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Social work students strengthen partnership with Honor Credit Union’s Community Connection Center

College of Health and Human Services

… to community-centered systems. Honor Credit Union: A Model of Community Investment Honor Credit Union demonstrated how … awarded and $20,000 in classroom supplies donated to local schools. Community Collaboration: Support for 489 local … Kalamazoo, the Community Connection Center remains a valuable public resource—open to everyone regardless of

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/11/honorcu2

Reception set for annual student art exhibition

News

… Center for Visual Arts KALAMAZOO—The annual Frostic School of Art Student Exhibition is on display at Western Michigan … Arts April 3-17 . An awards ceremony for the entire Frostic School of Art will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 3 , in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14740

WMU Alumnus Breaks Ground on 48‑Unit Recovery Housing Development

College of Arts and Sciences

… Services and the Family Health Center. The development, now officially named The William Schma House, is being led by … B.A. '08, anthropology, principal developer and president of Edison Community Partners. For Hollander, the project represents nearly a decade of persistence, collaboration and belief in what stable …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2026/04/cas-groundbreaking-housing

WMU, Kalamazoo County officials explore transitioning management of Asylum Lake Preserve from WMU to county

News

… WMU, Kalamazoo County officials explore transitioning management of Asylum Lake Preserve from WMU to county Submitted by … Mich.—Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo County officials are exploring a proposal that would transition …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/01/wmu-kalamazoo-county-officials-explore-asylum-lake-preserve-transfer

Celebrating the Power of Reading: Sculpting in Nigeria

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Celebrating the Power of Reading: Sculpting in Nigeria Submitted by Anonymous (not … Creating sculptures in Nigeria that celebrate the power of reading by individuals and as a family activity is the focus of a Fulbright project that Western Michigan University …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2016/06/lavergne-sculpture-nigeria

Student Spotlight: Jose Ortiz-Martinez – From Soccer Fields to Cybersecurity

Information Technology

… and how to talk to them correctly. It’s helped me grow professionally and personally. — Jose Ortiz-Martinez, … become a stepping stone into the tech world, offering valuable experience and people skills that will serve him well … to start living it.” Beyond the Screen Outside of work and school, Jose is a lifelong soccer player who once considered …

https://wmich.edu/it/news/2025/06/jose-ortiz-martinez-it-student-highlight

HOH Induction Speech from Herm Linder - WMU Aviation Faculty

College of Aviation

… Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Herman William Linder. Husband of his beloved Phoebe, and father of Becky, Todd, Julie, and … late nineteen fifties as a shop teacher at Champaign High School, to his years at the Illini Institute of Aviation, … students, Mark Olexa. His children attended the elementary school in Dexter, Michigan, where I still currently teach. …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2013/05/linder

A Career Couple: Karleigh Pleyer and Mitch Whitcomb Climb the Ranks as Professional Pilots

College of Aviation

… Karleigh Pleyer and Mitch Whitcomb Climb the Ranks as Professional Pilots Submitted by Cole Hinzmann on Karleigh … plans so far in their lives.  They both graduated from high school in 2014. They enrolled in the Western Michigan … Kalamazoo campus.  Whitcomb is an alumnus of Flushing High School.  Regarded as a Genesee County suburb of Flint, …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/02/karleighandmitch

Two will be honored at convocation with Distinguished Teaching Awards

News

… Michigan University will honor two faculty members in the School of Communication next month for being exceptional educators … bridges between college journalists and budding high school writers by developing a collaborative project in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/19109

Area families needed to host visiting international teachers, students

International Student and Scholar Services

… students arriving from Japan in August. Benefits of serving as a host family Exposing your family to a new … personal expenses while in the United States. A stipend of $450 a month will be paid to each hosting family for the duration of the guest's stay, which can range from four weeks to one …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24734