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U.C.-Davis prof to focus on economic impact of immigration in Sichel talk

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… free and open to the public. A light lunch reception will be available after the lecture. Giovanni Peri In addition to being chair and a professor, Peri is director of the … published in numerous academic journals, including the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies, The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39251

Barbara Jane Miller obituary

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… known as Jane or Janie by family and friends. She has been described as a remarkable, self-effacing individual with a passion … notable WMU guests as Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr., Betty and former President Gerald Ford and the Baroness von …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38732

Dallas Fed official to discuss fiscal impacts of immigration

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… free and open to the public. A light lunch reception will be available after the lecture. Pia Orrenius Orrenius holds … in Bonn, Germany, as well as adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. At the Dallas Fed, Orrenius … immigration and U.S. immigration policy. Her work has been published in several academic journals, including the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36298

Romanian scholar to discuss climate change and water resources

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… change and how it will affect water resources will be the topic when a Romanian scholar speaks at Western … Analele Universitatii Bucaresti geography series, a member of the director's council of the Doctoral School Simion … in 1960, the Visiting Scholars and Artists Program significantly contributes to the intellectual life of WMU and the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35792

French economics professor to address asylum policy in Sichel Series talk

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… free and open to the public. A light lunch reception will be available after the lecture. Hillel Rapoport In addition … University Institute's Migration Policy Center. A member of Bar-Ilan University's Department of Economics until … Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Since 2008, he has been the scientific coordinator of the "Migration and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34941

OLLI at WMU stages fall kickoff, course registration begins soon

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… OLLI at WMU stages fall kickoff, course registration begins soon Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … Aug. 3, at Peoples Church, 1758 N. 10th St. Fall courses begin Tuesday, Sept. 6 , and registration opens Tuesday, … Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Hastings; the Arab-American National Museum, Dearborn; and a special trip to Grand …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/33778

WMU student chapter receives Superior Merit Award from SHRM

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… exemplary growth and development opportunities to its members. The SHRM Student Chapter Merit Award program … chapter programming and professional development of members, support of the human resource profession and SHRM … engagement. “The Society for Excellence in Human Resources being recognized once again with the prestigious SHRM …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72821

China's trade, migration and growth on deck in Sichel Series talk

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… free and open to the public. A light lunch reception will be available after the lecture. Xiaodong Zhu Zhu earned a … Economics and Journal of Development Economics. He has been invited to give lectures on the Chinese economy at all … with the general public in mind. This year's series is being organized by Drs. Wei-Chiao Huang and Huizhong Zhou, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31506

WMU Medieval Institute wins NEH grant for summer institute

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… from the National Endowment for the Humanities.  "Teaching 'Beowulf' in the Context of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature" … in summer 2016. "The grant projects represent the very best of humanities scholarship and programming," says NEH … tradition, "Beowulf," Old Norse-Icelandic literature, and Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon religions, will engage 25 summer …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31130

James W. Dempsey obituary

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… counselor, he was promoted to assistant director of beginner admissions in 1978 and to associate director of … for a director. Two years later, Dempsey was tapped to become coordinator of transfer relations. The newly created … Community College and Lake Michigan College. He was a member of WMU's Administrative Professional Association as well …

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