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Twenty-four incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships
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… Valued at $50,000 each over four years, they constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher education. Some of this year's incoming scholars received a WMU Presidential … Bird Sanctuary, serving as junior counselor for the Summer Science Camp, and participated in the Pittsburgh Project …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16679
Why I give: Bill Thompson
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… Erin Flynn on Bill Thompson, BBA '65, celebrates the return of Bronco football practice with head coach Tim Lester at Waldo Stadium. Staunch. Ardent. Fierce. Any of these words could describe Bill Thompson's pride for … be an accounting major." In 1965, Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from what's now the Haworth …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68998
Roads closed Homecoming Saturday for 5K Campus Classic
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… University will be closed for varying periods the morning of homecoming Saturday, Oct. 6 , to accommodate the 14th annual running of the Homecoming Campus Classic 1K and 5K races. The 5K … the race course for 2012 to accommodate what has become one of the largest 5K races in Michigan. About one-half of the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1354
Educator honored with Emerging Scholar Award for impactful research
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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Daniel Macfarlane , associate professor of environmental and sustainability studies at Western … book chapters. He has been awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Discovery and Dissemination Award three times, the …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/daniel-macfarlane-honored-2024-emerging-scholar-award
Chemical engineering grad ready to make a splash in sustainability efforts
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… six languages and has competed internationally at some of the highest levels of swimming, and Zahi Sanchez will … Republic, Sanchez will graduate Saturday, April 29 , with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and a job already … years at Western in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. "My friends and I (in the Dominican Republic) were …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71513
From Middle East to Midwest, aviation management student thrives through new opportunities
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… by Erin Flynn on Varsha Sundareswaran is graduating with a bachelor's degree in aviation management and operations. … she's ready for her career to take flight. "Western has one of the best aviation programs in the country. There are a lot of pathway programs where you can meet with different …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75474
Speaker to address ties between immigration, NAFTA
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… presented by WMU's Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations in collaboration with the University's Department of Sociology and Global and International Studies Program. … with Mexico during the independence era. Russell earned bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in sociology from …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43539
Assessment conference returns for 9th year
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… featured presenter will be Linda Suskie , who has 40 years of experience in higher education administration and will … to come and go as their schedules permit. The event is free of charge, but registration is required by 5 p.m. Friday, … University of New York College at Oswego. She earned a bachelor's degree in quantitative studies from Johns Hopkins …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45214
WMU mentor program earns statewide recognition
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… Submitted by Deanne Puca on Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers logo KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A statewide organization that … allies. This program was developed to help connect LBGTA professionals and WMU students to help address the unique …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20069
Revised road closings for Saturday's Campus Classic
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… University will be closed for varying periods the morning of homecoming Saturday, Oct. 6 , to accommodate the 14th annual running of the Homecoming Campus Classic 1K and 5K races. Changes … the race route. 6:30 to 11 a.m. — Western Avenue in front of the recreation center and Read Fieldhouse will be reduced …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1848