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Humanities speaker series focuses on education in the 21st century
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… will converge on the Western Michigan University campus to examine how education promises to be the key to a good … 21st century, yet there are many obstacles on the road toward a quality education and the land of opportunity. … Hall, "Kindling of a Flame: Analogies to Light the Way for Technology in Education." Feb. 8: David Denby, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42622
100 years later, WMU's famed 'Black Ghost' remembered
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… field. On Friday, July 28, a Dunlap family delegation toured WMU to visit the campus haunts of the record-setting … nation met with WMU leaders during the visit. Their visit was organized by Dunlap's nephew, Moses Easley , of … in Larry Massie 's WMU centennial history, "Brown and Golden Memories," and also by historian Tom Dietz , who …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/41627
June Jubilee events mark start of summer in downtown Kalamazoo
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… June Jubilee events mark start of summer in downtown Kalamazoo Submitted by Deanne Puca on Buster Bronco … music; and a satirical parade through the streets of downtown kick off summer events Thursday through Saturday, … The annual parade dates back to 1984 in Kalamazoo and was modeled after the original Do-Dah Parade in Pasadena, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24283
Gymnastics posts second highest GPA in the nation
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… Puca on WMU gymnastics team members have finished in the top 10 for GPA nationally the past seven years. KALAMAZOO, … 14 Bronco gymnasts earned Scholastic All-America Awards. "Every year we set the bar high in the classroom, in … to perform at such a high level nationally every year is a testimony to their hard work and dedication. I am very proud …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48180
ROTC holds on-campus blood drive
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… students, staff and faculty will have an opportunity to donate blood from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11 , at the Student Recreation … with the code WMU , but registration is not necessary to participate. For more information , contact Cris …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36129
Alumni competing in goalball at Paralympics in Rio
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… goalball competition at the Paralympics have strong ties to Western Michigan University. In all, four graduates and a … tournaments. John Kusku Kusku, of Commerce Township, was born with a hereditary degenerative retinal disease and … with less than one degree of vision left in each eye. He was introduced to goalball at a Sports Education Camp hosted …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34778
WMU trustees select new board secretary
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… University Board of Trustees named Dr. Kahler B. Schuemann to serve as secretary to the board, replacing Betty A. Kocher , whose is stepping … effective Jan. 1 , has been serving since 2008 as assistant to WMU President John M. Dunn . Prior to that he held a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/28993
WMU student team wins national Wege sustainability prize
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… in the eyes of an international panel of judges whose task was to assess the teams' ability to use design principles to … Rapids-based Wege Foundation calls a "gathering of the brightest collegiate minds in America to solve a truly wicked …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22739
Foundation Scholars help special education students create holiday crafts
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… students from Kalamazoo's King-Westwood Elementary to make holiday crafts this fall. Twelve WMU students bonded … is part of an annual outreach and service-learning project to match the college students with young people in the … the gifts young students with special needs offer. It was the first partnership with King-Westwood. Previous …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36907
ISM students earn high honors in regional competition
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… the challenge Part of the challenge for student teams was the short time frame allowed. Teams were given the case at 8 p.m. on a Friday and had to submit and be prepared to present their solutions by … of many teams comprised of graduate students, is quite a testament to their understanding and application of supply …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22465