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Fast-tracking dreams into reality: Urban Teacher Residency Program a ‘blessing’ for one of cohort’s first graduates
W Magazine
… seeing the smiling faces in her kindergarten class at the Discovery Enrichment Center in Benton Harbor Area Schools. … helped her earn a master’s degree in elementary education this past summer. The program—a partnership between the … coaching and feedback in their cohorts as they apply what they’re learning in the classroom. By design, the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69855
Memorial service set for engineering professor Fred Sitkins
News
… years of service to WMU, but he was continuing to teach this fall, offering one of his favorite classes—Manufacturing Fabrication, Assembly and … In 1979, he returned to Kalamazoo to accept an offer for what was intended to be a two-year appointment as an …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28420
Western researcher publishes work on building rituals and purpose in an evolving workplace
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… Western researcher publishes work on building rituals and purpose in an evolving … organization bonded employees and reflected core values. What is essential for a ritual to be more than an event and … recognize their emotion as not just their own, but as bigger than themselves. When leaders speak about these shared …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65170
Recognizing excellence: College of Education and Human Development hosts 27th annual Alumni Awards
College of Education and Human Development
https://wmich.edu/education/news/2025/10/college-education-human-development-awards-alumni-annual-2025
WMU researchers awarded NIH grant to improve canes used by blind
News
… will be studied. KALAMAZOO—People who are blind or have visual impairments could be the ultimate beneficiaries of a … and professor, respectively, of blindness and low vision studies, and Dr. Koorosh Naghshineh , professor of … the ergonomic design and cane-use biomechanics to see what has the greatest impact on detecting obstacles and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15729
From childhood poems to literary Alaska: An alumna's journey to authorship
College of Arts and Sciences
… Michigan University alumna and author Dr. Melinda Moustakis’s exceptional career. A writing journey that was launched … elementary school writing projects eventually led Moustakis to WMU, where she earned her Ph.D. in creative writing. … lives and it was a reminder that you might not get to see what impact you had on students, even as a visiting …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73670
Sky Broncos' fundraising efforts yield more than 100,000 happy returns
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… Sky Broncos' fundraising efforts yield more than 100,000 happy returns … up at a person's house and a neighbor would see us, ask what we were doing and then also contribute. Or someone … along with the rest of the world, we are trying to do whatever we can to continue the proud tradition of the Sky …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61095
New digital narrative tells story of a ‘Girl’s Journey to Ecuador’ and flight from Nazi Germany
University Libraries
… to the United States with her family. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—What started as dusty boxes of slides and photographs has … and life during an under-documented period in Ecuadorian history. Dr. Ann Miles , director of the Western Michigan … lives in Kalamazoo. Ina’s father, Alfred, was an avid hobbyist photographer and thoroughly documented their journey. In …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69162
Dr. Richard R. Williams obituary
News
… R. Williams , founder of Western Michigan University's holistic health program, died Feb. 5 . He was 77. Williams, a … time in private practice and other endeavors. He began his faculty service in the general studies unit as an … of self-regulation studies. Seven years later, he founded what was then WMU's Specialty Program in Holistic Health. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14819
WMU alum and former trustee wins U.S. legal profession's highest award
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… Western Michigan University alumnus and former trustee Dennis W. Archer . Gathering in San Francisco for its annual meeting in August, the ABA honored … others a chance to participate in and be an advocate for what we believe are the right and proper things that will …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/34568