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Imel playing in Women's Open

Kaylee Imel, a 2009 Norwell graduate, opened the second round of the Indiana Womena s Open golf tournament today in a six-way tie for 61st place at The Legends of Indiana course in Franklin.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

KAKE-TV Wichita

Inmate Sentenced For Stealing Jail's Computer

Friday, July 3, 2009 A Western Michigan University student may want to get a new hobby -- a legal one.

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Related Topix: Prison, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kalamazoo, MI

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Aircraft Maintenance Technology

Patent Attorney Wins Historic National Women's Air Race Classic

CHICAGO, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Kelly Burris, a patent attorney and a partner at Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., and co-pilot Erin Recke of Atlanta, Georgia, are the first place winners in the 2009 Air Race Classic, an all-female aviation race that dates back to 1929 and the era of famed ...

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Related Topix: Atlantic, IA, Non-Profit

Kalamazoo Gazette

WMU tuition hike could be near 6 percent

He wouldn't state the exact tuition hike, but a Western Michigan University official said the administration will recommend today that trustees approve a student tuition increase of between 4 and 6 percent.

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Related Topix: Michigan

Wed Jul 01, 2009

AFLCIO.org

20,000 University of Wisconsin Faculty Gain Bargaining Rights

More than 20,000 faculty members at two midwestern universities are one step closer to good union contracts.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government

New York Post

Weird But True

Clearly, education isn't all it's cracked up to be. A Western Michigan University student committed what a judge called "the dumbest crime I've heard" by stealing a computer from the Kalamazoo County jail where he was serving time for another crime.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo County, MI

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Union certified for part-time instructors at Western Michigan University

The Professional Instructors Organization has been certified as the union of part-time instructors and adjunct facility members at Western Michigan University .

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

MLive.com

Western Michigan University student going back to jail for "dumb crime"

By his own admission, William Kimbrel Bradley isn't a very good criminal, racking up six felonies and four misdemeanors by age 25.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo County, MI, Kalamazoo, MI

Kalamazoo Gazette

Juneteenth: 'It's all about young people'

As the Ujima Enterprises Inc., held its 10 annual Juneteenth celebration on Sunday, the quest of converging age-old African culture within the African-American community became pretty simple -- it's all about the next generation.

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Related Topix: African-American, Kalamazoo, MI, Entertainment

Kalamazoo Gazette

Ugandan leader a WMU graduate

The future first female president of Uganda walks the stage at Western Michigan University's commencement today to receive her doctoral degree among about 1,500 other WMU graduates.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Kalamazoo Gazette

People on the Move

Sunday, June 28, 2009 Kalamazoo Real estate v Ritch Reynolds, a near-lifetime resident of Kalamazoo and a former business owner, has joined O'Brien Real Estate Inc., at 527 S. Westnedge Ave.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo Metro, Kalamazoo, MI, Michigan, Real Estate, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Medicine

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Kalamazoo Gazette

Al Harris Jr.

Family: Wife, Paralee; three adult children, son, Al III, and daughters Kia and Kimberly.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo Metro, Detroit, MI, Kalamazoo, MI, Entertainment

South Bend Tribune

Niles considers archaeology research center

Western Michigan University is eyeing a plan to build a research center in Niles to aid its archaeological work at Fort St.

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Related Topix: Niles, MI, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, St. Joseph, MI

Fri Jun 26, 2009

The State

Another recession casualty: Recent college graduates

The tough economy and tight labor market have tarnished the luster of a bachelor's degree for young college graduates seeking employment.

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Related Topix: Northeastern University, Adrian, MI

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Education Week

Model State Charter School Law Unveiled

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, which is hosting its annual convention this week in Washington, has designed a model state law that, among other things, calls for better access to facilities and other capital resources, stricter accountability for the local school boards and other entities that authorize charters, and performance ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, District of Columbia Government, Washington DC

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Rocky Mount Telegram

Retired National Guard general among train victims

Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr., 62, was the retired commanding general of the D.C. National Guard.

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Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington, DC, Rice University

MLive.com

Continue reading "Citizens tell panel conditions for migrant farmworkers in Michigan are bad"

Conditions for migrant farmworkers in Michigan are deteriorating, and if they don't improve, the workforce behind a $2 billion industry could be driven out, area citizens told a state commission Monday.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

'Beat the Clock' for discounted WMU football tickets

Western Michigan University is offering tickets for its upcoming football season at a discounted price during "Beat the Clock Day" from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on June 30 at the Waldo Stadium ticket office.

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Kalamazoo Gazette

Muralist hopes to inspire recent college graduates

One recent Western Michigan University graduate believes that the way his generation may rescue America is by dreaming, believing but, ultimately, by acting now -- the message behind his mural at the Campus Pointe Mall, near the Western campus.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Kalamazoo Gazette

Man suspected in Kalamazoo carjacking at large

Police are seeking a man they say assaulted a woman early Sunday after stealing her car from the 500 block of West Willard Street.

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Related Topix: Kalamazoo, MI, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry

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