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Anita Hill to kick off new 'Raise Your Voice' speaker series

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… her testimony of sexual harassment directed at then-U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, will launch a new … into the national spotlight in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her supervisor at the … support across campus, with a long list of co-sponsors signing on. They include the College of Arts and Sciences, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21125

Jean E. Lowrie obituary

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… WMU, the endowed Jean E. Lowrie Children's Literature Fund supports an annual lecture series in the field of school and … who went on to become national librarian of Iceland, summed up Lowrie's career this way: "I doubt that many people are …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20588

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

WMU awarded $3.7 million for programs in blindness and low vision

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… Orientation and mobility professionals supported by this award will teach safe and efficient travel … percentage of the overall population and require crucial support for education, workforce training and ultimate … the National Eye Institute estimated that there were up to 5 million Americans who were visually impaired and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20138

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

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