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More than 300 students to clean headstones for Veterans Day

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… First Year Experience sections, but we began thinking about how we could structure the experience so that we could have … Programs, which encompass New Student Orientation, Fall Welcome and the First-Year Seminar course, was … was built in 1917 on 130 parcels of land, mainly small farms leased to the government by the local Chamber of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10798

Student participation sought for annual sustainability survey

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… in the survey and offering their opinions, students can directly influence how sustainability fee funds are spent. This annually … . The Student Sustainability Survey can be found at  …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45657

The Bar Convent and Esopus arma Christi rolls and women’s devotions

Medieval Institute Publications

… collections manager, discovered a 6-in. wide medieval roll curled up in a corner. Thomas’s subsequent research has … and their responses “to start their day thinking about how they can use their religious experience to live a better life.” …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/news/2025/06/morse-barconvent

Free campus workshops offered on virtual reality

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… Mich.—Free workshops about virtual reality technology and how it can be used in teaching and learning begin Friday, March 16 … applications available. Software tutorials are also suggested. Friday, April 13, noon to 1:30 pm Monday, April 16, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45777

WMU prof wins NSF grant to study stress in Kenyan communities

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… attacks by rival groups are not uncommon, and small battles can flare up quickly, especially at night, with youths … know as much cross-culturally. So we want to understand how they make their decisions, how they respond to the stresses that they have, the levels …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/19986

Bronco Bash returns to WMU with celebration of new student center

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… officially kick off the festivities by firing Boomer, the cannon. Then Lance Taylor , the new head football coach, … a preview of the annual National Pan-Hellenic Council Yard Show coming up in September," says Rodney Coleman-Robinson , … and organizing since May. "It's really cool to see not only how excited students are to go and experience Bronco Bash …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72501

University to honor its top four staffers for 2014-15

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… the results of the National Survey on Student Engagement, can, in no small measure, be attributed to him," one … confessed that there is no way to list every example of how Riemland goes above and beyond the call of duty. "Terri … "It is rare to find someone who goes so consistently far beyond the call of duty. Our outreach coordinator has …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27159

MODA Motown fashion show drives donations to breast cancer charity

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… MODA Motown fashion show drives donations to breast cancer charity Submitted by Erin Flynn on Genna Gotts and … get her own behind-the-scenes experience at the event's fall run in September. "Joining MODA my sophomore year was …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67768

WMU center established with $6.5M to advance principled leadership and business strategy

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… center is founded on the premise that purpose and profit can be powerfully linked through the actions and strategies … Western Michigan students the opportunity to contemplate how they, as tomorrow’s leaders, can do that. I am thrilled … success and offering them an opportunity to think about how they can add value to their communities after …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56726

Free college-level humanities courses offered to select local residents

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… Students are being continuously enrolled for the 10-week fall term that began Sept. 10 and 15-week spring term that … myself to apply for a women's education grant so that I can obtain a degree from WMU," she says. Program courses are … academic year cover the following modules: History of American Slavery, Sept. 10 to Oct. 11 Shakespeare, Oct. 22 to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1771