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Western's student-run radio station earns national award nominations

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… student-run radio station, 89.1 WIDR-FM . The group picked up multiple nominations in the 2020-21 Intercollegiate … spite of the pandemic and having to do most of their work away from the actual studios. Student media is strong at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63226

Complexions Contemporary Ballet to perform at Miller Auditorium

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… Ballet company KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The world-renowned dance group Complexions Contemporary Ballet will perform at Western … and respected performing arts brands in the world. The troupe has performed in more than 20 countries on five … Complexions Contemporary Ballet at Miller Auditorium is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37413

WMU opera workshop highlights Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro'

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… meetings in the garden, in hopes of uniting the happy couple and causing the Count to return to the arms of his … they will frequently encounter after graduation. So we came up with the idea of doing this abridged performance in which …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/39001

Alumna awarded Pulitzer Prize for poetry

W Magazine

… “This is never what I expected of life when I was growing up in a rural, working-class town in Southwest Michigan. I’m … Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA program. Seuss was a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow and a recipient of the 2021 John Updike Award from the Academy of American Arts and Letters. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69081

'The goat ate my homework,' conservation management students say

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… of BIOS 4970's savanna site. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Figuring out better ways to bring distressed plots of land back to their natural … rare in Michigan. This site also contains some of the older significant trees on campus. The third site is owned by the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43969

Integrated supply management student receives prestigious scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… Integrated supply management student receives prestigious scholarship … KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University integrated supply management student Edward Mulford has been awarded a … last three years with Kalamazoo Gospel Mission and United Way, among others. Mulford has studied abroad as part of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/41856

Top teacher award recognizes WMU alumna's passion for literacy

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… all things reading and writing," says Hampton, who grew up wanting to be a veterinarian before discovering her love … and I love innovating and trying to solve in different ways." Hampton displays her award from the MCTE. Now a … 'Who thinks they beat this author or who thinks they wrote better than that author?'" says Hampton. "Seeing their hands …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56425

WMU to showcase new student facility for esports

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… behind the building in Lot 10, and a short distance away in lots 11 and 12. All three lots are off of Oliver … r, club president, and other members of the group will be on hand to talk about esports and their club as … are positioned on stage in front of auditorium seating for up to 190 people. In addition, two large projection screens …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/10/49504

Redesigned WMU Signature program focuses on unique student experiences

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… Redesigned WMU Signature program focuses on unique student … is streamlining its process, based on student feedback, to better highlight purpose-driven projects and encourage more … learning projects that embody one of 10 chosen pathways : Arts and culture Civic engagement Diversity, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65312

WMU recognized again for forestry management under national program with new focus

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… Submitted by Deanne Puca on Two years ago, the University updated its Tree Care Plan to include a fund used to offset … certifying it under a new Tree Campus Higher Education designation this year. The change to former Tree Campus USA … includes Tree Campus K-12 and Tree Campus Healthcare as a way to distinguish those institutions from college and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/61814