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WMU Foundation receives historic gift in excess of a half-billion dollars, the largest ever for a public higher ed institution

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… WMU Foundation receives historic gift in excess of a half-billion dollars, the … in being an opportunity university and understands it's not how you start in life but what you make of it," Montgomery … Gift is an incredible boost to the medical school's mission going forward. "Transformational gifts can change the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64413

Mass timber delivered to the Golden Oaks residence hall construction site

Housing and Residence Life

… Mass timber delivered to the Golden Oaks residence hall construction site … Valley.    The new, state-of-the-art residence hall, which is scheduled to open its doors for the fall 2026 semester, … will house over 1,000 first-year students when construction is complete. Harvested from a sustainably managed forest in …

https://wmich.edu/housing/news/2025/06/mass-timber-delivery

CAMP, family science alum prepares for career in bilingual childcare with El Concilio

College of Education and Human Development

… in bilingual childcare with El Concilio Submitted by Chris Hybels on Joana Zuniga KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Joana Zuniga , a … and through their preschool, Escuelita Nuevo Horizonte. However, Zuniga's first experience was as a volunteer in … her there. The daughter of migrant blueberry and strawberry farmworkers, the opportunity to attend college was an …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2024/08/family-science-camp-alum-internship-kalamazoo-elconcilio-preschool

Thousands of visitors expected at Kalamazoo Blues Festival

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… Thousands of visitors expected at Kalamazoo Blues Festival Submitted by … notes, scales, octaves, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions, and how to do that train thing. Also, examine Hunt's unique … Hughes and Steve Kovack. These Seventh Son members reveal how the rhythm section is the backbone of any blues, rock or …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/792

WMU engineers design novel methods that could accelerate virus vaccine development

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… research studies using new methods that could help scientists create more effective vaccines for viral infections … bioRxiv , Dr. Robert Makin and Dr. Steve Durbin explain how they drew from nearly a decade of experience launched … vaccine to the corresponding virus. Makin and Durbin are going even further with their findings. They’re also using a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/60015

Arts administration grad thriving in community-driven theatre company

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… Arts administration grad thriving in community-driven theatre company … University. "I came in as a film major thinking I was going to audition for the acting department, but then I … they gave me help with my resume, writing cover letters, how to be in a professional setting, how to apply to

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/07/75938

South campus transformation moves forward with opening of Arcadia Flats

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… by Erin Flynn on Move in begins at Arcadia Flats. Twin sisters Tomi and Tobi Awojobi, from Nigeria, begin to unpack and clean their new apartment. "I really love how modern yet conducive for living the flat is," says Tomi. … Hall and this past semester in Davis Hall. Arcadia is so far my favorite." James Jungblut carries a chair up to his

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62814

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 … Forman Jr ., clinical professor of law and supervising attorney at the Yale Law School. Forman will discuss "Less … country in the world and for African-Americans, the rate is far higher than it is for whites," Ready points out. "We …

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

Online repository provides publishing option for campus community

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… Online repository provides publishing option for campus community … Most of the documents available through ScholarWorks so far are abstracts of honors theses done by current and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/261

Exercise science graduate finds success while juggling school, work and extracurriculars

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… Exercise science graduate finds success while juggling school, … volunteering on and off campus has helped me manage what is going on a lot better than most.” Those changes included the … and my committee to figure out what I needed to do and how to do it,” she says. That couldn’t have been further …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59084