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Two local special education leaders set for Keystone talk
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… Speaker Series. Laurie Montgomery , the agency's assistant superintendent for special education, and Angela … home of the Haworth College of Business. Their presentation is titled "The WoodsEdge Story: A Phenomenal First for … Telfer Angela Telfer Telfer, also a WMU alumna, has more than 25 years of experience in special education as a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3062
WMU to confer some 1,300 degrees during summer commencement
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… preside over the ceremonies as the University confers more than 1,300 degrees: 862 at the bachelor's level, 460 at the … level. Schedule Each of the two summer 2013 ceremonies is geared toward students who are graduating from a … set of degree-granting academic units. The 9 a.m. ceremony is for graduates of Extended University Programs as well as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7701
Student awarded prestigious Boren Scholarship for study abroad
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… Western Michigan University student from Kalamazoo is studying in Russia this fall through a prestigious federal scholarship. Jared … other cultures and languages is absolutely essential." More than 5,000 students have received Boren Awards since 1994, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10903
We Talk and Fetzer Institute partner to ease political divisiveness
We Talk
… We Talk and Fetzer Institute partner to ease political divisiveness Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … grant to support Western Michigan University's civil discourse initiative, We Talk , to expand its educational … will greatly strengthen our efforts and reach.” More than 1,000 campus and community members have participated in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67459
WMU supply chain alum helps drive GM’s efforts to produce ventilators
Haworth College of Business
… in Kokomo, Indiana. (Photo by AJ Mast for General Motors) Weiss Memorial Hospital receives a shipment of VOCSN critical … a complete supply chain within 72 hours. That is what the team at General Motors did after being contacted … “With this effort, success was measured in minutes rather than hours,” says Schwandt. A 24-7 workweek is what Schwandt …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59052
Brontosaurus will take Western's dinosaur park to new heights
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… students sprawled out studying, bicycles parked in racks, frisbees being tossed about. But a brontosaurus towering over … allowing visitors to walk among titans of the Triassic, juggernauts of the Jurassic and creatures of the Cretaceous. … kids as it is educational for Western students. "I thought, why don't we turn it into an outdoor lab area where we could …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64382
Undergrad experiences fuel alumna's passion for climate policy
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… Conference of Parties. ANN ARBOR, Mich.—People often discuss the world's problems. Annalisa Wilder is busy solving them. The Western Michigan … science," she says. Wilder and volunteers planted more than 100 trees and shrubs on the WMU campus. Wilder's …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/57475
Four WMU varsity athletic teams make NCAA academic 'honor roll'
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… University athletic teams— men's basketball , men's tennis , golf and gymnastics —are among the more than 1,000 teams honored by the NCAA nationwide for top … Successful athletically and academically Men's basketball is being honored for the fifth time—more than any other …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15827
2017-18 Zhang Financial Broadway in West Michigan Series announced
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… verified) on Nia Holloway as Nala and the Lionesses in Disney's "The Lion King" (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) … and which will be anchored by a two-week engagement of Disney's "The Lion King." Available now, season subscriptions … title song. Disney's The Lion King April 4-15, 2018 More than 90 million people around the world have experienced the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38628
New medieval book series could captivate public, scholars alike
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… those who agree with Shakespeare that "What's past is prologue," Western Michigan University has a new book … and are garnering broad acclaim. Multiple audiences More than 40 volumes have been commissioned from scholars across North and South America, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40229