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Administrator gets national award for work with homeless students
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… Administrator gets national award for work with homeless students Submitted by Anonymous … WMU's Seita Scholars program for former foster care youth, was awarded the 2012 Distinguished Service and Leadership Award by the National Association for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/2894
First of community input sessions for East Hall renovation set
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… the Little Theatre and across Oakland Drive and adjacent to Walwood Hall in WMU Parking Lot No. 1. Preliminary design … design process. Additional sessions will be scheduled midway through the process, likely in December, and at the end … for modern building utility, accessibility and service features Possible garden, plaza and green space …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/9035
President Montgomery inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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… by Paula M. Davis on CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- WMU President Edward Montgomery was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences … education and at the highest levels of federal government service. As an economist, he held positions in the Clinton …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/55952
Experienced administrator, professor to lead Extended University Programs
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… provost of EUP since September 2018. Prior to that, he was second in command for three years as the unit's … associate provost of EUP last fall, she noted that he was the right leader to see the unit through a transitional … model, EUP will begin transitioning to its new role as a service unit, supporting the development and delivery of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52824
Dean elected as library association vice-president/president-elect
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… her time on the ACRL Board as director-at-large, Julie was engaged in a number of strategic initiatives including … to an open access publication. With her previous Board service and knowledge of academic librarianship and higher … and fellow members in doing the challenging and rewarding work that lies ahead.” More about Julie Garrison …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58928
Hackley Woodford: Doctor, Tuskegee Airman and social justice advocate left lasting legacy
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… Woodford Family Musical, at churches around town. While he was musically gifted, Woodford knew medicine was his calling at a young age. After graduating from … As a flight surgeon for the Tuskegee Airmen, he treated service members on the base in Alabama during World War II. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63002
Western expert: Pandemic sparked a 'she-cession,' disproportionately forcing women out of the workforce
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… of women." A major driving force is the decimation of the service industry, which shed hundreds of thousands of jobs … August 2020. "The COVID-19 crisis is, at its core, a low-wage worker crisis right now, because the unemployment rate is so much higher for low-wage workers," Kimmel says. "Women are represented more in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63542
Award-winning WMU alumna is new Grand Rapids regional location director
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… Award-winning WMU alumna is new Grand Rapids regional … of the Grand Rapids Young Professionals Raising the Bar Award, Roehm will lead the University's largest regional … University. In 2009, WMU-Grand Rapids marked 100 years of service to this metropolitan community. WMU-Grand Rapids …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64494
New cross-campus partnership aims to fill growing need for health administrators
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… of faculty in both the College of Health and Human Services and Haworth College of Business , as well as other … in health care and interacting with patients but doesn't want to pursue the clinical side of the field. She's had a … by little I would do more with actual health care. And it was super fun; I really liked it," she says. "Then I saw …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69565
Dr. Ruth Kaarlela obituary
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… studies at Western Michigan University, died Jan. 8 . She was 98. Kaarlela joined what is now the Department of … with emerita status in 1986 after nearly 23 years of service to the University. She was appointed department chair in 1980 and served in that …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47979