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WMU's Dunn visits UN to talk about international education

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… and the University's chief international education official have been invited to United Nations headquarters in … Haenicke Institute for Global Education, will be part of panels developed around the recent "Arab Knowledge … space scientist who has ties to NASA and serves as a professor of geosciences at WMU. Schlör The morning U.N. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32083

WMU to confer 1,370 degrees during summer commencement

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… toward students who are graduating from a particular set of degree-granting academic units. Schedule The 9 a.m. ceremony is for graduates of the colleges of Education and Human Development, Engineering and Applied …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/25111

Experience Chinese culture by taking a class this summer

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… for nine summer Chinese culture courses that begin the week of Monday, May 8. The multiweek, low-cost courses are open to members of the public of all ages. A half-price tuition discount is offered to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39256

WMU Ethics Center closes season with Princeton, OSU philosophers

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… in the final two presentations in the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society's Fall 2014 Lecture Series. Dr. Sarah McGrath , assistant professor of philosophy at Princeton, will speak at 5 p.m. Thursday, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20305

National experts to speak at second annual leadership conference

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… for students' event, includes presentations by a variety of keynote and breakout speakers who will educate and … all WMU students and is sponsored by the Haworth College of Business. Speakers will represent a diverse range of fields and perspectives. "This year’s DESIGNEDtoLEAD …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19795

Gender-based violence topic for fall 2015 Lyceum Lecture Series

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… 2015 Lyceum Lecture Series will address the growing concern of gender-based violence and will feature a diverse group of WMU faculty and community experts. Sponsored by the Lee … Gender-Based Violence!" Speakers will tackle a wide range of topics including gendered violence in college life, at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26686

Goat work crew returns to campus for second helping

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… verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An even larger contingent of temporary landscape services workers will be on the … campus this summer to clear an overgrown woodlot. The first of this year's two eating crews. (Photo credit: Nick Gooch) … on-site is the 10-goat crew hired last summer as part of a successful one-week pilot project to test the animals' …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40334

With rural and small clinics in mind, professor uses COVID-19 grant to create low-cost respiratory device

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… With rural and small clinics in mind, professor uses COVID-19 grant to create low-cost respiratory … Danna-dos-Santos , a Western Michigan University professor, is developing a compact device with components that … He aims to make it widely available for merely the price of parts, manufacturing and shipping so smaller clinics and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60231

From Hitsville to hit show, WMU alumna lives out childhood dream on Broadway

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… Erin Flynn on A post-graduation activity report reveals 94% of 2018-19 WMU graduates are actively employed or pursuing … where she performs in "Ain't Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Tempations." NEW YORK—As a kid, Tiffany Francés rode … studio. She didn't know it at the time, but the view out of her car window provided a glimpse into her future. A 2018 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58011

Photographer, activist to bring iconic rock imagery to WMU

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… since the 1960s and the Kresge Foundation’s Eminent Artist of 2016, will make a special appearance at Western Michigan … whose music continues to serve as inspiration in defense of what she calls 'our precious democracy,'" says Scott … Friesner , Lee Honors College advisor and a longtime friend of Sinclair's. Her role was always more than that of someone …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31099