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  • Kalamazoo City Commission Candidate Forum, 2011, Moderated by Gordon Evans, WMUK, October 25.
  • Goverment and Politics Lecture Series, "Supreme Court Preview--2011 Term," Todd Curry and Mark Ferguson, Oct. 19.
  • A Constitution Day Event: Do Constitutions Matter? "Comparing Gender Provisions and Women's Equality," presented by Priscilla Lambert, associate professor of political science, September 21. Brochure
  • Susan Hoffmann, Professor of Political Science, has been awarded a grant to participate in the Fulbright Commission's German Studies Seminar 2010 entitled "The German Sozialstaat Revisited: A System in Turmoil." The seminar will be conducted by policy experts based in universities, research institutes and government agencies in Berlin, Schwerin and Hamburg.
  • Dr. Priscilla Lambert, with her co-author Druscilla Scribner, Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, has been awarded a National Science Foundation collaborative research grant for their project, Gender and Constitutions: A Comparative Analysis of the Effect of Gender Provisions.
  • WMU team wins iOMe challenge, Feb. 2010

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iOMe challenge winners Brad Kent, Ashley Horvat, and Lauren Hearit with Rep. Fred Upton and Sen. Carl Levin (not pictured - team member Sam Demorest and faculty advisor Susan Hoffmann)

Four Western Michigan University students took their ideas about a national retirement system to Congress Feb. 4 after winning the national iOMe Challenge competition. WMU team members beat out proposals submitted by 40 other schools in 17 states to win a chance to speak to U.S. policymakers, along with a $20,000 cash prize and a trip to Washington, D.C. This year's challenge revolved around the U.S. retirement system and finding solutions to make it solvent for future generations. Entries included a 30-second video intended to capture the attention of young adults, as well as an extended paper that explains the problems and proposes solutions. See WMU News article for the essay and video.

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