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Chinese research grants available to faculty

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… research and creative activities grant to support the study of Greater China by Western Michigan University faculty … recipients will be announced March 4. The grants are being offered by WMU's Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies. … Proposals will be evaluated by the Light Center board of advisors. Proposal criteria Quality of proposal. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29616

WMU Libraries awards 10 grants to help reduce textbook costs for students

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… see that instructors are continuing to understand the value of open textbooks for themselves and their students,” says … according to a report from the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Western students taking a … OER textbook expressed appreciation for the ease of access and financial relief. "I remember feeling so …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73818

Randy Brecker joins WMU jazz ensembles in Grand Rapids showcase

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… in Grand Rapids. This event will be presented to attendees of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans annual conference, held in Grand Rapids … this year, and is open to the general public. WMU College of Fine Arts Dean Daniel Guyette encourages arts enthusiasts …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35442

Pianist May Phang to perform in free recital

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… Michigan University. The recital is open to the public free of charge and will include works by Mozart, Chopin and Curt Cacioppo. Phang Phang is a piano professor at DePauw University, and maintains a busy performing schedule in addition to her teaching. Nonprofit organization Young Audiences of Indiana describes her …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37592

Summer camps offered at Fort St. Joseph archaeological site

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… Summer camps offered at Fort St. Joseph archaeological site Submitted by … Sponsored by Western Michigan University and the city of Niles, the summer camp program provides an opportunity … participants spend a week discovering the extensive history of Fort St. Joseph and work alongside University students …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38710

Prescribed burns OK'd at WMU's two nature preserves

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… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A combined 20 acres of land in two Western Michigan University nature preserves … and Kleinstuck preserves. Plans call for up to 18 acres of prairie in the Asylum Lake Preserve to be burned along … the entrance to WMU's Gibbs House. In addition, 2.2 acres of wetland with scattered buckthorn brush piles in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45596

Marketing, business development exec takes on WMU-Punta Gorda role

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… care in Charlotte County, Florida, has been named director of outreach and corporate engagement for Western Michigan … Programs' growing Florida initiatives. Teri Ashley , of Punta Gorda, Florida, began her tenure in the new role in … University initiatives and programs to corporate, nonprofit, governmental and educational stakeholders in the area. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45092

WMU to celebrate Arbor Day, Tree Campus recertification

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… from Western Michigan University and the city of Kalamazoo will gather Friday, April 29 , to observe … with the city to observe the day, which is a component of the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation's conservation and education …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31706

John T. Miller obituary

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… John T. Miller , Western Michigan University assistant professor emeritus of health, physical education and recreation and a former … the faculty in 1963 and retired in 1996 after 33 years of service to the University. During his WMU career, he …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45488

Trustees approve moving ahead with downtown property shifts

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… their March 15 meeting, Western Michigan University's Board of Trustees authorized the administration to execute a series of actions to sell downtown Kalamazoo land known as the … a purchase agreement with MW Acquisitions LLC for one block of property in the development. Owners of the reconfigured …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38755