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WMU commits to expanding college access at White House event

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… Lady, and Vice President Joe Biden along with hundreds of college presidents and other higher education leaders to … from college.  The White House College Opportunity Day of Action helps to support the President’s commitment to … with colleges and universities, business leaders, and nonprofits to support students across the country to help the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20460

WMU TV spot garners national honor

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… Mich.—A 30-second television commercial that is part of Western Michigan University's Go West advertising … creators a 2014 silver Communicator Award from the Academy of Interactive Visual Arts, or AVIA. The spot was edited and … Lawrence Productions and produced for the WMU Office of University Relations. It features a montage of WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17435

Top seniors to be honored as 2014 Presidential Scholars

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… This year, 47 scholars were chosen from a senior class of 6,313 students. The Presidential Scholar designation is … featuring a keynote address by Dr. John M. Dunn , president of WMU. Also making remarks will be Dr. William G. Rantz , president of the WMU Faculty Senate, and John-Mark Cuarto , president …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14262

WMU introduces Google Apps for Education

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… Mich.—Western Michigan University has adopted a suite of Web-based productivity tools and storage from Internet … for Education—GAE—at WMU became available to all members of the University community who have a wmich.edu email account. A group of five faculty members and more than 300 students were …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21478

WMU begins STARS sustainability initiative with 'gold' rating

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… program by achieving gold-level status as the result of its first annual data report. Reporting to the WMU Board of Trustees at its July 23 meeting, Associate Provost for … STARS—administered by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. The University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17657

Dunn answers White House summit invitation, travels to D.C.

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… and disadvantaged students. College Opportunity Day of Action Dunn will take part in the daylong set of discussions and panel presentations at the Ronald Reagan … at the event, which is called a College Opportunity Day of Action. The summit will end with participants at the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20444

WMU's 2014 homecoming is just around the corner

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… the corner Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Photo of students at WMU's 2013 Homecoming football game. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A host of exciting activities are taking place on and off the Western Michigan University campus during Homecoming …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19709

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute slates January Thaw event

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… (not verified) on The Cranbrook House is the destination of one of the institute's winter/spring semester day trips. … 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, in the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 314 S. Park St. The snow date for the event is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/20891

Two more students earn prestigious Gilman scholarships

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… International Scholarship Program. Ysaura Ramirez Pena of Paw Paw and Marilyn Bean of Kalamazoo are among the 800 American undergraduate … in 2001. The scholarship program helps diversify the kinds of students who study abroad and the countries and regions …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17186

Three WMU teams boast perfect scores for NCAA academic progress

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—For the first time since the inception of the Academic Progress Rate, Western Michigan University … athletics boasts three teams with perfect multi-year scores of 1,000. "It's gratifying to see the NCAA recognize our … commitment to keeping academic achievement at the core of the student-athlete experience," says WMU President John …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15985