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New BTR Park firm offers inside look at product development process

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… development process . Newell Rubbermaid's new Design Center formally opened May 19 at the BTR Park. Product testing by … It's all being done in the name of product development for consumer goods that bear such iconic brand names as … Newell Rubbermaid is a Fortune 500 company that had 2013 sales of about $5.7 billion. It has more than 40 brands in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17817

New cycle of integrated program review and planning to be launched

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… included in WMU's strategic plan as well as the Criteria for Reaffirmation of Accreditation from the Higher Learning … new round is intended to provide a mission-driven, data-informed and participatory mechanism for continuous quality review that incorporates three …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/31811

Western Brass Quintet to present CD release concert

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… Sept. 30 , in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The performance will be preceded by a 7 p.m. discussion hosted by … Dr. Robert White . Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for seniors and $5 for students, and are available from Miller Auditorium …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27102

Two WMU researchers answer invitation to visit White House

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… House Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on From left: Liggins-Abrams and Beach KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two Western Michigan … University researchers visited the White House April 4 for an event that spotlighted a grant program funding work … Andrea Beach and Monica Liggins-Abrams were in Washington for the annual meeting of research principals for efforts …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31523

British author, adventurer to take WMU audience on a journey

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… speaks later this month as part of the University Center for the Humanities spring series at Western Michigan … November 2014, was named the Huffington Post's top art book for that year. A journalist, Finlay spent 12 years in Hong … then as arts editor of the South China Morning Post. For the past decade, she has worked for the Alliance of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38802

Big Brothers Big Sisters administrator to provide perspective at breakfast series

Haworth College of Business

… titled "Helping Local Children Change Their Lives for the Better, Forever" at 8 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, in 2150 Schneider Hall. … and better relationships, avoid risky behaviors and aim for educational success. Amy Kuchta Kuchta has devoted her …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37056

Ethics center to host series of book clubs this semester

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… 8. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's Center for the Study of Ethics in Society is hosting a series of … sign up. To sign up, email @email  no later than one week before the group's first meeting, except for the first session, which has a deadline of Friday, …

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

Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice

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… Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Forman KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Starting this month, Western Michigan University's Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations is launching a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22694

Area events to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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… WMU Dalton Center Recital Hall. Tickets are $12, $5 for students. More information at  wmich.edu/music/events . Wednesday, Jan. 13 … Schools Social Justice Book Bowl, elimination competition for middle and high school students from surrounding area, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28803

WMU room and board rates to rise by 2.95 percent

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… a 2.95 percent increase in campus room and board rates for the 2014-15 academic year.  For a student living in a campus residence hall and … plan, the new rates will translate to an increase of $250 for the full academic year. The annual cost for the room and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15072