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WMU, Wayne State team up to improve health of state's foster youths

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… WMU, Wayne State team up to improve health of state's foster … foster care, Western Michigan University is partnering with Wayne State University to improve the health of Michigan's … preventive, dental and prenatal health care services. The project is being led by Dr. Angelique Day , a graduate of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25272

WMU received nearly $2 million in externally funded awards in April

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… WMU received nearly $2 million in externally funded awards in April Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … at their June 3 meeting. Grants for research led the way, passing the $1.3 million mark, while grants for public … , chair of geography. Other departments involved in the project include computer science, geography and urban …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24633

Trustees approve 13 retirements, 1 resignation

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… 34 years, effective Dec. 31, 2014. Brenda Wardlow , custodian, Facilities Management-building … 17 years, effective Dec. 31, 2014. Teresa L. Ziebarth , project manager, Department of Mathematics, 17 years, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22611

Nepalese government official to address 'kafala' system in WMU talk

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… is practiced in such countries as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon. Migrant workers … on world cup sites and that 4,000 will die by the time the project is completed. The talk includes recommendations for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19686

New director named for Soga Japan Center

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… Institute for Global Education. Yoshida, whose appointment was effective Sept. 2, is a founding member of the center … and graduate level and focuses his research on war and memory as well as modern and early modern East Asia … published in 2006. In addition, he is working on a book project tentatively titled, “Land of the Imperfect Sun: …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18866

CIS students claim second place award in case competition

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… CIS students claim second place award in case competition Submitted by Stacey Lowis on From … computer information systems students earned the runner-up award for their business case analysis at the third Midwest Student Information Systems Project and Case Competition April 5-6 at Ball State …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15265

From Honduras to WMU: Victor Hernandez finds his place

Haworth College of Business

… Hernandez Lagos , Western Michigan University is a home away from home. Originally from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the … have opened up for him on campus. “The biggest way that the college helps to support my professional goals … Evaluation Lab where he contributes to program evaluation projects that meet the needs of client organizations and …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/10/accountancy-victorhernandez-home-community

Alum over the moon after winning prize in NASA challenge

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… in NASA's Recycling in Space Challenge . The space agency wanted to find ways to transport and process trash in zero gravity. "Places … on machine design. This was basically a machine design project on steroids. It might as well have been from my …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52875

WMU Board of Trustees approves 2019-20 apartment rate increases

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… to support student success, recruitment and retention, the project is targeted for completion in time for the 2020-21 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50817

WMU professor awarded prestigious Bellagio Residency: continues work on grief

College of Arts and Sciences

… WMU professor awarded prestigious Bellagio Residency: continues work on … in the prestigious Bellagio Residency Program.   Awarded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the Bellagio Residency … and Joyce Carol Oates ’s “A Widow’s Story.”    “The book project is a way of engaging with books like Lewis’s. These …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2024/12/ashley-atkins-bellagio