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WMU's acclaimed Seita Scholars program names new director
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… will take over as its director, effective Jan 3, 2017 . She was selected to lead the nationally known initiative after a … of the Center for Fostering Success. "The search committee was impressed by Ronicka's well-rounded experience at WMU, … equipping our students and strengthening our program services to ensure increased graduation rates for students …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/37081
Chemistry professor is new WMU associate vice president for research
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… vice president for research. Obare, whose appointment was effective Dec. 1 , has a long track record of attracting … serve WMU in this important role," says Obare. "I look forward to working with our faculty, staff and students and … program, serving as a University administrator, providing service to federal granting agencies, and holding leadership …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36867
Alumni classnotes, spring and summer 2024
W Magazine
… spring and summer 2024. Helen LeZotte Faulkner , BA ‘64, was promoted to vocational nursing program director at the … Michigan, as president and chief operations officer. Michael Woolsey , BS ‘95, was appointed regional vice president … award in the United States that honors individuals whose service positively impacts communities in every corner of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75865
Western welcomes more than 275 new international students to campus
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… overseas, such as the Global Innovation MBA Program in Taiwan , which welcomed 21 new students this fall. That program … are feeling unhealthy—either physically or mentally—we have services on campus that can help you. We're very glad to see … who had been studying in the DR before coming to WMU for an aeronautical and mechanical engineering degree. He smiles …
https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/09/international-enrollment-2025
WMU researcher spends fellowship period on education research registry
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… The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness was founded some 10 years ago with the goal of promoting … the quality of the proposal. In essence, it's going to be a service to the field to increase the capacity of people to … findings, both negative and positive, are reported. "We want to assemble a huge database," Spybrook says. Rollout of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32721
Some campus services on reduced hours for spring recess
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… Some campus services on reduced hours for spring recess Submitted by … Clinics will maintain normal hours throughout the recess. Waldo Library is open reduced hours, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. … March 12; and noon to midnight Sunday, March 13. The Swain Education, Maybee Music and Dance, and Archives …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30367
WMU medieval historian to be honored as an emerging scholar
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… of history, will be honored with the Emerging Scholar Award during a 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, campuswide awards ceremony during WMU's Academic Convocation in Dalton … Award recipients and those being honored with Distinguished Service Awards and Make a Difference Awards. 'Remarkable …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26778
The Bar Convent and Esopus arma Christi rolls and women’s devotions
Medieval Institute Publications
… The Bar Convent roll’s script and illustrations suggest it was made between 1475 and 1500. Thomas narrates and … a woman’s small hand and could just as easily be hidden away if Protestant authorities ransacked a recusant household … in their search for evidence of forbidden Catholic services. If its owner were indeed a Catholic recusant …
https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/news/2025/06/morse-barconvent
Campus visit rekindles a family legacy
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… best-known instructional buildings since 1964. But it was the accomplishments of her grandson that brought Hildur … campus last month for the first time since a 1990 memorial service was held here for her mother, former WMU First Lady Flossie …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23896
Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice
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… Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice … Mich.—Starting this month, Western Michigan University's Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations … Supreme Court. He subsequently joined the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C., where for six years he …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22694