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College financial aid options explained at free event

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… students and their families are invited to come to Western Michigan University Sunday, Feb. 14 , for College Goal … such financial aid as grants, loans and many scholarships. Michigan College Goal is a collaborative effort of the Michigan Department of Treasury, Michigan Department of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30202

Motorsports business to be the next topic at community breakfast series

Haworth College of Business

… will be the topic of the upcoming Mercantile Bank of Michigan Breakfast Speaker Series hosted by the Haworth College of Business on the campus of Western Michigan University. Aaron Zeigler , president of Zeigler … of 23 auto and motorsports dealerships located throughout Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and New York, as well as …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43064

Two honored with Distinguished Service Award

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… and an experienced administrator have been named Western Michigan University's 2011-12 Distinguished Service Award … of 12 appointees named this past July to the newly created Michigan Autism Council, and he was among a select group … the First-Year Experience Curriculum Committee, WMU Upward Bound and the International Festival Committee. A WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1600

Tweets net huge book donation and generous outpouring from Japan

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… messages requesting Japanese books to support Western Michigan University's new major in Japanese garnered … in recorded history. Angles tweeted that even though Michigan had suffered from the economic downturn in the … offered to send them to me so that they would be safe in Michigan. I cried the first time I received one of those …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4831

Football program earns NCAA sportsmanship award

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University’s 2017 football team has earned a … Tim Lester. “I’m proud of our players for doing something bigger than the game. Credit also goes to Coach Helton and his … of our players.” After their act of sportsmanship, Western Michigan players congratulated Olson on his feat and left …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51303

Groundbreaking research could provide key to kicking smoking habit for good

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… Ricky Stull , assistant professor of chemistry at Western Michigan University, whose breakthrough research lays the … Chris Clark and collaborators at the University of Michigan, uncovered researchers had incorrectly assumed … who know the habit is bad for their health but are struggling to quit. Chris Clark "I think the application where …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62413

Legendary Bronco track and cross country coach George Dales dies at 96

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… Mich.— George Dales , the most successful coach in Western Michigan University athletic history, died in Kalamazoo … as well as his two national championships at Western Michigan will live on," said WMU Athletic Director Kathy … for three years before attending the University of Michigan for his master's degree. Dales was preceded in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42968

WMU welcomes new VP for marketing and strategic communication

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… (not verified) on Proudfoot KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University President Edward Montgomery announced … the Office of University Relations.  "As we move Western Michigan University forward, 'transformational change' has … to get started and work with every member of the Western Michigan University family," Proudfoot says. "There is an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/47241

Partnership between Western, Gun Lake Tribe promotes suicide prevention

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… Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A partnership between Western Michigan University and Gun Lake Tribe is breaking down … reach and impact across Native communities in southwest Michigan. "I'm really proud of the collaboration and the … work that is happening between Gun Lake Tribe and Western Michigan University," Sherwood says. "I think we've created …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66452

Occupational therapy program celebrates 100 years of improving quality of life

W Magazine

… the training program was one of the first of its kind in Michigan. By 1939, it was just the fifth occupational … program and is the second OTD program in the state of Michigan. Hock adds that the University's graduate program … with Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "Our first fellow will begin this fall to work …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/69000