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WMU News website undergoes big, bold redesign
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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on The design improvements are helping WMU tell its myriad stories in more engaging ways. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Big ideas and bold initiatives marked … images. A compilation of recent stories will always appear near the top of the homepage. The Latest News section , a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54406
Award-winning professor, performing arts design expert dies at 60
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… Award-winning professor, performing arts design expert dies … and technical production courses. He served the Department of Theatre as director of design and technical … Chippewa Falls, Wis., is planned. A date will be set in the near future for a WMU campus celebration of his life and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13843
WMU grad student wins coveted NEA creative writing fellowship
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… graduate student is one of 40 people nationwide to be awarded a 2013 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship. As a … to create events that took place in the small town near where her mother grew up. "Instead of actually using …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3834
Willie Nelson returns to campus for May show
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… is returning to Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium. "Willie Nelson & Family: Live in Concert" is set … as classics. The album spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Americana Radio Chart. Later that year his road journal, Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die, was published, and landed in the Top 10 on The New York …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/22117
Anthropology professor emerita honored with lifetime achievement award
College of Arts and Sciences
… Anthropology professor emerita honored with lifetime achievement award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … Award from the International Society for Iranian Studies. The highly distinguished award is presented to someone …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/08/60832
WMU graduates succeed
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… in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in music education. Some interviews, a mentor counseled, would just be practice. … “They offered me the job on the spot.” The new graduate was so in love with the school—it has an entire wing dedicated to the performing arts—she accepted. Fields now …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46643
The spirit of adventure
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… then went on to earn a master's degree in engineering management in 2015, also from WMU. Good's partner, co-founder Josh … on his time at WMU, discusses how he successfully built an award-winning grain-to-glass distillery and offers advice to … after years of struggle and typically when your journey is nearing its end. If you don't embrace and enjoy the tough …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/48055
WMU faculty promotes Seita Scholars Program at national conference for student social mobility
College of Education and Human Development
… by Chris Hybels on Dr. Ramona Lewis, third from right, was a panelist at the 2023 Social Mobility Symposium at … and higher education and student affairs (HESA) program coordinator, served as a panelist sharing the role higher … career, financial and personal support throughout their time at WMU. Nationwide, fewer than 3% of foster youth …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73514
Interest in political science brought Myanmar scholar to WMU
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… University in hopes of more fully participating in the movement to democratize his homeland. "There are few political … junta since 1962 and one of the many things the military did upon seizing power was to outlaw the study of political science. The …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7139
From climate change to food waste, WMU mechanical engineering student brings her ideas to life
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… From climate change to food waste, WMU mechanical engineering student brings her ideas to life … right on Western Michigan University's campus. “It is difficult to be taken seriously in a male-dominated field as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74832