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Dunn invited to help open new higher ed campus for Haiti

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… help that nation rebuild its education infrastructure. Dunn was invited to attend the high-profile event in the coastal … facilities. The new campus opening comes just two years after a devastating earthquake that killed thousands and … and Juan Tavares, director of international admissions and services for WMU's Haenicke Institute for Global Education, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/52

Japan scholar to address Zen, art of mumbo jumbo in haiku

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… is really a shockingly new "invented tradition" under the sway of the late nineteenth-century movement in Japan to … icon has become affiliated with short Japanese poems. After spending more than a year as a high school exchange … World: Comic-book Culture and the Kibyōshi of Edo Japan," was published in 2006 by the Harvard University Asia Center. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/309

Journalism professor's book examines reporter bias

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… Culture and Context," published in January by Holcomb Hathaway Publishers. Christian contends that although journalists go out of their way to avoid purposeful bias in the news, a more pervasive … Sue Ellen Christian Christian joined WMU's faculty in 2001 after 10 years as a staff reporter at the Chicago Tribune, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/652

Dunn accepts Department of Defense award for troop support

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… Dunn accepts Department of Defense award for troop support Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) … Michigan University President John M. Dunn was honored May 31 for his and the University's long record … He submitted the nomination late last summer, shortly after his last deployment with the 415th Civil Affairs …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/668

Long wins prestigious orientation and mobility award

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… Long wins prestigious orientation and mobility award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Long … associate dean is receiving a coveted award named after a former WMU faculty member and national leader in … G. Long, associate dean of the College of Health and Human Services and professor of blindness and low vision studies, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/780

Pianist and School of Music professor presents CD release concert

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… the 1998 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. She was also a first place co-winner of the 1994 Felix … in her career. Sims will be selling and signing CDs after the concert in the Dalton Center lobby. The program …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1973

Road trip introduces college talent to Michigan engineering firms

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… Trip , coordinated by WMU's Career and Student Employment Services, is a new program that gives students majoring in … dining and recreation in communities where they may want to work after graduation. Also being planned is a visit to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/165

Something old, new in Gold Company's Lincoln Center show

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… Lincoln Center as part of the New York City Jazz Festival. After knocking the socks off festival-goers a year ago, Gold Company was asked to do it again this year on Sunday, March 4. But … this time. Joining the ensemble will be nine-time Grammy Award-winner, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and composer …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/179

WMUK station head featured on NPR's Friday StoryCorps segment

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… Military Voices Initiative. Bolar's interview was recorded by phone Nov. 20. In it, he talks about his son, Matthew Bolar, who was killed in action in Iraq in 2007. In addition to being … production company based in New York City. Modeled after the Works Progress Administration of the 1930s, the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3155

WMU human resources student chapter wins fifth national award

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… WMU human resources student chapter wins fifth national award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU students … years. The society honored the WMU chapter with a Merit Award, which comes after four consecutive years of landing Superior Merit …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/07/7849