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Revised strategic plan being implemented through 2020

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… road map for the future in March, following nearly a year of work guided by a transition team led by Dr. Jody A. … Gold Standard, but the revised plan retains the core tenets of that initial three-year strategic plan," Brylinsky says, … them. However, the revised plan encompasses five instead of three years and has been augmented to include a series of

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34750

EUP 'Welcome to Someday' campaign garners marketing award

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… earned a Silver Award in the mixed media campaign category of the 2015 University Professional & Continuing Education Association Marketing Award program. A particular highlight of the campaign is a suite of four videos, which feature WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27399

Scholarships awarded to three ISM students at 2013 conference

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… Michigan University students were among a small group of students from the nation's top supply chain management … Conference in Phoenix.  Student honorees Hanna Downs of Novi, Mich. Laura Haines of Muskegon, Mich. Chad Niemchick of Hopkins, Mich. Each …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/12960

Alumnus Matt Giraud joins Gold Company's 40th-anniversary show

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… for its 40th-anniversary concert Feb. 2-3 . Performances of "Something Gold, Something New" will take place at 8 p.m. … award-winning sound and style. This select ensemble, part of the innovative jazz studies program at WMU, maintains an … The group has also performed at the divisional convention of the American Choral Directors Association, Disneyland, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44966

WMU wins national higher ed diversity award for third time

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… Michigan University has been recognized for the breadth of its work in building an inclusive campus environment by … Magazine staff announced Sept. 15 that WMU is the winner of a 2015 Higher Education Excellence in … issue. In Michigan, only WMU and the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business have earned 2015 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26871

WMU to use large grants to study improvements to aviation safety

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… ultimately, reduce accident risk. The grants fund three of four Federal Aviation Administration projects aimed at improving the use of weather in the cockpit. The goal is to use the latest … has increased in safety," says Lori Brown , WMU associate professor of aviation, who is principal investigator for WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29646

WMU board to consider campus rental rates, presidential compensation

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… agenda items set for the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees to consider when it meets Tuesday, Dec. 13 . … between the University and GUFE—Guangdong University of Finances and Economics—in China. Additional items on the … agenda include reports covering personnel moves, receipt of gifts and grants, and operating cash and annuity and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36869

Caution urged after armed robbery on campus

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… any trouble, revealed a revolver tucked in the waistband of the pants of one of the perpetrators. The students ran away, and the suspects …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19972

World renowned bassist to perform with the Western Jazz Quartet

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… Michigan University Jazz Quartet will be joined by one of New York’s top bassists, John Hébert , at 7:30 p.m. … music mixes a groovy traditional jazz style with elements of quirky humor and the avant-garde. Bullock Music Performance Institute Established in the fall of 1985 and renamed in 1988 in honor of its founder, the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34944

Flags lowered Tuesday for fallen U.S. Army sergeant

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on LANSING, Mich.—By order of Gov. Rick Snyder, flags on all campuses of Western Michigan University and throughout Michigan will be lowered to half-staff Thursday, June 1 , in honor of U.S. Army Sgt. Terrence Hinton , of Grand Rapids. Hinton, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40270