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Western opens campus to medieval scholars for 2023 International Congress

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… Thursday through Saturday, May 11-13 , for the 58th meeting of the International Congress on Medieval Studies . Held virtually the past two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual event returns in a … bring the Congress back to campus,” says Dr. Robert F. Berkhofer III , director of the WMU Medieval Institute. “The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71446

Checklist Validation

The Evaluation Center

… Process STEP 1: EXPERT FEEDBACK Solicit expert peer reviews of the draft checklist. Revise checklist based on expert … 2: FIELD TESTING Post checklist in the field test section of the checklist website. Recruit field testers. Revise … process, similar to that used by academic journals. As part of the improvement and expansion of the project catalyzed by …

https://wmich.edu/evaluation/checklists/checklistsvalidation

New state program features university-business partnership

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… Program KALAMAZOO--A new program developed as part of a collaboration among Western Michigan University and … will make it easier for businesses to take advantage of much needed technical expertise and other resources … The Instant Innovation Program has been developed as part of the Michigan Corporate Relations Network, a collaboration …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/1038

Western's Dr. Chansheng He receives third Fulbright award

College of Arts and Sciences

… management. The award, granted by the U.S. Department of State and Fulbright Foreign Scholarship board, gives He … conduct research and lecture at the National University of Uzbekistan (NUUz), particularly with topics regarding … for water management in the host countries and provided valuable advice to graduate student researchers and their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71392

University partners with city to promote 'shared prosperity' for residents

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… more broadly shared prosperity in the city.  The memorandum of understanding, signed July 9 , designates the University's Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations as primarily responsible for … research, service and service learning in support of SPK, and to make Kalamazoo a national model of civic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/48062

ISM students finish first among undergrads at regional competition

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… Jeremy Paulson and Jordan Tauriainen. KALAMAZOO—A team of students enrolled in Western Michigan University’s … 2013 APICS Great Lakes District case competition. A total of 24 teams, including several teams of graduate students, competed Feb. 23-24 in Downers Grove, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5468

Fulbright grants awarded to four WMU faculty members

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… Fulbright Program awards to work overseas during part of the 2011-12 academic year. The Fulbright Program was … Grant recipients are selected based on academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership … Fulbright grant recipients were awarded a combination of short- and long-term grants. Three have completed their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/606

Economist to address poverty in Sichel Series talk

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… at Western Michigan University. Dr. Stephen C. Smith, professor of economics and international affairs and director of the Institute for International Economic Policy at George …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6254

Campus gathering to bid goodbye to Hoekje and Bigelow halls

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… and former students, faculty and staff and other members of the Western Michigan University community will come together Friday, June 7 , to mark the end of the line for two longtime campus residence halls. A … will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. in the main areas of Hoekje Hall, which opened in 1959, and Bigelow Hall, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7341

Western leads NSF-funded, multi-university research into ancient rocks

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… multiple universities to better understand the composition of ancient rocks, specifically dolomite.  Dr. Stephen Kaczmarek , associate professor of geological and environmental sciences, and his …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65485