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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 of … of 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