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Ribfest comes to Kalamazoo
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… for Kalamazoo nonprofit Community Advocates for people with developmental disabilities. Gates open at 11 a.m. each … and $10 after 7 p.m. Guests must be 18 years or older or with an adult to enter after 7 p.m.
Children 12 and younger … ribs. Cost is $50 for amateurs and $75 for professionals with cash prizes. Judges are from the Southwest Michigan …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/1068
WMU one of 14 U.S. schools selected for Brazilian initiative
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… activities to help implement and sustain partnerships with institutions in Brazil, culminating with a study tour to Brazil in spring 2013 to meet with potential partner campuses. WMU’s efforts will be …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3018
Michigan Public Radio airs more episodes of WMU professor's show
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… Sept. 5 , on Michigan Radio's daily news show "Stateside with Cynthia Canty." The episode is dedicated to education. Downey begins the piece with a collage of voices from interviews she conducted with … Room" Producer Zak Rosen about The James and Grace Lee Boggs School, named after the nationally known authors and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/9020
WMU among earliest schools to award Mandela honorary degree
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… degree resolution to WMU's Board of Trustees in June 1988. With the board's approval, an honorary doctor of humanities … honorary degree. Listen to a recent WMUK-FM interview with Cooney about the protests against apartheid and meeting … of others above his own personal freedom. His personal struggle has raised the fundamental concern for individual …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11944
Western students roll out 'Wild Wheels' for wheelchair users to express themselves
Disability Services and Adult Wellness Programs
… Occupational therapy doctoral student Alexis Bailey works with participants from the Center for Disability Services to … for program participants. Senior Steven Lopez lends a hand with Alexis Bailey's Wild Wheel project with participants from the Center for Disability Services. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74885
Barrier-breaking book program offers new chapter for parents of nonnative English speakers
W Magazine
… imagination but also learn, build their vocabulary and bond with parents who read to them. But that opportunity is often … books that six of her students could take home and read with their parents. The books told stories in both English … pitch to take the program districtwide. Her presentation tugged at the heartstrings of now-retired superintendent Deb …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69835
Returning to hometown leads grad student to find missing puzzle piece
Haworth College of Business
… what was missing and take the next step in her education. With an extensive background in business, Williams wanted to … Williams has already realized that the MBA aligns perfectly with her natural abilities and interests. She says, “I … business.” As a contemporary student, Williams is pleased with how naturally she’s adapted to being in school again. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74252
New head football coach announced
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… our returning football student-athletes, and after meeting with them, it was clear P.J.'s pedigree as a player and … the NIU record books, he ranks third in career receptions with 179 and fourth in career receiving yards with 2,162. In addition, he made 77 receptions, the second …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3711
Internships, student organizations and more: Keaton Peyser is soaking up all he can at WMU Haworth
Haworth College of Business
… student organizations (RSOs) and unique experiences. With an interest in a wide range of fields, Peyser has held … state, I immediately had a group of friends I could connect with. This helped me get comfortable and gave me a strong supporting cast to lean on. My involvements with SCMA, DECA and Delta Sigma Pi have been instrumental in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74893
Experiences at WMU serve HR executive well in professional life
W Magazine
… Erin Flynn on Business alumna Karen Feller Baldwin pauses with emotion when she speaks of her experience as a WMU summer orientation leader. The relationships she forged with incoming students as they passed through the program … well as for the entire company, including topics of micro-aggression, bias and harassment. “In order to be really great …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57384