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Allen Webb makes hat trick in publishing
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… garnering concurrent contracts with the publisher Routledge for three books. All works in the trio focus on the … together a team of scholars and graduate students, who performed valuable research by setting up online virtual worlds for study. The resulting book, published in October 2011, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/297
Bronco Innovators Challenge inspires creativity, encourages entrepreneurship
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… Cilluffo; Wesley Banks; Dr. Remzi Seker, vice president for research and innovation; Jacob Paquette; Jeff Breneman, vice president for government relations; and McKenzie Covington. KALAMAZOO, … demonstrated," says Dr. Remzi Seker , vice president for research and innovation. "At Western Michigan …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72467
Residence hall, apartment rates to increase 2 percent this fall
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… on residence hall room-and-board rates and rental rates for most campus apartments. The increase is effective with … subscribing to the mid-level 15-meal plan will pay $8,206 for the academic year--up $161 over the 2011-12 rate. Students opting for the 10-meal or unlimited meal plans will pay $7,724 or …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/353
WMU's foster youth support program to get $750,000 from state
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… Western Michigan University's renowned program that helps former foster care youth earn college degrees. The item in … in annual state appropriations to WMU. The DHS funding is for WMU's Foster Youth and Higher Education initiative, a four-year-old effort known most commonly as the Seita Scholars program. The …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/771
Nation's health inequality to be addressed in lecture, conference
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… is free and open to the public. Brian K. Gibbs Gibbs, a former occupational therapist with 30 years of experience in … health disparities, recently served as associate dean for diversity and cultural competence with responsibility for all matters of cultural diversity for Johns Hopkins …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4772
Spring 2013 staff award nominations sought
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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO—Nominations for the spring round of WMU's semiannual Make a Difference … peer-to-peer program that recognizes staff members for their accomplishments and daily investments of energy … are presented to a maximum of 15 people. Those selected for the accolade receive a $300 pre-tax prize and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4378
Carol L. Stamm obituary
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… died April 15. She was 67. Stamm, associate vice president for academic affairs and professor emeritus of management, … in early 1992. She was appointed assistant vice president for academic affairs seven months later and promoted to associate vice president for academic affairs in 1993. She also served as acting …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/197
WMU awarded $2 million grant to assist migrant students
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… in the U.S. Department of Education to fund that effort for 2012-13, and expects the office to renew the grant for another four years for a total of $2,075,735. The …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/1019
Trustees approve new three-year AFSCME contract
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… 25 and Local 1668. The union's 430 members include hourly employees who work in in building maintenance and … effective Aug. 12 now that trustees have approved it, wages for union members will rise 1 percent retroactive to July 1. … in January 2014. No wage increases are scheduled for the contract's third year, 2014-15. Additional items in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1238
Nobel Peace Prize winner gives public talk Friday
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… which Tum will autograph her books and have them available for purchase. The event is open to the public with a suggested donation of $10 for those in groups of 10 or more, $15 for students and $20 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/344