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Outstanding seniors to be honored as 2022 Presidential Scholars

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… senior class of 5,082 students. The Presidential Scholar designation is the highest academic honor that WMU can bestow … for academic achievement and serve as role models for up-and-coming students. We celebrate with them on this most … Western faculty members. One student worked on a project designing the temporary falsework for the construction of a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67695

Free, public Study Abroad Fair is first step to journey of a lifetime

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… Study Abroad program, a WMU endowment that offers grants of up to $10,000 to students who study a foreign language …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18864

New Michigan budget includes $4M for WMU autism initiatives

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… colleges and universities. Developing innovative on-campus support networks for college students on the autism spectrum. … this state, we will no longer have families waiting up to two years to get services." Joining O'Brien for the … and State Rep. Aric Nesbitt , both of Lawton, who supported the funding decision. The new funding is part of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16702

Professor's documentary to screen at Waterfront Film Festival

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… in video production and post-production. We created a very supportive team. Everyone brought wonderful enthusiasm and … the final product. She also was the story editor, coming up with how the documentary would be presented. She … footage. In all, she worked on the project for a year, logging well over 100 hours. "It was really a great …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16566

From Lake Michigan to the Skies: The Journey of Two WMU Aviation Alumni Soaring with Delta

College of Aviation

… ever wanted to do.  Planes always interested me.  Growing up, we would go to the Middle East every summer.  On that … was until I was part of it.  My primary resources were a couple of people from my high school who had chosen WMU's … at the college's base of operations at Battle Creek's Kellogg Field, worked three years as a flight instructor, served …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/02/abuzir-quandt

Southwest Michigan slates Chávez dinner, awards program

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… works at all hours and on weekends making home visits to support as well as recruit migrant families in labor camps. … healthier and freer than when we found her." Betances grew up in the inner city and dropped out of school, yet went on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14270

WMU wins $500,000 grant to create wide range of autism services

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… Lt. Gov. Brian Calley. Online and on-site training of supervisors for practitioners wishing to become board … certified behavior analysts, whose training requires a supervised training module. By training more supervisors, it is hoped more practitioners will obtain their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13787

Carls Foundation awards $314,400 to help children hear

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… has given $314,400 to Western Michigan University to support programs designed to help older children with hearing problems. The … hearing screening has reduced the age of identification significantly, not all cases of permanent childhood hearing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1243

Haworth College of Business alumni recognition program wins award

Haworth College of Business

… 30  program has received the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Gold Award for Best New Alumni Program. … , project leader and editor; Liz Haskin , graphic and web designer; Cindy Wagner , web designer; Ashlie Harper Perry , writer; and Samantha Hooker , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/12/57002

New climate and energy advisor develops vision for cleaner, greener Michigan

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… thinker who knows how to set objectives that matter, design programs to accomplish those objectives and measure … U.S. Climate Alliance toward the goal of reducing emissions up to 28% by 2050 which aligns with the Paris Agreement—a global climate effort signed by nearly 200 countries. Brown hopes to surpass that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54484