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Twenty incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… interviewed as finalists for the Medallion Scholarship, with 20 ultimately being selected to receive the honor. In … She performed in the school musical annually and sang with the choir at Carnegie Hall in New York her junior year. … BEACON summer program at Michigan State University's Kellogg Biological Station. Hudy-Velasco was named a National …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7662

Professor's documentary to screen at Waterfront Film Festival

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… by a Western Michigan University professor, shot with the help of 15 students and depicting the changed lives … as co-producers. "It was amazing and transformative working with them," Machiorlatti says. "They became friends with a … footage. In all, she worked on the project for a year, logging well over 100 hours. "It was really a great …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16566

WMU men's soccer leads Academic All-MAC

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… men's soccer team leads the Mid-American Conference with 10 players named as academic honorees. The WMU … semester. We have some very impressive student-athletes within our program who are also great role models for the … Region Team. Only WMU and Michigan State, also with two, had multiple honorees. 2016 men's soccer Academic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36793

So that all may learn

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… for at-home learning. Starting a new life in a new country with a language you don’t understand is difficult enough as … assist English learners during this time?'" She spoke with two graduate students in the Teaching English to … needs. Laura Frantz and Austin Szafranski both work with children in a rural school district in southwest …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61847

Ensemble celebrates its 50th anniversary and faculty retirement

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… and the retirement of WMU faculty member Dr. Matthew Steel with a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30 . The free … Dalton Center Recital Hall and is followed by a reception with refreshments. Special guest artists include John … on Renaissance and Baroque lute. Robison has played with the WMU Collegium Musicum twice before. Also joining is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38946

Houshyar shares engineering expertise in Uzbekistan as Fulbright Specialist

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… is one of more than 400 U.S. citizens who share expertise with host institutions abroad through the Fulbright … Specialist Program each year. Houshyar completed a project with the Republic Design Institute “UzEngineering” in … for industrial and systems engineers; and workshops with the Uzbekistan Association of Engineering Consultants. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71764

WMU softball honored for top-25 team GPA

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… or NFCA. The top school was Lipscomb University with a combined GPA of 3.645.  WMU had 15 members of last year's 18-person roster end the academic year with cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or higher. Eight of those were … First baseman Marlee Wilson of South Haven led the team with a 3.93 GPA. The Broncos also had a standout season on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27809

From Broadway to Bronco: Incoming music theatre student hits stage in New York City

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… Mich.—Named a rising star and selected to share the stage with some of Broadway's brightest in New York, Jack Austin … favorite Broadway stars sing," says Austin, who sang songs with Phoenix Best of "Dear Evan Hanson," Alex Joseph Grayson … Faces . Austin, far left, sings in a group performance with other rising stars and Mary Kate Morrisey, center. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68788

WMU salaried employees to move from 26 to 24 paychecks per year

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… salaried employees to a 24-paycheck-per-year schedule with two consistent dates each month when paychecks are … pay schedule will apply to all salaried employees, while hourly and student employees will remain on their current … pay periods The first through the 14th day of each month, with payment on the 20th day of each month. The 15th day to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23548

WMU to break ground on economic-development engine

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… Business Technology and Research Park 1, a 256-acre complex with similar goals. BTR 1 is home to approximately 40 … of BTR 2 emerges as the property in BTR 1 is full with current and committed businesses. It will be located … 131. Initial site work will go out for bid in early 2019, with work expected to begin at some point in the first …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50722