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Annual Food Marketing Conference to draw hundreds to Grand Rapids

Haworth College of Business

… conference session Four keynote presentations will be offered: The conference keynote address will feature Fred … Morganthall retired in 2017 as an executive vice president of retail operations at Kroger Co.   Kevin Coupe , founder of Morningnewsbeat.com , will discuss the challenges facing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45339

Alumni killed in Vietnam War to be honored during dedication event

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… Michigan University will mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War this holiday weekend by dedicating a plaque at Kanley Chapel in honor of alumni who were killed in action during the conflict. A …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24116

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

Advertising students win $5,000 in scholarships

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… statewide to win 2015-16 scholarships from The Adcraft Club of Detroit's Adcraft Foundation. The Adcraft Club of Detroit is the nation's largest advertising club. Its … from Michigan universities. The winners Amy Morales of Kalamazoo received a $2,500 Adcraft Foundation/Ed Rossman …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25463

Early registration ends soon for Michigan Autism Conference

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… and researchers with the latest information on a variety of topics related to the assessment and treatment of autism. Sponsors include the Western Michigan University Department of Psychology and WMU Extended University Programs. Keynote …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26682

Annual festival to bring over 900 high school singers to campus

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… 77th annual Southwestern Michigan Vocal Festival, one of the largest, oldest and most successful high school … to the public. Guest conductor Andrew Megill , director of choral activities at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will lead the evening …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22308

WMU's 'living, learning laboratory' models sustainability

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… seven-layer perennial "food forest" on the west side of WMU's Gibbs House property is a complex ecosystem, though still in its infancy. Much of the fledgling forest was last year the unpaved driveway … different trophic levels." A 'living laboratory' This area of knee- and shoulder-high trees along with other plantings …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28342

Seven to be feted as top staffers for fall 2016

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… attend the event, which recognizes the fall 2016 recipients of the Semiannual Make a Difference Award. The recipients … recipients Andrew Bachmann , police sergeant, Department of Public Safety Adrienne D. Fraaza , Fall Welcome program … Amber L. Hutson , administrative assistant I, Department of Psychology Walter T. Malone , Alpha Program manager, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36753

Still time to give to campus United Way, book drive

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… campus United Way campaign reached close to 45 percent of its $200,000 goal during the first few weeks after its launch, gaining almost $89,000. Just 11 percent of employee pledge forms have been returned. This year's … over last year's campaign, which tallied 32 percent of employee forms returned. WMU retirees have returned …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43489

Grant puts rare Latin manuscript into WMU's collection

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… verified) on Rare 12-century Latin manuscript is a copy of "De Corpore et Sanguine Domini" KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A rare 12th-century manuscript that is a copy of a work first produced some 300 years earlier is now at … France between 831 and 833, the original text was the work of Paschasius Radbertus, a Benedictine abbot later made a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36070