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Bronson School of Nursing wins $2 million grant to boost diversity

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—What started with a modest $5,000 internal Western Michigan University grant has grown into a nearly $2 … federally funded, four-year project to recruit, retain and graduate more underrepresented students into the nursing … Diversity Grant, through the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, will fund the Empowering …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43577

WMU celebrates poetry in April

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… is organizing the poetry month events. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is celebrating National Poetry … Month with more than 25 events in April. All are free and open to the public. Events Ongoing in April Historic poetry display from Archives and Regional History Collections at Zhang Legacy Collection …

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

WMU one of six in nation honored as top-performing green colleges

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… Mich.—The Sustainable Endowments Institute has named Western Michigan University as one of the country's six top-performing colleges for energy savings and cutting greenhouse gas emissions. In an announcement … Dollar Green Challenge lauded WMU as one of the colleges and universities that have captured the top performance slot …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28661

Students, employees have free access to New York Times

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—All Western Michigan University students, faculty and staff members now have complimentary access to the digital edition of the New York Times and select New York Times apps. Two types of subscriptions …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35560

WMU schedules back-to-back career fairs in February

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… Career Fair is scheduled for Feb. 12, with a new Government and Nonprofit Fair set for Feb. 13. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University will hold two career fairs next month, its 37th annual Career Fair and its first Government and Nonprofit Career Fair. Although …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21427

New BTR Park firm offers inside look at product development process

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… Design Center KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A new corporate partner at Western Michigan University's Business Technology and Research Park is offering members of the campus and surrounding communities a chance to get an insider's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17817

Compensation project moves closer to rollout with Aon Hewitt visits

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University moved closer to the rollout of a … Aon Hewitt spent time on campus reviewing with managers and supervisors the first drafts of job classifications … individuals in the employee groups involved had filled out and submitted detailed descriptions of their job …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/22188

Brookings Inst. fellow to address Great Recession in Sichel talk

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… Institution will take a closer look at central banking and the Great Recession this month when he visits Western Michigan University as part of the 2014-15 Werner … Feb. 18 , in 2028 Brown Hall. His presentation is free and open to the public and is titled "Central Banking in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21736

WMU researcher awarded $2.1 million to study evidence-based registers

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… 20 national registers are available to help clinicians find and use programs that are most effective in treating behavioral problems such as alcohol and drug misuse. But how well are they working? That's the … on Drug Abuse. About the study Magura, director of the Western Michigan University Evaluation Center, says the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42896

Carlson, Klohs awarded WMU's top alumni honor

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… Mich.—A former health insurance company executive and the head of a West Michigan economic development organization will receive the highest honor Western Michigan University can confer on its alumni—the WMU … of Novi, a retired Blue Care Network of Michigan president and CEO, and Birgit Klohs , of Grand Rapids, CEO of The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42672