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Fashion student returns from 'life-changing' New York Fashion Week experience with industry connections, renewed runway resolve

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… Laura Argentati won a trip to one of the fashion world's biggest events through Western's 2024 New York Fashion Week Competition. Courtesy: Andrew Bourland Through U of NYFW, Argentati had behind-the-scenes … and walls of fabric—like the most outlandish fabric you can think of," she says. The timing was also perfect, as …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/74931

Empowering Futures already making impact on student success

Empowering Futures

… Health and Well-being Work Group alongside Dr. Gayle Ruggiero (middle), medical director, and Dr. Reetha Raveendran … all students. Among outcomes to date: (left to right) Dr. Candy McCorkle, vice president for diversity and inclusion; … used to eating dinner with my family, and it's nice that I can continue that practice with members of my community.” …

https://wmich.edu/empowering-futures/news/2022/12/70204

School of Music faculty produce dozens of creative and research projects in trying times

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… Professor Ellen Breakfield-Glick with Music in the American Wild The COVID-19 pandemic has found the faculty at the … Breakfield-Glick's chamber ensemble, Music in the American Wild, won a Chamber Music America Classical … You Hear Me? Examining Racial and Cultural Biases and Microaggressions in the Modern Classical Music World” at the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/61926

Western's thriving campus community returns with promise of prosperous year ahead

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… big enough but also small enough at the same time, where I can easily find my way around and meet a lot of new people," …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69092

Philanthropic opportunities uncorked with new WMU wine

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… little mechanical and human interference as possible. What can you expect from these vintages? Bronconess Reserve … the students themselves and the University in significant ways." The result is a hands-on curriculum where … to watch Bronconess come to life. Knowing I played a significant role in its success makes me feel that I have …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/55583

Select group receives top undergraduate honor for 2015

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… Presidential Scholar designation is the highest honor WMU can bestow on an undergraduate. The award goes to the most … is a graduate of Harper Creek High School who attended Kellogg Community College. She majored in accountancy as well as … While abroad, she will be enrolled at La Universidad de Cantabria and be placed with a host family. Wayne is a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/25421

New class of Medallion Scholars inducted into elite group

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… Scholarships are the highest merit-based award WMU can bestow on an incoming first-time freshman. Valued at … constitute one of the larger merit-based awards in American higher education. Some of this year's scholars received … dressing as a frog as entertainment during the RE/MAX Egg Hunt, helping with Fourth of July and Halloween events …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/54831

Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in September

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Abroad welcomes invitations to present in classrooms and can tailor presentations to as short as five minutes and as … speakers and language learners. Tuesday, Sept. 12 "American Foreign Policy in a Time of Fractured Politics" … invites viewers into the lives of contemporary Native Americans living in the Midwest. Free with museum admission; open …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42183

Twenty incoming students win $60,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… Scholarships are the highest merit-based award WMU can bestow on an incoming freshman. Valued at $60,000 each … constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher education. Some of this year's incoming scholars … summers and has managed the store with other workers, logging about 40 hours a week. Lindsay M. Gubow Lindsay M. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32715

Twenty-two incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… Scholarships are the highest merit-based award WMU can bestow on an incoming freshman. Valued at $50,000 each … constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher education. Some of this year's incoming scholars … the Kalamazoo Nature Center and has volunteered at the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. Shelby Township Michael W. Arellano …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26024