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National experts to speak at second annual leadership conference
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… National experts to speak at second annual leadership conference Submitted by Stacey Lowis on … "This year’s DESIGNEDtoLEAD conference will be packed with great speakers, leadership strategies and discussion," … Cortez, retired senior vice president of Chrysler. With a 32-year career at Chrysler, Cortez has been honored …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19795
Special education major earns outstanding student award
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… Special education major earns outstanding student award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) … skills, compassion for others and passion for helping those with disabilities. Foreman's peers noted that she is always … the local community, serving as a youth development worker with Communities in Schools, a push-in mathematics tutor at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44996
WMU sees significant gains in number of beginners, out-of-state students
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… WMU sees significant gains in number of beginners, out-of-state students … undergraduate students—to 3,179 this year, compared with 3,026 last year. This year's freshman class comes from … of them have a high school GPA of 3.5 or above, compared with 37 percent the previous year. Undergraduate nonresident …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42774
How to keep your body healthy during COVID-19 pandemic
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… How to keep your body healthy during COVID-19 pandemic Submitted by Megan Looker on WMU student Hannah … vegetables in a healthy diet, but Janique Berard, intern with WMU’s Dining Services and graduate student of dietetics … of Dining Services. If you're already getting bored with the basics you regularly cook at home, remember there's …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58648
WMU prof takes tax help to indigenous villages in Alaska
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… tax help to indigenous villages in Alaska Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Kwigillingok, Alaska (Photo … and various tribal associations, as well as a partnership with WMU's Haworth College of Business. Four villages over … snow machines, ate whale and walrus, and took steam baths with tribal elders. Kinsey Staver , an accounting graduate …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30766
Students, employees encouraged to participate in COVID-19 screening events
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… are spaced out inside the Student Recreation Center, and a one-way flow has been established for people walking … smooth. The students are ready to go. They're coming in with their screening badge, they're ready to show it. So, … who are exhibiting symptoms or have been in close contact with someone confirmed to have COVID-19. "It's awesome that …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/08/60914
BIORETS program gives local science teachers authentic research experience
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… science teachers authentic research experience Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Nine teachers participated in … the 2022 BIORETS program, engaging in real-world research with Western faculty and various hands-on teaching modules. … sciences and director of the program. Teachers were paired with one of eight faculty mentors, including Lu and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69141
'Nature Loves Courage' brings emerging NYC artists' works to campus
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… brings emerging NYC artists' works to campus Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Shadeeka Stutter 1, … through Friday, March 6 . The exhibit is in conjunction with the New York Professional Outreach Program’s Emerging … for contemporary artists, who typically approach nature with nostalgia, mythology or cynicism, mourning the loss of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20743
WMU hosts ‘Dine 4 Justice’ fundraiser for Youth Juvenile Justice Fellows
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… Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations is partnering with the BLOCKS Club Initiative of Kalamazoo to support … obstacles and finding inspiration to succeed from within. "Our goal is to encourage fellows and guests to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71381
Four from WMU selected to serve as college access advisors
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… selected to serve as college access advisors Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Four Western … College Access Network—MCAN. "We are very impressed with these WMU graduates and the talent they will bring to working with students in Ecorse, Detroit, Vestaburg, Saugatuck and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25682