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From Honduras to WMU: Victor Hernandez finds his place
Haworth College of Business
… MI— For accountancy student Victor Andres Hernandez Lagos , Western Michigan University is a home away from home. … attending university in a different country. With the support and inspiration from his family, Hernandez is … Series (SPuRS) Director, Danielle Field , has been the biggest help for my sense of belonging at WMU Haworth. She has …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/10/accountancy-victorhernandez-home-community
Community invited to help WMU celebrate 2015 Homecoming
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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Volunteers line up before the Homecoming game for the 2014 Parade of Flags. … weekend. Shops and restaurants in downtown Kalamazoo have gotten into the spirit by putting up window displays and … of Education and Human Development Alumni Society—Annual Golden Apple and Keystone Awards reception and dinner, 5:30 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27946
Anthropology alumna digging life after graduation
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… Anthropology alumna digging life after graduation Submitted by Erin Flynn on A … with Dr. Michael Nassaney ," says Delmonico. "He got me involved with the project, and there was no turning … put your hands in the ground," says Delmonico, who grew up in Farmington Hills. It's an experience that sets many …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58025
Economics alumna tackling hunger, health issues at Brookings Institution
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… firsthand. Dr. Dweepobotee Brahma "I was lucky, I grew up in a metropolitan city," she says. "But even within the … , while she was still a student. President Edward Montgomery congratulates Brahma during commencement. "It's a … research." The work both in and outside of her department got the attention of high-level agencies, earning Brahma job …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/57684
WMU offers on-campus summer reading event for families
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… of finding buried treasure. The book is about making up one’s mind and follows a visit by a brother and sister to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25681
WMU researchers' school renewal project expands with $15M grant
College of Education and Human Development
… Practices, and Process to achieve student success goals and targets they select through an appreciative … to 150 schools elementary and middle schools in up to 80 school districts across Michigan. … period and randomize them into two groups, with cohort 2A going first for two and a half years. At the end of that …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72476
Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice
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… by James Forman Jr ., clinical professor of law and supervising attorney at the Yale Law School. Forman will … born in the late 1960s is more than twice as likely to go to prison in his lifetime then a black man of my father's … Tuesday, April 14 —"The Juvenile Justice System: Disrupting the Pipeline to Prison" will be addressed in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22694
Graduate students win leading geology awards
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… Seattle. Additionally, a third WMU graduate student picked up a prestigious student research grant. Sarah VanderMeer , … of Professional Geologists, and Journal of Maps. Peggy McNeal , a doctoral student from San Diego in the Mallinson Institute for Science Education, earned …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43875
Lucas-Perry makes declaration in Broadway debut: She's here to stay
W Magazine
… Crystal Lucas-Perry , BA '10, is taking that accomplishment up a notch, starring in two Broadway productions within a … to audition for the theatre program nearly two decades ago. "I already felt like I was in a professional space. I … I did make the right choice, and I felt it all those years ago." She appreciates Western's holistic approach to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69836
Southwest Michigan slates 2015 Chávez dinner, awards program
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… also may pay at the door. Proceeds from the annual dinner go toward $1,000 need-based Chávez Scholarships, which are … Head Start programs in several Michigan towns, including Bangor, Benton Harbor, Decatur, Hartford, Holland, Pullman, … Institute in 2000; received the highest award the Mexican government bestows on an individual outside Mexico in 2005; …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22456