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WMU graduate awarded Math for America-D.C. Fellowship

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… with a master's degree in mathematics, was a teaching assistant for two years at WMU and a member of Pi Mu Epsilon … 2009 in mathematics, management information systems and chemistry and received more than 20 undergraduate scholarships. She plans to complete …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/07/7916

Theatre alum flips script, gets Broadway stars to open up about their love of Disney

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… script, gets Broadway stars to open up about their love of Disney Submitted by Erin Flynn on David Alpert fell in love … to light up once again in September. It's been more than a year since the pandemic dropped the curtain on live … in North Carolina. Unclear about the future, his agents suggested finding a project to keep his creativity—and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64233

WMU's Seita program named finalist for national higher ed award

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… WMU's Seita program named finalist for national higher ed award Submitted by Anonymous (not … today named Western Michigan University one of five finalists for its 2017 Project Degree Completion Award. The … "Entering college and pursuing a degree is more important than ever before," says McPherson. "But the critical …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42136

Western's Hilltop Village development ramps up with new parking structure, pedestrian bridge

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… structure and pedestrian bridge. Courtesy: Rendering - Fishbeck The pedestrian bridge will cross over Loop Road. Courtesy: Rendering - Fishbeck The bridge will be fully accessible and improve … to have the structure open in fall 2024. There will be more than 350 spaces.  Two floors will be designated for Arcadia …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/70965

Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice

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… (not verified) on Forman KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Starting this month, Western Michigan University's Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations is launching a free series of community forums called … black man of my generation born in the late 1960s is more than twice as likely to go to prison in his lifetime then a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22694

Award-winning jazz saxophonist and his quartet to give performance

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… Award-winning jazz saxophonist and his quartet to give performance Submitted by Anonymous (not … Steve Wilson has brought his distinctive sound to more than 100 recordings featuring such celebrated and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22460

WMU-trained high school teacher clues students in to forensic science

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… are always enigmatic at initial encounter.  Often, there is a body. There may be blood splatter, possibly fingerprints. It is up to her students to detect and decipher the clues that … see there’s a purpose behind it,” says the educator of more than three decades and graduate of WMU’s master’s degree …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46642

Putting student well-being ‘front and center’

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… on easing student stress and building community amid distance education and the COVID-19 pandemic. Before COVID-19 … a lot of students, people in general, who wonder, ‘Am I struggling with depression? Would my experience be considered … the importance of looking at the college experience as more than just academics. In order for students to be successful …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63622

Grad school event helps those seeking advanced studies

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… on Western Michigan University's main campus. The free fair is being sponsored by the Graduate College and Career and … Services. Although open to the general public, it is geared toward junior and senior college students as well … In attendance will be representatives from more than 60 graduate, law and medical schools in Michigan and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/19110

Cybersecurity student finds her fit at WMU

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… at WMU Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Terry Bbuku Terry Bbuku is in her second year in WMU’s cybersecurity program but … original college plan. “My plan was to transfer somewhere bigger and further away from home after a year at WMU, but I … BASA, and it has only made me embrace my culture even more than before.” Looking ahead, Bbuku plans to complete at …

https://wmich.edu/cybersecurity/news/2024/09/terry-bbuku-finds-wmu-cybersecurity