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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

Five students receive Gilman scholarships to study abroad

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on A record number of Western Michigan University students—five—have been … a $3,500 Gilman Scholarship. A graduate of Manistee High School, she is a sophomore majoring in biomedical sciences. … Gilman Scholarship. A graduate of Michigan Center High School, he is a senior majoring in biology. He will study …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24872

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

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

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

Foundation Scholars Program sets stage for success for music theatre graduate

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… to Western Michigan University that she saw the possibility of making it a career and using it as a vessel for change. … was cast in "The Wolves," a coming-of-age play about a high school girls soccer team navigating life's big questions. … hosting theatre workshops for elementary and middle school students. "It's been a really awesome opportunity for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/64046

WMU Board of Trustees to meet Thursday, Oct. 30

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… WMU Board of Trustees to meet Thursday, Oct. 30 Submitted by Paula M. … on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will meet in the WMU Student Center ballroom on … to consider approving a wage agreement with WMU’s Police Officers Association. Other agenda items the trustees will …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/oct-30-board-trustees-meeting-preview

Team USA luger sees natural track to career success at Western

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… Track Luge Team. Courtesy: Miriam Jennewein Cookman shows off part of a uniform he wore for Team USA. Cookman … He first visited with his Cub Scout troop in elementary school and had a blast. “My school started an after-school program, so I hopped on that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70875

WMU announces second 2025 cohort of Experience-Driven Learning Venture Grants

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… WMU announces second 2025 cohort of Experience-Driven Learning Venture Grants Submitted by … student Yun Shin Huang measures a participant's range of motion during the "You Belong Here" wellness event. … and education.     “We were able to apply our knowledge of what we are learning in the classroom to real life,” says …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/experience-driven-learning-venture-grants-cohort-2

WMU Cooley Law’s Innocence Project frees man unjustly jailed for 42 years

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… 42 years Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Members of the WMU Cooley Innocence Project, including Director … did not commit, thanks to the efforts of the WMU Cooley Law School Innocence Project. Based on the Innocence Project's … January 19, 2017. The project is staffed by WMU Cooley Law School students and WMU undergraduates, who work under the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40557