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College of Arts and Sciences
- WMU among recipients of nearly $1M NSF grant to boost women in STEM fields
- Beloved WMU religion and society professor, Dr. Rudolf Siebert, retires after a more than five-decade career; WMU holding conference in his honor
- Nic Witschi selected as new acting associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences
- Three ideas from Arts and Sciences faculty were selected in second phase of NSF Big Idea competition
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Work by WMU may reduce US dependency on China for critical minerals
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Michigan has minerals America needs
- WMU Department of Geography received the 2019 M.S./M.A. Program Excellence Award from the American Association of Geographers
Faculty
- Dr. Carla Koretsky spoke with WoodTV 8 about the sharing of a nearly one million-dollar NSF grant to find ways to encourage more women to teach in STEM fields
- Dr. Elena Litvinova, associate professor of physics, was awarded the WMU Emerging Scholar Award
- Drs. Matthew Mingus, professor of public administration and director of the graduate programs, and Leah Omilion-Hodges, associate professor of communication, were honored as recipients of WMU's 2019 Distinguished Teaching Awards
- Dr. Brian Wilson, professor comparative religion, received WMU's 2019 Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award
- Dr. Wei-Chiao Huang, department chair and professor of economics, was awarded WMU's 2019 Distinguished Service Award
- Dr. Hedy Habra published a new poetry collection entitled "The Taste of the Earth"
- Dr. Ann Miles elected as new director of the University Center for the Humanities
- Dr. Lewis Pyenson awarded Life Membership in Royal Society of Canada
- Dr. Carla Koretsky and Dr. Terri Goss Kinzy recognized as 2019 Notable Women in STEM by Crain’s Detroit Business
- Dr. James Cousins named American Council on Education Fellow for the 2019-20 academic year
- Dr. Christine Byrd-Jacobs selected as interim dean of the Grad College
- Dr. Kirk Korista chimes in on black hole discovery
Students
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Students, researchers dig deeper into history of Fort St. Joseph
- Arts and Sciences students receive top honor from Michigan Public Relations Society of America
- Sociology major Jacob Riccioni was accepted to American Sociological Association (ASA) Honors Program
Alumni
- WMU alumni create educational opportunities for Kalamazoo refugees
- Monica Orsolini (B.S.’85; M.A. ‘14) was recently nominated an Unsung Hero
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