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Soaring international enrollment may impact Parade of Flags

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… the annual Parade of Flags during Homecoming festivities at Western Michigan University on Oct. 25 may see flags from as … enrollment grew by nearly 10 percent over the past year, and international students now comprise nearly 8 percent of … WMU are Saudi Arabia, India, China, the Dominican Republic and Brazil. The annual Parade of Flags takes place each …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19733

WMU joins network to aid community college honor students

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… on a program called American Honors. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is the first higher education … is a two-year honors program offered through Quad Learning and leading community colleges. Along with WMU, there are … Cornell College, DePauw University, Georgetown University and Purdue University. There are also five community college …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17781

State group elects WMU executive to vice presidential post

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… on Kelly-Albertson KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A senior executive at Western Michigan University has been elected vice … president-higher education by the Michigan Career Educator and Employer Alliance . Lynn Kelly-Albertson, WMU executive director of professional and career development, was elected to the two-year position …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17565

WMU revels in 'All-Steinway' status for 100-year-old music school

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… school Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University's celebrated School of Music … of the world-renowned pianos gracing the stages, classrooms and practice studios of the school, University officials are … note the School of Music's Steinway piano inventory, and the new instruments make quite an impression, especially …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/6009

WMU students rack up 6 DownBeat Awards for third year in a row

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… Anonymous (not verified) on Four Corners KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University students have done it again, landing six coveted DownBeat Student Music Awards for the … straight year. Bryan Blowers "The efforts of our students and our faculty are simply world class," says Tom Knific , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/16182

Social media strategy addressed in next Keystone Breakfast

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… attorneys will discuss common social media mistakes and how to avoid them as Western Michigan University concludes its 2013-14 Keystone … Speaker Series this month. Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn's Bea Swedlow , partner, and Steve Glista , staff …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15727

WMU softball players named scholar athletes

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… on the NCFA team for the last four years. KALAMAZOO—Five Western Michigan University softball players were named to … All-American Scholar-Athlete team. Repeat honorees Elisha Handshoe , a senior exercise science major from Wawaka, Ind., … Megan Stamm , a junior political science major from Grand Blanc, Mich., with a 3.83 GPA All three are being …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10211

Ohio family chooses WMU to use newly raised MSA research funds

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… research funds Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Ide and Cervone KALAMAZOO--Former Fairborn, Ohio, city … can to make sure the disease's days are numbered. Cervone and his family traveled to Western Michigan University May 11 to present a check to a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/609

New WMU School of Medicine campus named after W.E. Upjohn

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… KALAMAZOO—Dr. Hal B. Jenson, founding dean of the new Western Michigan University School of Medicine, announced … Upjohn Co. In December 2011, William U. Parfet, chairman and CEO of MPI Research in Mattawan, Mich., announced the … downtown Kalamazoo, just off the northwest corner of Lovell and Portage streets and widely known as Building 267, was …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/886

Industrial designers to speak on education challenges, opportunities

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… of the nation's leading design educators will speak at Western Michigan University Monday, March 10 , about the future of design and design education. The talk from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in 3512 Knauss Hall features Eric Anderson , associate dean of the College of Fine Arts at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14034