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Focusing on access and high-quality education, WMU trustees approve 2023-24 tuition
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… access to a high-quality college education and provides up to $5,500 to public university students annually. Budget … revenue, tuition is by far the major funding source, supporting such essential student needs as high-quality … pricing for student housing, setting rates that are designed to keep on-campus living affordable and comparable to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/72055
Student, actor, advocate: Margaux Wellman takes leading role in breaking down barriers for people with disabilities
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… production, student Margaux Wellman also hopes to shake up perceptions about disabilities. "Disability is not talked … rehearses with her castmates. Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect movement and muscle tone. When … high school in their hometown of Saginaw, Michigan. Growing up, however, Wellman was acutely aware of the lack of people …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64331
Free campus workshops offered on virtual reality
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… 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
Finding Common Ground
W Magazine
… Siebert’s unique perspective was forged as a child. Growing up in Frankfurt, Germany, he was just 6 years old when … “He learned at a very early age what power was, what corruption was, what racism was.” An encounter with an elderly … “For him, it’s not about him. It’s about something much bigger.” Siebert has also hosted a weekly lunch for decades, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/12/57179
WMU, WMed join forces in $1.37M project to reduce prehospital medication errors for children
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… HoloLens to read drug vials and double-check doses pulled up in syringes, in addition to helping paramedics obtain a … has never been tried before.” Critical pediatric cases make up just 1-3% of paramedic emergency encounters, yet studies … experience. This new technology has the chance to disrupt the high rates of pediatric dosage errors and finally …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71778
WMU students eligible for campus sustainability grant funding
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… WMU Student Sustainability Grant competition, which supports student research, projects and activities that have … by mid-December 2020. Collaborators expect to award up to $32,500 this fall semester. Funding is awarded twice …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61290
Adjunct jazz professor Duane Davis wins prestigious Ellis Marsalis, Jr. Educator of the Year Award
Jazz Studies
… In addition to directing GCII, Duane regularly stepped up to direct Gold Company during Zegree’s sabbaticals. Davis … school and college educators around the world affirmed the significance of this nomination. For 31 years, Davis has … footsteps as educators, they have also played with the biggest names in jazz— Cecile McLorin-Salvant , Christian …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74753
Social work grad empowered to uplift migrant and Latinx communities
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… Social work grad empowered to uplift migrant and Latinx communities Submitted by Erin … relate to those students because I was a student who struggled. I was in the bottom 10% of my class through … from mentorship to community and mental health support. "(It) let me know I have a voice and I have the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67907
Bronco geology team brings home silver in prestigious competition
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… geosciences faculty advisor; graduate students Clayton Joupperi, Matt Hemenway, Mohammed Al Musawi, Zaid Nadhim and … data analysis and interpretation that ultimately lead up to a formal "Oil and Gas Prospect" presentation by all …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39590
Ten to be feted as top staffers for spring 2017
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… and daily investment of energy and creativity. Up to 15 staff members may receive the award in each of two … selected by a committee of their peers from the employee groups that participate in the award program. The groups are the American Federation of State, County and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39189