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Nominate colleagues for spring 2018 staff award
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… awards are due Wednesday, Feb. 28 . Make a Difference is a campuswide peer-to-peer program that recognizes staff … a semiannual award, and therefore an annual award, no more than once every five academic years. Eligible employee … Support Staff Organization (nonbargaining group for hourly benefits-eligible Staff Compensation System employees) …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/45007
Foundation Scholars Program sets stage for success for music theatre graduate
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… a stole representing Guam, where here paternal grandmother is from. (Courtesy: Gabby Rhodes Photography) KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Alyssa Zamora is passionate about theatre. She always has been. But it … "Looking back on it, it taught me so much more compassion than I could have learned anywhere else. It taught me how to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/64046
Military friendly programs again put Western in the national spotlight
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… Submitted by Deanne Puca on Western's ROTC program is one of several programs on campus that have led to … 2 Military Friendly research institutions. The University is also continuing its Gold status from the Michigan … students and specifically student veterans. More than 1,800 schools participated in the 2023-24 survey, and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72479
See the world on a budget at 28th International Festival
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… First hosted in 1989, the popular event features cultural display tables, performances and a fashion show. Admission is free, and for a nominal fee, attendees may sample … campus. Festival hosts for 2017 The University enrolls more than 1,800 international students from 100 countries and has …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38910
Nominate colleagues for fall 2017 staff award
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… awards are due Tuesday, Oct. 31 . Make a Difference is a campuswide peer-to-peer program that recognizes staff … a semiannual award, and therefore an annual award, no more than once every five academic years. Eligible employee … Support Staff Organization (nonbargaining group for hourly benefits-eligible Staff Compensation System employees) …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43443
Richmond Center for Visual Arts hosts exhibition highlighting contemporary prints from WMU Art Collection
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… Richmond Center for Visual Arts hosts exhibition highlighting contemporary prints … by Robert Rauschenberg and to its right the print “Historical Culture” by Jan Voss. The works are part of a … Rhodes , professor emeritus of art, and today includes more than 800 works on paper. Originally housed in the Frostic …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70291
Western’s Pilot Plant gains machine to create recyclable, compostable trays
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… donated by Germany-based Keifel Technologies. Senior Isabelle Ownby holds a tray made from recyclable and compostable materials. Wang pours a wet slurry that is 99% water and 1% fiber to make 3D food packing products … packaging producers are going to be buying machines faster than they can build them,” he says. The state-of-the-art …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70874
Western spotlights staff who go above and beyond to make a difference
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… excellence If you know of a co-worker or staff member who is a Staff Compensation System, AFSCME, MSEA or POA employee … will select award recipients based on your comments rather than the individual's reputation, title or position. Provide … descriptive examples in support of your nominee to assure this person gets the full consideration deserved. For …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65004
Participation needed for institutional transformation effort
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… verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is creating professional learning communities that focus on improving persistence toward graduation for all undergraduate students, … effort. The effort is getting support from a more than $3.2 million grant that the University received in 2014 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25412
Haworth College of Business celebrates 2023 Presidential Scholars
Haworth College of Business
… in accountancy Josephine Thomas of Adamstown, Maryland, is an accountancy major with a minor in general business. … in the spring of 2023, Thomas has been on the dean’s list each semester. As a member of the Western gymnastics … through different lenses. She has obtained more than four years of industry experience and successfully …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71308