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Western supports new Grand Rapids scholarship recipients
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… select schools on Grand Rapids' west side. Western is partnering with the Grand Rapids Community Foundation's … in the Challenge Scholars program and attend Harrison Park School or Westwood Middle School and graduate from … In addition, students at Union will have an assigned admissions counselor to help them with the admissions process …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63159
Sam Robinson obituary
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… . He was 83. Robinson managed WMU's custodial services division, overseeing custodial service activities associated … than 29 years of service to WMU. No additional information is available. Contact: Jeanne Baron January 30, 2013 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4401
University to honor its top four staffers for 2015-16
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… to receive the Annual Make a Difference Award. The award is the highest accolade WMU bestows specifically on … of three other prestigious campuswide honors: the Distinguished Service, Distinguished Teaching and Emerging … beyond to ensure that events such as CommUniverCity, the biggest and by most accounts best pre-football celebration in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34935
Center lauded for supporting region's small business community
Haworth College of Business
… community Submitted by Samantha Hooker on Tamara Davis KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Southwest Michigan Small Business … was selected to receive the U.S. Small Business Administration's Michigan Small Business Development Center … Business Awards Dinner on May 8 in East Lansing. Tamara Davis , regional director of the center, notes the significance …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53427
Education and human development celebrates high achievers with annual award ceremony
College of Education and Human Development
… high achievers with annual award ceremony Submitted by Chris Hybels on Rising Star Award recipients, left to right: Dale Brown (doctoral), Logan Bockheim (master's) and Whitney Lewis (undergraduate). Whitney Lewis at left with Tayler Boelk, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71533
Honors organization recognized with national award
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… to community service. The Maintaining the Flame Award is a follow-up award to the Society's Order of the Torch … WMU chapter last won in 2015. The Order of the Torch award is only awarded to a chapter every four years, and the … excel in programming, internal communications and campus visibility. The advisor for the WMU chapter of Alpha Lambda …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43972
Lessons from Terri Schiavo case up for discussion at Ethics Center event
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… Lessons from Terri Schiavo case up for discussion at Ethics Center event Submitted by Anonymous (not … case involving Terri Schiavo will come into focus later this month as part of the Western Michigan University Center … and her condition set off a highly publicized legal struggle over end-of-life care from 1990 to 2005. Schiavo's …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31508
Campus events scheduled for Veterans Week
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… Veterans Week Submitted by Deanne Puca on "Charlie Mike" is the code used for "Continue the Mission." KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A 2-mile run, gift card giveaway … will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Unit T-shirt day. Wear a unit T-shirt or get a new …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43613
University to honor its top four staffers for 2014-15
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… of four other prestigious campuswide honors: the Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Distinguished Service, Distinguished … there to help when needed, offer advice, and be your biggest supporter and cheerleader." Many nominators also cited …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27159
Western joins Michigan universities in collaborative to spur innovation across state
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… out university technology into companies. The institution is partnering with four other universities to establish the Michigan University Innovation Capital Fund (MUICF) … dreamers, innovators and doers,” says Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II . “The MUICF will unleash Michigan innovation and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74711