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Nobel laureate to give talk on peace building, women's rights

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… address at 7 p.m. Friday, April 13 , in the South Ballroom of Western Michigan University's Bernhard Center. Nobel … the event is open to the public with a suggested donation of $15 and will be preceded by a Nobel Reception. Gbowee … to learn about Gbowee's nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46210

Area Sustainability Leadership Summit hosted by WMU

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… by a national sustainability leader and a panel made up of Kalamazoo area sustainability champions will highlight a … will follow before David F. Hales , president and CEO of Second Nature, takes the podium at 3:30 p.m. for a talk titled "Here Be Dragons: Sustainability in the Climate of the Future." The opening panel discussion is designed to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14523

Engineering students’ project designed to improve clinic’s efficiency wins national acclaim

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… to improve efficiency amid the pandemic could win a team of Western Michigan University industrial and … and Sam Olmstead have reached the top 10 in the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers’ 2019-2020 Outstanding … and Entrepreneurial Engineering Program is extremely proud of the work Sam, Sean and Paul completed,” says Dana Hammond …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61515

WMU expands programs for business executives to learn new skills

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… Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A new program offered through the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University will help … sustainable business practices and more. The cost of attending is $4,995 and includes lodging, breakfast, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38329

Business students recognized for leadership, community involvement

Haworth College of Business

… Mich.—Twenty-five students from WMU’s Haworth College of Business were recognized as part of the Trailblazer Student Recognition program, and one student was named Trailblazer of the Year. The Trailblazer program recognizes and honors …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/31666

Carls Foundation awards $314,400 to help children hear

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… with hearing problems. KALAMAZOO—The Carls Foundation of Detroit has given $314,400 to Western Michigan University … to the Center for Disease Control, approximately 98 percent of infants in the United States are screened for hearing loss at birth. However, as many as 40 to 60 percent of infants who do not pass the hearing screening are not …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1243

WMU joins national initiative to increase study abroad enrollment

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… by 50 percent over the next five years as part of a national initiative that aims to double the number of United States college students studying abroad by 2019. WMU is one of more than 160 higher education institutions representing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14323

Dolly Xtractor grabs first place at second annual Pitch competition

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… Michigan University student was awarded the top prize of $1,500 at a competition for innovative business ideas by … attaches to a shoe, allowing for a simple hook and pull of a dolly axle to easily release the platform underneath a stack of product. "I was very impressed with all of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15088

Medical pioneer in linking spirituality, health care to give talk

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… Michigan University. Dr. Christina Puchalski, director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health and professor of medicine and health sciences in the George Washington University School of

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14711

Advertising students place third in regional competition

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… Wagner on WMU's case competition team KALAMAZOO—A team of nine Western Michigan University advertising and … students took third place in a regional competition of an important and very competitive national advertising … Students competed in the the district competition of the 2014 American Advertising Federation's National …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15118