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WMU honored for diversity, inclusion efforts for fifth year in a row

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… WMU honored for diversity, inclusion efforts for fifth year in a row Submitted by … that focuses on diversity in higher education. WMU was one of 80 institutions from around the nation named an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42545

Development of a Wireless Robotic Arm Control System Using Piezoelectric Sensors and Neural Networks

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… Development of a Wireless Robotic Arm Control System Using Piezoelectric Sensors and Neural Networks A robotic arm … of the muscles, using wearable piezoelectric sensors was developed. Piezoelectric discs were placed in the key …

https://wmich.edu/casss/robotic

County event to focus on richness, wisdom of workplace diversity

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… County event to focus on richness, wisdom of workplace diversity Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) … focus this year on the richness and wisdom that diversity brings to the workplace when it holds its annual diversity … 20th annual Respecting Differences program. Bordas, a specialist in leadership development and diversity training, will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45934

WMU trustees to meet in special session focused on presidential selection

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… WMU trustees to meet in special session focused on presidential selection … . KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will meet in special session Wednesday, April 12 … the resulting recommendation to the board of three finalist candidates and a final round of candidate interviews by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39290

Boil water advisory in effect for some campus locations through Saturday evening

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… Boil water advisory in effect for some campus locations through Saturday evening … by Anonymous (not verified) on Update: The water main has been repaired, and water was being turned back on to … halls at around 9 p.m. Although not mandatory, the city of Kalamazoo advises that as a precautionary measure, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27458

Award-winning short story author next in Gwen Frostic Reading Series

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… Award-winning short story author next in Gwen Frostic Reading … 2017 Gwen Frostic Reading Series. Danielle Evans , author of the story collection "Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool … Prize, the Hurston-Wright Award, the Paterson Prize and was a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 selection. The book …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43411

Student contest part of MLK academy's 50th-anniversary celebration

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… Student contest part of MLK academy's 50th-anniversary celebration Submitted by … Mich.—One of Western Michigan University's longest-running academic support programs, the Martin Luther King Jr. … anniversary. The flyer announcing the competition already has been created by Collin Keener , a senior from Grass Lake …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45215

Ethics center to host series of book clubs this semester

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… Ethics center to host series of book clubs this semester Submitted by Deanne Puca on … Michigan University's Center for the Study of Ethics in Society is hosting a series of book clubs during the … group's first meeting, except for the first session, which has a deadline of Friday, Jan. 12 . The events include the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44601

WMU charter schools expert to take part in debate to air on public radio

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… WMU charter schools expert to take part in debate to air on public radio Submitted by Anonymous (not … public radio stations across the nation. Dr. Gary Miron , professor of educational leadership, research and technology, … One of four experts Miron will be one of four panelists on both sides of the debate, who will discuss the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38426

WMU sees boost in honors, minority student numbers, small overall dip

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… WMU sees boost in honors, minority student numbers, small overall dip … despite a slight dip in its overall student numbers. WMU's official overall student enrollment for fall 2016 is 23,252, … stable at the doctoral level and increased at the specialist level, for a 1 percent decrease overall in the number …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35234