Our students succeed
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Foundation Scholars Program sets stage for success for music theatre graduate
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Biomedical sciences graduate driven by resilience, called to help others
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Redefining Normal: Alumni find strength in each other to inspire a new generation
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Homeless to college grad: Business student beats odds to create his own success
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Passion for helping drives family studies graduate's success
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A vision to help individuals with autism thrive
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First-generation WMU graduate adapts to changing career outlook
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Music theatre performance graduate ready for next act
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Internships, faculty support help alumnus land job at ABC News
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Social work student finds passion, home at WMU
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Alumna's personal experience will drive national strategy to combat human trafficking
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Choreographing busy schedule, student driven to help people
"You go through with society telling you that this isn't your career, 'You shouldn't be here.'"
Alumna Monique Grayson is now paving the way for future black women pilots, which make up less than 1% of U.S. pilots.
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"My parents were basically told that I would never graduate college, and here I am."
Recent graduate Ben Gretchko shares how he persevered in Lee Honors College as a student with autism, working at the student newspaper and two internships.
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"I refuse to live in a world where girls are given the message that they are not valuable."
WMU Ph.D. student Tabitha Mpamira set up a foundation to provide free legal and mental health services to survivors of sexual assault in East Africa.
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