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Economics alumna tackling hunger, health issues at Brookings Institution

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… Erin Flynn on A post-graduation activity report reveals 94% of 2018-19 WMU graduates are actively employed or pursuing … she says. "But even within the city there were pockets of poverty, poor people who lived in slums. So, I had seen … to work toward something that would improve the quality of life of those people." Driven to help end that suffering, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/57684

WMU sales students win team gold and individual honors

Haworth College of Business

… Lowis on Bruno, Zoeller and Demas KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A team of two Western Michigan University sales and business … marketing students placed first overall at the University of Toledo Invitational Sales Competition, with one student … and the other placing second. First-year student Ryan Demas of Naperville, Illinois, and junior Stacy Zoeller,  of

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45781

Waldo Library opens with fresh look, new technology

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… space at Waldo Library. KALAMAZOO. Mich.--The first floor of Western Michigan University's Waldo Library will re-open … Sept. 10, to view and celebrate the refreshed spaces of the library's most highly used floor. Snacks and prizes … provided at the project's opening, marking the completion of the most significant renovation to Waldo Library since …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54887

James W. Dempsey obituary

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…   Jim Dempsey James "Jim" W. Dempsey , emeritus coordinator of transfer relations and a former acting director of the Office of Admissions at Western Michigan University, died …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28449

Business students clinch victories at sales competition

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… Trevor Bageris and Gabe Pelak traveled to the University of Missouri Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business Oct. 24-25 to compete in the E. & J. Gallo … Bageris took second place in the sales role-play portion of the event. The competition is an annual program hosted at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56440

Researchers snag prestigious National Science Foundation prize

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… research and education and to lead advances in the missions of their departments or organizations, according to the NSF. … is investigating the impressive regenerative abilities of planarian flatworms. People and planarians both have … their brain and nervous system, explains Beane, assistant professor of biological sciences. Humans possess some limited …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43181

Walt Disney Day in Kalamazoo honors Walt's Pilgrimage class at WMU

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… for children during a visit to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in 1964. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—By proclamation , the city of Kalamazoo has declared Thursday, July 12, 2018 , Walt … was developed by Dr. Christopher Tremblay as part of Lee Honors College's Study in the States program. Each …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47910

International students lead effort to share cultures with community

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… our executive board are from Asia, and we always have a lot of night markets (in our home countries). So, we really … adds. "The goal is to come together, share in the richness of our diverse backgrounds and make memories that transcend borders." A number of international RSOs will be performing at the event. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/74993

Concerts in the Park schedule announced

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… Bronson Park KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Concerts in the Park, one of Kalamazoo's long-standing traditions offered Sundays in June, July and August in Bronson Park, delivers a unique offering of music genres—jazz, big band, bluegrass, American …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24852

British author, adventurer to take WMU audience on a journey

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… to faraway places when she speaks later this month as part of the University Center for the Humanities spring series at … Western Michigan University. Victoria Finlay , the author of three popular non-fiction books, will speak at 7 p.m. … open to the public. Finlay From the ultramarine mountains of Afghanistan to the sacred ocher mines of Australia, via …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38802