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Bronson School of Nursing wins $2 million grant to boost diversity
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… Grant, through the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, will fund the Empowering Nursing Students for Success project. It will target students from underrepresented groups and from educationally and … this program and have found it to be wildly successful." How the project started With the help of the $5,000 grant …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43577
Robert 'Bobby' M. Davidson obituary
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… a part-time percussion instructor and retired in 1983 as assistant professor emeritus of music after more than 30 years … of Jazz" in recognition of his service to WMU. A more far-reaching accolade followed in 1991, when the Arts … jazz music and was a member of the renowned U.S. Air Force Show Band. Early in his career, he played in the Fox Davidson …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/774
WMU graduate students to host national conference this week
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… WMU graduate students to host national conference this week Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on This year's conference runs Nov. 7-10. KALAMAZOO—Students from across the United States will be on the Western … and Oklahoma State universities and participants from as far away as the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10979
New climate and energy advisor develops vision for cleaner, greener Michigan
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… New climate and energy advisor develops vision for cleaner, greener Michigan Submitted … the call. Dr. Brandy Brown , who earned a doctoral degree from Western Michigan University, was tapped to lead the … for the role. "Dr. Brown is a strategic thinker who knows how to set objectives that matter, design programs to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54484
WMU sales students win team gold and individual honors
Haworth College of Business
… second. First-year student Ryan Demas of Naperville, Illinois, and junior Stacy Zoeller, of Portage, represented WMU. … junior division and was a mere one-one hundredth of a point from first place. Students were coached by a student coach, … this is my first year at Western, I am still learning how to sell and how to enter a meeting. To get this sort of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45781
WMUK-FM set to begin spring campaign
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… once again feature a shorter pledge drive designed to raise all of the dollars needed in half the live on-air pledge hours. How funds are used WMUK uses membership contributions and … "All Things Considered," "Wait Wait … Don't Tell Me" and "From the Top." WMUK encourages members to support the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22407
Hope in the darkness: WMU music therapy alum finds calling in hospice
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… ARBOR, Mich.—A guitar slung on her back, Kaitlin Ridgway isn't the typical professional you'd expect to see walking … Ridgway, who earned her master's degree in music therapy from Western Michigan University in May 2018, found her … and founder of the BRAIN Lab , which focuses on studying how auditory cognition and music can improve treatment of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55317
Campus United Way campaign exceeds $200,000 goal
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… of December, with a total of $200,915.56 pledged so far. Thirty-four percent of employees, or 953, have returned … family and infant health and reduce racial and economic disparities. Provide a safety net to help individuals and … changethestory.org . For more WMU news, arts and events , visit wmich.edu/news . Contact: Deanne Puca December 12, 2017 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44214
New facility propels Western’s College of Aviation into the future
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… can accommodate. BATTLE CREEK, Mich.—The aviation industry is ready for takeoff after a pandemic pause, and a new, … and this new building truly elevates us to the stature of how the industry already recognizes us.” “If you talk to … get a job,” says Thinnes, adding all of Western’s programs far exceed industry minimum requirements. “A representative …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/07/64760
Engineers Without Borders group elevating STEM in the community
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… Kalamazoo Public Schools students participating in an English as a Second Language program explored STEM activities … and language. “One reason I got involved is because of my Spanish interests. Personally, I found that I enjoy … to plan major projects, work with groups and organizations from different cultures and languages, learn to fund raise …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69256