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Powerful piece wins WMU dance student prestigious choreography award

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… to success after graduation. Hayley Midea won the coveted Maggie Allesee Choreography Award on Saturday, Oct. 12 , … original piece, "Dear Larry," moved judges in both its precision and power. "I always tend to draw from personal experience, or just from what I know," says Midea, a senior dance major who created …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/56188

WMU takes action to advance racial justice

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… Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is taking action to advance racial justice as it builds upon … making recommendations to administrators, but looking at what we all can do to begin to change our campus. The work … New workshops on power privilege and identity, microaggressions and cultural humility: The Office of Diversity …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61328

Researcher earning impressive national accolades

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… longtime Western Michigan University psychology professor is being lauded in numerous circles this year for his … he notes that the rodents are so light they hardly ever trigger a mine, and they have highly sensitive noses as well as … many scholarly papers, so not everyone appreciated what HeroRATs could do. He says Poling is responsible for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/33813

Two faculty honored with Fulbright opportunities

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… associate professor and director of the introductory Spanish program, will travel to southern Brazil in February for … research project expanding the dialectal competence of English and Spanish teachers at the Federal University of Santa … The main goal of this research project is to test to what extent student language teachers feel comfortable …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64292

Program designed to boost Dominican Republic's education system

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… collaboration between the University and the D.R.'s Ministry of Education, Ministry of Higher Education and the Universidad Iberoamericana … helping a country develop an education system stronger than what exists and that we are helping the D.R. increase the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17341

Operation Hat Trick scholarship supports veteran's journey at Western

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… Hat Trick scholarship recipient Liz Powers (center) is congratulated by, from left to right, Merze Tate College … better person,” Powers reflects. “I strived for a purpose bigger than what I was finding in my hometown, and I succeeded in doing …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/11/liz-powers-wins-2024-operation-hat-trick-scholarship

WMU’s Center for Integrated Supply Management expands services

Haworth College of Business

… sourcing and tactical transaction support. Bronco Source is an extension of Bronco Force, a student and faculty … doing so, drive savings right to a company’s bottom-line. This is world-class software now in the hands of world-class … Tibbs , co-owner, Tibbs Brewing Company. "A big part of what we do is give back to the community that supports us, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30206

Longtime employees inducted into 25 Year Club

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… and Dunn In addition to the induction of new members, this year's 25 Year Club gala featured special recognition for … certificates to each of the 25 Year Club inductees, in what is scheduled to be his final participation in the event as …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36766

Students learning to navigate, adapt to challenges of remote education

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… Mich.—From lecture halls to living rooms, the move to distance education has changed the learning environment for … offered. "Our staff and faculty have come together to do whatever is necessary to serve our students during this … in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Personally, my biggest challenge is dealing with the grief of leaving my …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58706

Associate professor leads effort to save local restaurants, support front-line workers in pandemic

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… the heroes of the pandemic in West Michigan, and demand is growing by the day. Feed the Fight Kalamazoo is ramping … started to shut down, restaurant workers had to be furloughed or laid off, and those who were furloughed had to … members to say, 'We get how dreadful this is, we know what sacrifices you're making in your family life and your …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/62261