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Film by WMU professor profiles female Native American filmmakers

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… Film by WMU professor profiles female Native American filmmakers Submitted by … Mich.—A documentary by a Western Michigan University professor, produced with the help of WMU students, puts five …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22636

'Hitting the books' can improve English language teaching

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… The situation could change in time, though, with the aid of books such as one penned by Patrick T. Randolph , a … Students, and Dr. Paul McPherron , coordinator of the undergraduate English as a second language program at … found the expressions in even highly technical neuroscience articles. But he notes that he often hears idioms …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23023

Groundbreaking for Valley Dining Center set

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… set Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Rendering of the south facade of the Valley Dining Center KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western … June 12 , for a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on a dramatic new dining facility that will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24622

WMU researcher wins $800,000 NSF grant to assess education efforts

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… researcher has received a $799,665 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop resources to plan studies that can better assess how well professional development initiatives for science teachers are working. Dr. Jessaca Spybrook , WMU associate professor of educational leadership, research and technology, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/29895

A WMU researcher and pond dwellers illuminate the nervous system

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… on Dr. John Jellies —also known as "The Leech Guy"—was one of two researchers honored this fall with a Distinguished … from the WMU Magazine archives . Leeches and light Photo of an illuminated leech At the end of a lab table clogged … for blood is of no concern to this professor of biological sciences in whose Haenicke Hall lab these creepy crawlies …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20011

Gilman Scholarship allows criminal justice major to study abroad

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… A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. Deanna Dudley of Matteson, Illinois, is among the 800 American … in 2001. The scholarship program helps diversify the kinds of students who study abroad and the countries and regions where they go. It is administered by the Institute of International Education and sponsored by the U.S. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/20824

Bernardine Lacey named a 'Living Legend' by nursing association

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… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.--The founding director of the Western Michigan University Bronson School of Nursing is one of four selected as 2014 Living Legends of Nursing by the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19655

Student-designed neonatal ventilator wins two more prestigious awards

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… invention also was recently named the U.S. National Winner of the 2015 James Dyson Award, besting runner-up inventions from the likes of Stanford University, Clemson University and the University of Houston. The Dyson award competition saw a record number …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/25963

Area families needed to host visiting international teachers, students

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… and students arriving from Japan in August. A stipend of $450 a month will be paid to each hosting family for the duration of the guest's stay, which can range from four weeks to one … personal expenses while in the United States. Benefits of hosting a visitor Exposing your family to a new language …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32108

Men’s soccer carries top-three team GPA nationally

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… academic year, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America recently announced. The team boasted a 3.41 GPA , the third straight season the Broncos have carried one of the top three team GPAs among Division I schools. WMU … a great achievement to be recognized as a team that has one of the top Division 1 men's soccer team GPAs in the nation …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20454