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Business college speaker to address startup culture

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… of Business. Keith C. Valentine, president and chief operating officer of NuVasive Inc., will discuss "The Culture of a $1 Billion Startup" at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3 , in Schneider Hall. Attendees should register by Friday, Sept. 28. The free talk …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1773

Movie and discussion focus on weight-loss obsession

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… film "America the Beautiful" will be shown free of charge at Western Michigan University in advance of National Eating … will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16 , in Room 2452 of Knauss Hall. Discussion with the audience by a panel … body weight standards so a large portion of the American population is now considered to be overweight," says Dr. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/145

Campus town hall meeting will focus on School of Medicine

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… of the campus community. The town hall is the first of what is expected to be a series of such meetings for WMU and … school on July 1. Similar meetings are being scheduled at the other organizations. "The School of Medicine has frequently been the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/131

Trustees amend President Dunn's contract and increase his salary

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Dunn KALAMAZOO—Acting at its Dec. 5 meeting, the Western Michigan University Board … John M. Dunn , amending his contract and increasing his pay at a rate matching increases for other campus employees. … did not include a salary increase because budgetary constraints that year had kept WMU from providing salary …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3372

Richard B. Valley obituary

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… Valley oversaw several important developments within his nationally known department, now named Paper Engineering, … $2.1 million addition to McCracken Hall in the mid-1980s that allowed the department to expand into teaching and … also served as executive head of the Paper Technology Foundation, an industry foundation that supports the department, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3033

Two fine arts faculty saluted for teaching excellence

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… award-winning faculty artists." Nichole Maury , associate professor of art, and Dr. David Montgomery , a master … Music and director of the Bronco Marching Band, were nominated by students and participated in a teaching review … portfolio with clear evidence of student learning outcomes. Candidates also had to undergo an observation of their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3061

Lewis Walker tapped for NAACP humanitarian award

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… Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations, has won the 2012 Humanitarian Award from the Metropolitan Kalamazoo Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. … extensive expertise to conduct the first police/community training for police, and he chaired the task force that

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/2910

Venture capitalist to present business college talk

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… KALAMAZOO—The leader of a billion-dollar company will be featured in the next Distinguished Speaker Series talk … Corp., will present "Total Success: Why WMU is the Greatest Thing That Ever Happened to You" at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17 , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/5811

University Percussion Ensemble closes concert series

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… of the 2012–13 Bullock Performance Institute concert series at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 , in the Dalton Center … $5 for students, and are available from Miller Auditorium at millerauditorium.com/som or by calling (269) 387-2300 or … the School of Music as part of its 100th Anniversary celebration. The program will also include John Cage's "Credo In …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5851

Award-winning New York poet to read in Frostic Series

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… Valentine KALAMAZOO—A New York City poet and winner of the National Book Award and several other high honors will read from her works early next month at Western Michigan University as part of the spring 2013 … the 2009 Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets and a Guggenheim Fellowship as well as awards from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5964