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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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https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/11/wmu-kalamazoo-valley-kalamazoo-promise-recieve-innovation-investment-award-grant
Celebrating 50 years of empowerment through literacy
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… Celebrating 50 years of empowerment through literacy Submitted by Deanne … Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University and the Kalamazoo Literacy Council (KLC) are bringing together educators, volunteers, tutors, …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/11/2024-adult-literacy-research-training-symposium
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
Business professor earns second prestigious Fulbright award
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… , professor of business information systems, co-director of the Center for Business Analytics and John W. Snyder faculty … "I am very humbled to join my fellow awardees, some of whom are also recipients of the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize and … mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Chen’s previous …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58788
Speaker series celebrates diversity, encourages cross-cultural interaction
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… Diversity Series begins Tuesday, Sept. 26, with a look at the life of a transgender American activist, and wraps up in … and Inclusion, a total of seven topics at eight events are planned through Wednesday, April 11, that are free and … Light refreshments will be provided. Thursday, Feb. 15, 6 to 8 p.m. Systemic Change at WMU WMU students, staff, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/41863
WMU wins $779,072 grant, partners with Oxford in Web project
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… Michigan University has been awarded a $779,072 grant by the John Templeton Foundation to assemble a digital library … have referred to it as "uploading Tim's brain." "There are some issues that are always interesting, always sort of … get people going from one side or another," McGrew says. "What the Templeton Foundation said was, 'Look, what's the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18700
Recognizing excellence: College of Education and Human Development hosts 27th annual Alumni Awards
College of Education and Human Development
… Apple Awards, Lindsey Hemmerlein with a Keystone Early Career Award, Ameer Ismail with a Keystone Meritorious Award, Dr. James Ysseldyke with the Outstanding Alumni Award and Dr. Carol Payne with the … Joining the faculty in 1964, she specialized in what was then known as “teaching the disadvantaged.” …
https://wmich.edu/education/news/2025/10/college-education-human-development-awards-alumni-annual-2025
Doctors Without Borders board member to speak at breakfast series
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… Borders, an international medical aid organization, will be the next presenter at the Mercantile Bank of Michigan … and Unexpected Life” at 8 a.m. Friday, May 29 , in 2150 Schneider Hall. The event is free and open to the public and begins with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Reservations are required and can be made by calling (269) 387-6059 or at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23887
New director named for Michigan Geological Survey
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… and safety compliance has been appointed director of the Michigan Geological Survey at Western Michigan … geologist. He has experience in selective mineral resource areas in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan; all of the … Chinese oil and mineral provinces. He has more than 25 years of consulting experience and has authored several …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10906
WMU Board of Trustees to meet Thursday, Oct. 30
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… Oct. 30 Submitted by Paula M. Davis on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will meet … Center ballroom on Thursday, Oct. 30, at noon, when members are expected to consider approving a wage agreement with … sections of the meeting must email Dr. Kahler Schuemann by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29 . For more WMU news, arts and …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/oct-30-board-trustees-meeting-preview