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Tweets net huge book donation and generous outpouring from Japan

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Angles with some of the donations KALAMAZOO—Twitter messages requesting … University's new major in Japanese garnered thousands of donations, as well as dozens of heartwarming and heartrending letters. Dr. Jeffrey Angles …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4831

How to Support Your Intellectual Health Throughout COVID-19

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… is the pandemic that ruined 2020 for everyone. In March of 2020, United States citizens went into quarantine to prevent the spread of COVID-19 domestically and internationally. People … Following social distancing protocols requires a level of social isolation. Therefore, the importance discussing …

https://wmich.edu/publichealth/blog/2020/10/blog-larsen

More than 300 students to clean headstones for Veterans Day

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… verified) on Ft. Custer National Cemetery (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs) KALAMAZOO—An army of more than 300 first-year students in the Western Michigan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10798

Climate Emergency Month, led by WMU's Climate Change Working Group, will focus on awareness, action

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… have been sounding the alarm for decades, and the impacts of climate change are now being felt around the globe—from … the growing issues and call for action throughout the month of March, which the University's Climate Change Working … Climate Emergency Month . "We're talking about millions of climate refugees already unable to make a living in their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70784

TowerPinkster selected as architectural firm for WMU Alumni Center

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Artist's rendering of a renovated East Hall. KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan … into a home for the University's alumni and development offices and a facility that can be the focus of campus and community events and a showplace to highlight …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7507

WMU students earn top honors at national sales competition

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… Farm Marketing and Sales Competition held at the University of Central Missouri in November. In addition, Lorr placed … category. "What a fantastic way to showcase the quality of our sales and business marketing students and their skills," says Dr. Kelley O'Reilly , assistant professor of marketing and coach of the students at the event. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/11362

Former NBA team president highlights WMU Food Marketing Conference

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… (not verified) on O'Malley KALAMAZOO--The former president of the Washington Wizards will join a host of top-shelf food industry professionals as featured speakers at the 47th annual Food …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/258

WMU aviation and engineering colleges to partner with FAA

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… named by the Federal Aviation Administration to be part of a new network of 12 universities charged with enhancing the safety and … Rockwell Collins, Flight Safety Foundation, NextGen AeroSciences and Rolls-Royce. WMU's involvement in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1879

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

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