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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

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

Why I Give: Cheryl TenBrink

W Magazine

… someone I’d never met told me, ‘I think she thought of you as a younger sister,’” says TenBrink.    TenBrink and … teaching homemaking, English and French in Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS). She retired from Hillsdale Middle School in 1998. Also a Kalamazooan, TenBrink was a KPS …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72480

Ethics Center lectures start in February

Study of Ethics in Society

… Mich.—The Western Michigan University Center for the Study of Ethics in Society is hosting a series of talks during the … and Pamela Wadsworth , associate professor, WMU Bronson School of Nursing. The author of Solito will give a talk at … 1028 Brown Hall. Ryan Scrivens , assistant professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, …

https://wmich.edu/ethics/news/2025/02/ethics-lectures-spring-2025

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

Perry student wins $20,000 scholarship to study at WMU

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… Kaytlyn Witgen , who will graduate from Perry (Mich.) High School this month, has been awarded a $20,000 scholarship to … University beginning this fall. Witgen is the recipient of a Mary Upjohn Meader Scholarship that is designed to … award includes a minimum ACT score of 26 and a minimum high school grade point average of 3.7 on a 4.0 scale. A member …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/459

Trombone student named finalist in two solo competitions

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… doctoral students. "This is really outstanding," says one of Bowman's teachers, Dr. Steve Wolfinbarger, professor of … The Paris Conservatory, New York University, The Juilliard School and the University of Illinois. Bowman's latest feat … to the accomplishments of trombone students in the WMU School of Music in the recent International Trombone …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/156

‘Community-focused, innovative’ academic appointed to lead College of Health and Human Services

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

… innovative’ academic appointed to lead College of Health and Human Services Submitted by Emily Monacelli … in building systems and partnerships will be invaluable as we continue to advance our mission and serve the … in practice, community engagement and academic affairs in schools of public health at the University of South Carolina …

https://wmich.edu/provost/news/2024/08/lillian-smith-new-chhs-dean

Resilience, hope fuel athletic training grad's drive for success

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… with a bachelor's degree in athletic training, has dreams of becoming a physical therapist and opening a free clinic … family and for her future. "I was working two jobs in high school, helping pay for rent and bills," says Gaines, who … we were staying at hotels. I went to three different high schools … and I didn't really have a stable learning …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66430

Trustees to act on Cooley affiliation and capital outlay requests

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on The next Board of Trustees meeting is July 18. KALAMAZOO—Meeting in formal … all necessary actions to allow the Thomas M. Cooley Law School to become the Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. The move is part of an affiliation agreement between …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/07/8111