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WMU Study Abroad nears pre-Covid levels, faculty-led programs drive participation growth

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… travel during the spring semester with their professors.  This milestone marks a growing trend at The Haenicke Institute … on their own.”   Experiential Learning   WMU senior Reggie Dancy traveled to the Netherlands during Spring Break … immigration, Snyder says.   The students then experience what they have read about by spending a week studying in the …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/01/studyabroadgrowth

Ethical labor, sustainable supply chain among topics tackled in second Bronco Challenge

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… in second Bronco Challenge Submitted by Erin Flynn on Full Disclosure team members Cloe Fetterolf, Victoria Loikits and … opened my aperture recently and inspired me to think bigger. This challenge was my first opportunity to do that in … presents Green Cat's virtual garden concept. "What makes the (Bronco Challenge) special is that students …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/05/75531

Western spotlights staff who go above and beyond to make a difference

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… excellence If you know of a co-worker or staff member who is a Staff Compensation System, AFSCME, MSEA or POA employee … descriptive examples in support of your nominee to assure this person gets the full consideration deserved. For … leaders in the community. Her dedication to students is what one nominator highlighted, stating, McCann “never …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65004

Dr. Michitoshi Soga obituary

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… teaching load in 1986 to serve part time as an administrative officer for what is now the Haenicke Institute for Global Education. He …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5512

University's geospatial sciences designation to be touted at open house

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University later this month will celebrate its recent designation as one of … Science course compete for prizes in the 90-Minute GIS Challenge. The W.E. Upjohn Center for the Study of … area designation in Navigation and Location. Depending on what status they applied for, institutions could receive a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43392

Behind-the-scenes New York Fashion Week experience solidifies future for Western fashion design student

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… fashion design and development student was recently whisked away for a once-in-a-lifetime experience behind the … a year ago and had that experience and then doing exactly what she wants to do. And it seems to be going really well … by an exclusive experience at one of the fashion world's biggest events. "If I hadn't come to Western, I don't think …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71033

Rising stars on Western's faculty honored with Emerging Scholar Awards

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… Rising stars on Western's faculty honored with Emerging … Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is able to offer students a world-class education because of … "Her research investigates the core outstanding questions: what signals initiate growth after injury; how stem cells …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68973

Merze Tate: A trailblazing Western alumna who made an international impact

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Professor. World traveler. Journalist. Inventor. This 20th century renaissance woman may not … studies, she saw an opportunity to show Black students what the future could hold. "Many of (the students) were … telling some of the girls about it, they didn't know what a Fulbright Scholar was or even where India was on a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/62998

Empowered by freedom after years in refugee camps, Medallion Scholar ready to change the world

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… the world Submitted by Erin Flynn on Zabihullah Najafi is excited to pursue a degree in political science at … out with friends, learning new things— Zabihullah Najafi is looking forward to taking in the full college experience. … a family who was always asking her mom, 'When we go back, what happens?' And I knew the answer was they were never …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64194

Advertising students place third in regional competition

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… Advertising students place third in regional competition Submitted … KALAMAZOO—A team of nine Western Michigan University advertising and promotion students took third place in a regional … a terrific learning experience for all. I'm very proud of what this team has accomplished." The campaign For the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15118