth. Junior Sarah Mills is in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24066

WMU’s Food Marketing Conference to draw nearly 900 industry leaders

Food Marketing

… leaders Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.–Western Michigan University’s acclaimed Food Marketing Conference unfolds Tuesday and Wednesday, March 21 and 22 , and is expected to draw nearly 900 industry …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38306

CELCIS one of six programs worldwide to reach accreditation milestone

International Student and Scholar Services

… CELCIS students take a break from class. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's internationally recognized … CEA reaccredited WMU's Center for English Language and Culture for International Students—CELCIS—for a 10-year … period through 2025 following a comprehensive self-study and site visit in April. CELCIS has been providing intensive …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26532

Goat work crew returns to campus for second helping

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An even larger contingent of temporary landscape services workers will be on the Western Michigan University campus this summer to clear an … test the animals' viability as an environmentally friendly land management tool. The goats are rented out as four-footed …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40334