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Ten films to be shown during WMU World Languages Film Festival

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… will be screened on successive weekends this month as part of the second annual Kalamazoo World Languages Film … cinematic extravaganza bringing together disparate corners of the world takes place Friday through Sunday, March 18-20 … cinema The festival is dedicated to the presentation of the world's original creative cinema. Its format was …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30767

Nobel laureate to give public talk

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… will present a public talk Friday, March 18 , as part of the opening activities for the 2016 Great Lakes PeaceJam … International Campaign to Ban Landmines were co-recipients of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for their work to clear … The regional PeaceJam conference brings together hundreds of high school-age children throughout Illinois, Indiana, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30621

Faculty stepping up to support transition to distance education

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… University students. The transition to online forms of learning is an effort to flatten the curve and mitigate … For Lucinda Stinson , a part-time instructor in the College of Health and Human Services, it means that her dining room … change seemed daunting at first. "There was a wide range of emotions, running from fear to confidence that I can do …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58532

Campus events scheduled for Veterans Week

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… run, gift card giveaway and pancake breakfast are some of the activities planned Monday through Saturday, Nov. 6-11 , in recognition of Veterans Day on the campus of Western Michigan University. Sponsored by the Office of

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43613

Students, public invited to career fairs held this fall

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… public but aimed at WMU students and recent alumni. Members of the public, along with students and alumni from WMU and … although attendees will need to go through check-in at many of the events. Those planning to attend a fair are encouraged to review the event's online listing of employers that have registered to participate and to note …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55090

Sales students claim top spot at regional competition

Haworth College of Business

… by Samantha Hooker on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A 13 - member team of Western Michigan University students placed first overall … University. The team was led by Mary Nielsen , instructor of marketing. The winning team stands together. Three of the students were also included in the top four finalists …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58363

Fashion startup focused on sustainability wins WMU's business pitch competition

Haworth College of Business

… Soma: Up-Cycled Shirts. Soma's company addresses the issue of the nearly 16 million tons of textile waste generated annually. The company's shirts … pockets for individuals who bruise easily due to the use of blood thinners. Third place and an $800 prize went to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52258

Theatre to present 'The Game's Afoot'

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… Holmes, hosts his fellow cast-members for a weekend of revelry in his Connecticut castle. The festivities take a turn when one of the guests is stabbed and Gillette dons his iconic deerstalker hat to assume his persona of Holmes, this time to track a real-life killer. Who knows …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43524

Jazz great kicks off 34th annual festival

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… Jazz great kicks off 34th annual festival Submitted by Anonymous (not … Billy Drewes will join the Western Jazz Quartet in the kickoff concert for the 34th annual Western Invitational Jazz … 14 in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The closing concert of the festival, at 7:30 p.m . Saturday, March 15 , will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/13864

University welcomes two explosive-detection K-9s to police force

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… have joined Western Michigan University's Department of Public Safety. K-9 Brax and K-9 Oso, both less than … canines. The dogs and their handlers, WMU officers Travis Cable and Michael Lininger , trained for … detection and patrol in mid-January. "It has been a lot of work for the officers, but I think that they both would …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/02/51620