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New federal grant will help WMU meet critical need for early childhood special education professionals

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… meet critical need for early childhood special education professionals Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, … proud to help build a workforce that strengthens families, schools and our entire community.”   Working together The … PreK for All initiative, which aims to provide preschool services for all 4-year-old children in the state, is …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/11/project-shine-federal-grant-early-childhood-special-education-professionals

WMU faculty achieves high score in fall 2020 health educator exam

College of Health and Human Services

… by Joel Krauss on Dr. Cassie Lopez-Jeng , assistant professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs at Western … at WMU. "This is a great success for WMU, the college, the school and our health services and public health programs." …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62832

A ewe-nique approach to sustainability

College of Arts and Sciences

… in Kalamazoo, you might just miss the green iron gate off the road that guards a special kind of farm. Nestled … veterinary science program. With this program, I have high school seniors work with me during lambing season, so they … all that stuff, before they go off to veterinary school. It’s a good way for them to learn if this is the …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/10/lauren-burns-tending-tilth

Chemical and paper engineering student finds success inside and outside the classroom

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… has packed her time at Western Michigan University full of experience-driven learning both inside and outside the … academic opportunities that I would not have had at other schools,” says Perrin, who is graduating this spring and was … Perrin held during her time at Western also were invaluable. The first was a technical co-op with Ahlstrom in …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/04/finding-success-perrin

New partnership provides teachers and students with STEM learning experiences

College of Education and Human Development

… through a $500,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, WMU's Integrated Network … students and teachers at Comstock and Kalamazoo Public Schools. WMU students designed, built and launched catapults … STUDENTS The INSPIRE program will also be providing valuable hands-on experiences for Western's future educators. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75684

James B. Dexheimer obituary

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… WMU's staff in 1992 and retired in December as coordinator of fast cataloging in University Libraries after 19 years of service to the University. He worked with the libraries' … WMU and completed the University of Virginia's Rare Book School. Dexheimer loved to read and was fascinated by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/73

Business faculty help coordinate interdisciplinary international conference

Haworth College of Business

… Mich.—Two faculty members from the Haworth College of Business recently helped lead an international conference … impact and geography. Drs. Melissa Intindola and Laurel Ofstein , both associate professors of management, helped … the conference would often rotate between partner schools involved in the planning. It would be an amazing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62695

WMU board to consider change to innovation center ownership

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A proposal that would allow transfer of ownership of the physical assets of the Southwest … to the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine tops the agenda for the July 8 meeting of … a recommendation that the board approve the medical school's purchase of the innovation center building, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25381

Free community celebration commemorates Chinese Moon Festival

International Student and Scholar Services

… local restaurants. Featured events The Chinese Association of Greater Kalamazoo's ping pong tournament finals. Dance … Chinese Association of Greater Kalamazoo, Modern Chinese School of Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo Chinese School. Campus co-sponsors include the College of Arts and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26452

Students help lead COVID-19 prevention, education efforts on WMU campus

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… are now complicated exponentially by the pandemic. A group of Western Michigan University students is leading the … and, consequently, the college experience intact. Members of the COVID-19 Student Coalition meet virtually. "We are … Therefore, we are all responsible for the health and safety of campus," says Melanie Mitchell , a chemistry graduate …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61540