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Economics, Chinese language profs snag Light Center research grants

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… Economics, Chinese language profs snag Light Center research grants Submitted by Anonymous … Dr. C. James Hueng and Dr. Xiaojun Wang are the recipients of the fourth annual Timothy Light Center for Chinese … project and publication. About the projects Hueng, a professor of economics, will undertake a project titled …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22386

Integrated supply management student receives prestigious scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… Mulford has been awarded a coveted Transportation Club of Detroit scholarship for 2017. The $3,000 scholarship … recognizes Mulford's drive to reach the highest standards of education, as well as the effort he puts in outside of … , professor of supply chain management. "Eddie is arguably the most engaged student I have ever seen," Curkovic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/41856

Poets with WMU ties take the stage in 'Fairy Tales' poetry reading

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… poets The three WMU poets include: Hedy Habra , author of a critically acclaimed poetry collection, "Tea in … a short story collection, "Flying Carpets," winner of the 2013 Arab American Book Award's Honorable Mention in … will be Lynn Pattison , a teacher for Kalamazoo Public Schools for 31 years and author of the collections "tesla's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/13863

Nepalese government official to address 'kafala' system in WMU talk

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… Nepalese government official to address 'kafala' system in WMU talk Submitted by … system known as kafala, effectively a modern-day form of slavery practiced in various Gulf and Middle East Islamic states, will be examined when a leading government official from Nepal visits the Western Michigan University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19686

David Sedaris to perform at Miller Auditorium

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… wit and incisive social critiques, Sedaris is the author of "Barrel Fever" and "Holidays on Ice," as well as collections of personal essays, "Naked," "Me Talk Pretty One Day," … title became an immediate bestseller, and the audio version of "Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls" is a Grammy Award …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19747

Arbor Day tree planting to honor John and Linda Dunn

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A decade of service to Western Michigan University by outgoing … Lady Linda Dunn will be recognized during WMU's celebration of national Arbor Day. The event will take place at noon … This will be the University's 12th consecutive observance of Arbor Day, which is nationally observed on the last …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39245

Landscapers practicing natural selection management technique

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… during this year's Arbor Day. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Instead of mowing a lawn on steep slopes, landscape services … restoration, which includes planting hundreds of trees. In part, the practice calls for planting a variety … that the pecan is the largest, fastest growing, most valuable and most widely planted of America's native hickory …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/53340

Trustees approve new three-year faculty contract

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's Board of Trustees, meeting in formal session Sept. 20 , … a new three-year labor agreement with the WMU chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the union that represents the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42775

What did the first female voters do with their new right?

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… researcher's new book delves back into history to offer new details about how U.S. women voted when first … voting rights to women was a titanic and hard-won expansion of the U.S. electorate, little was recorded about how women … on a national scale, says Dr. J. Kevin Corder, a WMU professor of political science. Published by Cambridge …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36069

Indiana University scholar to tackle racism then and now in WMU talk

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… noted scholar from Indiana University will take a long view of race and racism when he talks this month at Western … University. Dr. Patrick Brantlinger , the James Rudy Professor Emeritus of English at I-U, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19411