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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

WMU researcher finds little connection between violence, video games

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… between the two. Dr. Whitney DeCamp , WMU associate professor of sociology and associate director of the Kercher Center for Social Research, set out to answer …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36296

Nominate colleagues for spring 2016 staff award

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Nominations for the spring round of Western Michigan University's semiannual Make a … members for their accomplishments and daily investment of energy and creativity. It features semiannual and annual … and spring, semiannual awards are presented to a maximum of 15 people. Those selected for the accolade receive a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/29874

Two input sessions and surveys will help boost campus wayfinding

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… wayfinding Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Photo of the Bernhard Center. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Two public meetings Wednesday, Oct. 29, and a survey of community views will give members of the campus community a chance to be involved in a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19707

PRO Services advances endowed professorship campaign for paper program

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… PRO Services advances endowed professorship campaign for paper program Submitted by … an industrywide effort to raise money to fund an endowed professorship in the Western Michigan University Department of Chemical and Paper Engineering. Mike VandeMaele , chief …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31162

Student ticket lottery set up for Broncos vs. MSU football opener

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… its final days, WMU students are looking ahead to the start of the fall semester and making plans for a highly … game against Michigan State University. WMU's Division of Intercollegiate Athletics this week announced the launch of an online, random lottery to determine which 7,000 WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23467

Criminologist tapped for his expertise on video games and violence

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… Publications, Brian Powers) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—In the wake of recent high-profile mass shootings, Western Michigan University's Dr. … serving as an expert for media nationwide on the question of whether such violence is linked to teen video game use. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45673

WMU Humanities Center puts focus on urban food in presentation

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… to the public. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Growing food in the middle of a metropolis might seem counter-intuitive. But those who … movement, when an expert on growing food in the middle of the city speaks as part of the center's Reimagining Community Speaker Series. Kami …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30961

'Station Eleven' is selection for WMU's 2016-17 book read

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… both the National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award. All of WMU's first-year students are required to read the book. Members of the campus and broader communities also are encouraged to … In addition, Dr. Elizabeth Bradburn, WMU associate professor of English, will discuss the book over two …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35228

Consumers, WMU show solar energy commitment with 1-megawatt solar garden

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… Western Michigan University Sept. 16 to mark the opening of its second solar power plant—an 8.5-acre array of solar panels on the University's campus that produces … President John M. Dunn , and other Michigan and University officials celebrated with a ribbon cutting and simulated …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35079