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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU gets $1 million endowment

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on From left: Shirley Swanson, Bernard Osher and Dawn Gaymer KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded the Osher Lifelong … John M. Dunn announced the award Nov. 17 at the annual membership meeting of the OLLI at WMU. In addition to the $1 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28679

New Project (TRCLC 15-2)

Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities

… infrastructure, numerous social, economic and environmental benefits can be achieved by fostering convenient and effective public … across jurisdictions—e.g., .from cities to rural areas and between suburban areas—often find public transit a difficult …

https://wmich.edu/transportationcenter/new-project-trclc-15-2

First Lady Snyder to visit WMU, highlight campus assualt prevention initiative

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… Snyder will speak at 7 p.m. in 1920 Sangren Hall. She will be joined by Dr. Rebecca Campbell , neurobiological trauma response expert and professor …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28113

Luminary author, journalist, blogger coming to WMU to deliver message on race

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… Luminary author, journalist, blogger coming to WMU to deliver message on race Submitted by … up in drug-riddled, inner city Baltimore and went on to become a famous author and national correspondent is … the Western Michigan University campus in early November to deliver a message on race relations in America. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27835

WMU team places in top 3 in national castings competition

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… at a regional casting competition in Wisconsin. Team members attending the event included the following: Sean … Foo , graduate student in mechanical engineering Levi Koebbe , undergraduate student in mechanical engineering Rehan … materials,” explains Derrick of the team’s process. “The biggest takeaway for me is we made a fundamental learning that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68171

Thank You For Your Service

Haworth College of Business

… favorite courses to teach was Managing Change, which she began teaching in 2001. The perennially popular class often saw students on the waitlist as they sought to become change leaders in their industries. Now, Palthe will … Equally talented as a researcher, Palthe’s research has been cited more than 800 times on a variety of topics, from …

https://wmich.edu/business/retirees2023

Prof wins a 2015 Independent Publisher Book Award

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… wellness past and its central figure, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg , has won an Independent Publisher Book Award, known as … the Independent Publisher Book Awards honor the year's best independently published titles from around the world. … of Battle Creek, which was founded as a Quaker town and became a hotbed for spiritualism, attracting other, radical …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26352

New WMU Web presence ready for rollout

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… changed a lot more than just the aesthetics," says Dan Lobelle , director of electronic communication who has led … system—representing about 75 percent of all WMU websites. Lobelle says research on best practices in higher education as well as corporate and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25718

WMU board adopts new campuswide policy changes

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… in January. After a five-month comment period in which members of the campus community provided input, the policy was … and ensuring campus safety and is characterized by a number of best practices in the area. They include: An investigative …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25472

Thousands of students, families on campus for 2015 orientation

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… 8,000 people, including transfer students as well as beginning students and their families, began making their way to the Western Michigan University … Two types of orientation programs are offered. The biggest one, New Student Orientation, is for incoming …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24757