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Newell Rubbermaid to build at BTR Park

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… to have a Kalamazoo employee base of up to 100. The firm is the corporate umbrella for such well-known brands as … Calphalon®, Paper Mate® and Irwin®. The company's move is being assisted with a $2 million award from the Michigan … take place at the site. WMU trustees approved the sale of what is known as Parcel No. 26 at their Feb. 27 meeting. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/6076

Generating Buzz: Regulating genetically modified mosquitoes

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… technology could have on communities being ravaged by the disease. Quemada Dr. Hector Quemada , a principal research … stops female mosquitoes from being able to bite or lay eggs. The gene is linked with another genetic element—“gene … training to them. “We’d like to keep the ball rolling so whatever is learned and decided upon in these workshops, we …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/57059

Mentorship, experiential learning help students thrive at Western, land jobs post-graduation

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… were invaluable." Dezmond Stover was excited to jump into his career in aviation operations after graduating in … have taught me different life lessons—it's not just about what we learned in class." The Post-Graduation Activity … soon after their graduation. "I think it shows we really do what we say we do, which is integrate career from day one …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67244

Ethics Center offers three book club events for the fall semester

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… the Study of Ethics in Society has announced readings and discussions of three books dealing with hot-button ethical … by John Hoberman. "Black and Blue" offers an account of what American doctors think about racial differences and how … on social standing and dignity. Key ethical questions are: What are our responsibilities to one another in a democracy …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40701

WMU teacher ed programs projected to grow 36% with Future Proud Michigan Educator Grow Your Own

College of Education and Human Development

… by Nicole Leffler on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—"The best thing about what we're learning is that we don't want kids to replace their original … Kristi   VanderWoude , a kindergarten teacher at West Kelloggsville Elementary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. VanderWoude …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/07/72182

The Velvelettes: A legendary Motown group born on Western's campus

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—It all started with the keys. "Music is my life. It still is and it was when I was a kid," says … missed a lesson until I was 22." That passion for piano is what led Barbee-McNeal to Kalamazoo in the early 1960s. She … needs a name. Street was studying French at the time and suggested Les Jolies Femmes—French for The Pretty Women. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63261

Product design grads cap college experience with China trip, pending patents

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… by Erin Flynn on Kelsi Schmottlach and Ana Charnesky visited the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum. Schmottlach … grind peppercorn or salt." "We were able to get a sense of what it looks like to do product testing, what it looks like to use the plastic injection molding …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/08/product-design-grads-cap-college-experience-china-trip

More than 3,000 expected to flock to WMU for Medieval Congress

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on A large audience listens to a presentation during the 2013 congress. … at the University of Chicago, will speak Saturday on "What They Read, What They Saw, What They Heard: Composers and Sacred Music …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15598

Business mentors partner with WMU entrepreneurs to pitch products at Innovation Expo

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—In a time when face-to-face interaction is limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, Western Michigan … familiarity to emerging talent, a clear understanding of what skills the students are developing and supporting a new … adds, but students were motivated and responsive to his suggestions. " The only times I really had to push and help …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/62845

WMU nursing students lead hospital study that could change future of pressure-wound monitoring

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… the IPUP Survey. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An innovative effort is underway to better detect and prevent pressure wounds at … says Jaime Neary, faculty specialist II of nursing. "What the Western Michigan University students are doing is … assessment skills and communication skills in explaining what they are doing to patients," says Jaime Neary , faculty …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75334