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'Pilot Error' event honoring WMU rescheduled

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Promoters of a new film with several Western Michigan University connections have rescheduled the … "Pilot Error," which counts four WMU alumni among its cast and crew, will pay tribute to the University and its theatre program at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8 , in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20463

WMU lacrosse team goes viral with rock, paper, scissors video

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… lightning? Rock, paper scissors, of course. A video of the Western Michigan University lacrosse team settling its … interest, with the University receiving calls from ESPN and other sports news organizations. To watch the video, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35427

Assessment awards deadline approaching

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… is accepting materials for its annual awards that recognize and showcase Western Michigan University's outstanding efforts in the area of assessment. Friday, Feb. 13, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21458

Flags lowered Tuesday for fallen U.S. Army sergeant

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… order of Gov. Rick Snyder, flags on all campuses of Western Michigan University and throughout Michigan will be lowered to half-staff … June 1 , in honor of U.S. Army Sgt. Terrence Hinton , of Grand Rapids. Hinton, 36, died Sunday, May 14, after the …

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

Deadline approaching for two assessment awards

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… for two awards, the University Assessment Excellence Award and University Individual Assessment Excellence Award, is … be presented at the Assessment in Action Day conference on Western Michigan University's campus Friday, March 21. … Excellence Award The purpose of this award is to recognize and showcase outstanding efforts of a University unit in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/13223

WMU's Children’s Place Learning Center hosting open house

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on A Children's Place employee and child KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University's Children’s Place Learning … Tuesday, Feb. 18 , at the center. All center families and the University community are welcome at this event, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13487

University nets second major award this fall for its diversity efforts

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… is awarded Commitment to Diversity Award KALAMAZOO, Mich.--Western Michigan University has won its second national … of Defense. Minority Access Inc. assists colleges and universities, the federal government and agencies of other governments and corporations of all …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19622

WMU prof wins NSF grant to study stress in Kenyan communities

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Western Michigan University anthropologist has been awarded … the Kenyan ethnic groups known as the Samburu, Pokot and Turkana. In earlier studies, Straight and her colleagues … globally," Straight says. "We know a lot about teenagers in western countries or more economically developed regions, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/19986

Dr. Lawrence B. Schlack obituary

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… , associate professor emeritus of educational leadership at Western Michigan University, died July 8 at Rose Arbor … Schlack, of Kalamazoo, worked at WMU multiple times and in multiple teaching roles. He was a full-time member of the faculty from 1964 to 1967 and 1981 to 1988, officially retiring in 1988 after a decade …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/48924

Pianist Phoenix Park-Kim to perform on campus

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… will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23 , in Western Michigan University’s Dalton Center Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Phoenix Park-Kim Phoenix Park-Kim is … She has given recitals throughout the United States and around the world, including performances in music …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21659