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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