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WMU refocuses marketing efforts, updating on-campus communications

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… tall as a top-tier university—ranked in the top 10 percent of all universities in the U.S., as we have been for more … currents of declining demographics, a smaller share of high school graduates going to college, a shift of the cost of … ago, the number of graduates from Michigan public high schools started to decline. We believe to be about halfway …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/10/49998

Trevor Block: The MBA offers a higher degree of experience

Haworth College of Business

… Trevor Block: The MBA offers a higher degree of experience Submitted by Stacey Anderson on “Higher … does. Previously in his career, he fund-raised for business schools specifically, seeing firsthand the impact that an …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/08/trevor-block-mba

Broncos recognized for commitment to diversity, inclusion with 2024 Excellence in Diversity Award

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… Mich.—Western Michigan University will honor the recipients of the 2024 Excellence in Diversity Award at the Fall Awards … are  Dr. Cynthia Klekar Cunningham,  director of the School of Communication, members of the College of Health … Cunningham Dr. Cynthia Klekar Cunningham As director of the School of Communication, a scholar and a teacher, Cunningham …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/health-college-cynthia-klekar-cunningham-win-2024-excellence-diversity-award

Two WMU alumni honored by national physician assistant group

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO—A national professional organization has singled out two alumni of … ANSWER has more helped more than 1,000 children in 120 schools and colleges throughout the country. Every high school graduate in the program, 117 in total, has gone on to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7823

Math and science experts chosen for teaching fellowship program

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… (not verified) on Fellowship program places experienced professionals in high-need urban and rural schools. KALAMAZOO—The third class of the W.K. Kellogg … designed to provide Michigan's high-need urban and rural schools with teachers who offer both cutting-edge …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/07/8125

New Sangren designed for instructional change and sustainability

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… Sangren Hall welcomed students with the start of the 2012-13 academic year. The 230,000-square-foot, … And the University itself, founded as a teacher training school in 1903, has its roots in the College of Education … literacy assessment and tutoring to the local community and school systems across the area. The sociology department's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1840

Rutgers vice president to take research reins at WMU

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… Western Michigan University has named Dr. Terri Goss Kinzy of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, as WMU's new … pediatrics. She joined Rutgers' Robert Wood Johnson Medical School faculty in 1995.  Internationally known for her work … M.D./Ph.D. program, executive director of the medical school's DNA Core Facility and senior associate dean of its …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44262

Service-learning honors go to students, faculty, community groups

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO--A handful of Western Michigan University faculty members, students and … nominated by Kelly Alvarez, principal at El Sol Elementary school, for his work with the school's Spanish-speaking and English-as-a-second language …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/446

Honoring excellence: Education student among Michigan's top teachers

College of Education and Human Development

… Lindsey Cook, educational leadership student and recipient of the 2025-26 Regional Teachers of the Year Award. … outcomes and leadership within Harper Creek Community Schools makes her deserving of this honor. “We are … transformative leaders who make a lasting impact on their schools and communities. With this award, Cook is now a …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2025/03/teacher-michigan-regional-award-lyndsey-cook

Kalamazoo Promise comes full circle as Western education grad prepares for KPS career

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… excited and nervous but ready to take on the responsibility of teaching the next generation," she says. Graduating … position at Washington Writers' Academy in Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS)—the same district she grew up in. "It is very … I was once in their shoes." Timmerman taught lessons at a school in Kenya during a trip to in 2019. Timmerman's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67863