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Medicine garden harvest helps kick off academic year for Native American Student Organization

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… medicine garden right outside of where I study and learn is a visual reminder of who I am and the recognition my culture … and worked with me all summer, as well," he says. "That's what our medicine is there for. To our people, you are not …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/medicine-garden-harvest-2024-native-american-student-association

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

WMU faculty head to South Africa, Thailand this summer on Fulbright Specialist Awards

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… WMU faculty head to South Africa, Thailand this summer on Fulbright Specialist Awards Submitted by Elizabeth Braaksma on KALAMAZOO – … allowed me to see WMU in a new light as well, appreciating what a gift it is.” In South Africa, there is almost no …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/06/fulbright-specialist-summer-2025

Med school hosts Rep. Upton’s 'all-star' panel of medical innovators

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… panel of medical innovators Submitted by Paula M. Davis on Photo courtesy of Kalamazoo Gazette/MLive Media Group … the National Institutes of Health, a top Food and Drug Administration official and executives from leading medical … making the lives of their patients better. That's really what the medical school is about as well." But he says the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19523

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

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

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

Why I Give: The Arnson Family

W Magazine

… belief in higher education, the five Arnson brothers surprised their mother and proud Bronco alumna, Fritzie, with news of a named scholarship this past June. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Giving back has always run in … path.  “Many students, me included, might not know exactly what they want to do when they start out,” he says, “but WMU …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/why-i-give-arnson-family

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

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