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WMU to host a free Chinese New Year Gala

International Student and Scholar Services

… Submitted by Raine Kuch on A Kalamazoo student practices the Chinese calligraphy he learned from the Confucius … Chinese perspective to the University and the Kalamazoo area. It was established in 2009 through a partnership with … institution in Michigan and the 61st founded in the United States. This on-campus institute is supported with funding …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45164

Soga Japan Center receives Champs award

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Soga Japan Center is one of eight recipients of the 2015 Champs awards from Communities in Schools of Kalamazoo. … long history of volunteer work. And now, through CIS, she shares her passion for and appreciation of culture with our …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2016/06/soga-japan-champs-award

Four faculty receive Fulbright Scholar awards, including one Distinguished Scholar Award

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… Scholar Award that is one of only 38 offered globally for the 2022-23 cycle—to build lasting educational connections … support participatory policy and decision making; and compare and analyze the water resources policies between the … in more than 160 countries worldwide. For more than 75 years, Fulbright award winners have addressed critical …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68180

Team USA luger sees natural track to career success at Western

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… Team USA luger sees natural track to career success at Western Submitted by Erin Flynn on Torrey … spring semester while he competed internationally with the US Natural Track Luge Team. Courtesy: Miriam Jennewein … the University’s most distinguished merit-based award, is what sealed Cookman’s commitment to Western. Growing up in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70875

WMU students, faculty take top awards at engineering education conference

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Dr. Tony Kerzmann, ASEE best paper chair and associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School ofof Engineering and Applied Sciences and drew more than 150 attendees from universities across Illinois, Indiana, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75475

WMU researcher awarded $2.1 million to study evidence-based registers

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… on Magura KALAMAZOO, Mich.—About 20 national registers are available to help clinicians find and use programs that … problems such as alcohol and drug misuse. But how well are they working? That's the question Dr. Stephen Magura will … scientific evidence rather than word of mouth, intuition or what other agencies are using. But nobody has actually …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42896

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Valley Community College and The Kalamazoo Promise receive $620,000 grant to help working-age students earn postsecondary credentials

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… Michigan University, Kalamazoo Valley Community College and The Kalamazoo Promise receive $620,000 grant to help … effort aimed at reengaging adult learners in the Kalamazoo area who have remaining, unused Kalamazoo Promise dollars. … Center. “These evidence-based, innovative approaches are what we need in order to provide adults with a college …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/11/wmu-kalamazoo-valley-kalamazoo-promise-recieve-innovation-investment-award-grant

WMU experts, alum explain why locally sourced food is enjoying a renaissance

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… Evesque, co-owner of Natural Cycles Farm Allegan, Mich.—The edible prize was nestled within four-foot-tall foliage. “Look!” Lori Evesque says, carefully moving aside the large leaves to reveal an immature … pandemic changing the way we acquire and value food, and what can we learn from these experiences? Western Michigan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59822

WMU begins STARS sustainability initiative with 'gold' rating

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… (not verified) on WMU announced its involvement in the program in November. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan … assessment and rating system. Of those, 312 schools are rated and only 65 are currently rated gold. WMU becomes No. 66—among just …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17657

Light Center Research Grants fund a global art project, a book translation and tourism and development research

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Haenicke Institute for Global Education announces the 2024 recipients of the Timothy Light Center for Chinese … research.    Patrick D. Wilson , associate professor and area coordinator of sculpture at the Gwen Frostic School of … on development in China. Taiwan has moved along a somewhat different trajectory,” Wilson says.    “I am interested …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2024/11/grantawards