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Fish Ninja Labs catches top prize in PITCH Competition

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… courtesy of the Haworth College of Business) KALAMAZOO—A Western Michigan University student's idea for providing high-tech solutions for aquarium enthusiasts landed the top prize in a new competition for innovative business ideas. Nate Norman , a sales and business marketing major from Portage, Mich., caught the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7114

Former facilities chief Williams dies at 97

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… died Jan. 16 in Battle Creek. He was 97. Williams served Western Michigan University for 34 years, retiring in 1980 … University's footprint, including the development of the land west of Stadium Drive to establish what is now known as … an active retirement life in both Kalamazoo and Bonita Springs, Florida. A decorated World War II veteran, he was a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29747

Honors College hosts award-winning author

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.--Celebrated American Book Award winner and poet Gordon Henry Jr. will perform live with founding … Improvisors at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13 , on the campus of Western Michigan University. The event in Room 1730 of the Lee Honors College features Mike Gilmore on the guitar and percussion and Mike Johnston on bass and flute. Henry …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20137

WMU Sky Broncos competing this week in regional competition

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… competition Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's precision flight team, the Sky … The 13-member team is competing in NIFA's Safety and Evaluation Conference, scheduled for this region at Ohio … Oct. 10 . Traveling with them is Sky Bronco Head Coach and faculty advisor Ryan Seiler and Assistant Coach Marty …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19534

WMU's foster youth support program to get $750,000 from state

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… the Department of Human Services appropriation to support Western Michigan University's renowned program that helps … to WMU. The DHS funding is for WMU's Foster Youth and Higher Education initiative, a four-year-old effort … network for students who have aged out of foster care and are pursuing college degrees. The initiative has already …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/771

WMU's BTR Park Phase 2 moves into final design development; final community forum set

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… Mich.—The team of Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber and O’Boyle, Cowell, Blalock, & Associates is entering the final stages of the design plan for the expansion of Western Michigan University's Business Technology and Research Park onto the property known as the Colony Farm …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33001

Two Kate Teale exhibits on display at the Richmond Center

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… Kate Teale will show her exhibits "The Housed" and "Your Place or Mine?" at Western Michigan University's Monroe-Brown and Kerr galleries, respectively in the Richmond Center for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/18195

Multiracial leadership advocate is next distinguished speaker

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… in the next Distinguished Speaker Series presentation by Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business. Gloria Castillo , president and CEO of Chicago United, will present "Inclusion: Culture … Hall. The talk will be followed by a question-and-answer period. Founded after the 1968 riots that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14349

Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity commemorates 50 years at WMU

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… Alpha Inc. fraternity is celebrating its 50-year history at Western Michigan University, coinciding with WMU Homecoming … experiences of black students on campus leading up to and following the founding of the Epsilon Xi chapter and a founders’ banquet are among the planned events. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1826

Community invited to help ArtPrize competitor complete sculpture

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… entry. The is being installed on the fifth floor of the Western Michigan University Center-Downtown, located at 200 Ionia Ave. SW in Grand Rapids. This is the second time Church's work has been … has fallen in a forest. The root system rises high overhead and the trunk extends for some 60 feet along the exhibition …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9063