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Student's award-winning film captures peer's never-give-up spirit
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… in Billings' documentary " Painting Dreams: The Story of Johnson Simon ." Recently recognized with a national … frequently teased because of his condition and treated in school as though he had an intellectual impairment, Simon … Chicago. Meanwhile, Simon also plans on attending graduate school where he will study to be an art professor or an art …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32044
Pathway Tutoring program connects teacher candidates to community youth
College of Education and Human Development
… for WMU teacher candidates and Boys & Girls Club of Kalamazoo students to learn from one another. Camille … I learned so much and have gained some of the most valuable experiences through the program," says Konrad. To … their literacy instruction from participation.” The after-school program is funded by grants from the City of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71518
Timely foreign policy talks free for WMU students, employees
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… is again partnering with the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan in Grand Rapids to promote timely talks … and practice at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a senior fellow of the school's International Policy Center. March 23—"Through the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21285
Pianist Phoenix Park-Kim to perform on campus
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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Park-Kim (Photo courtesy of phoenixparkkim.com) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Pianist Phoenix … to the public. Phoenix Park-Kim Phoenix Park-Kim is a professor of piano at Indiana Wesleyan University. She has … Summer Music Festival, Piano Texas and the Summer Music School in Siena. An avid chamber musician, Park-Kim has …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21659
First students in Multimedia Arts Technology program to graduate
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… Dr. Christopher Biggs KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The first graduates of Western Michigan University's new Multimedia Arts … with Dr. David Loberg Code , associate director of the School of Music and director of the Kalamazoo Laptop … music since he was 4 and carried that interest into high school. After coming to WMU, he joined the Collegiate …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31952
WMUK brings home two more awards
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… Excellence Awards ceremony held by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters in Lansing March 8. One award went to Keith … won in the Musical Programming category. Hall is the host of "Jazz Currents" and a WMU assistant professor of music … and poet as well as an administrative assistant in the WMU School of Art's graphic design center. For more information …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38776
WMU student receives prestigious Gilman award to study abroad
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… Argentina. Montalvo is among 926 undergraduate awardees out of more than 2,800 U.S. applicants to receive a Gilman … "After graduation, I plan on applying to physical therapy school. It's a great way to connect with people and assist … be keeping in touch with a Spanish class at Loy Norrix High School in Kalamazoo. "Hopefully," he says, "this will …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/37664
Four faculty receive Fulbright Scholar awards, including one Distinguished Scholar Award
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… awards—including a Distinguished Scholar Award that is one of only 38 offered globally for the 2022-23 cycle—to build … Sandra Borden Dr. Sandra Borden Borden, professor in the School of Communication and director of the Center for the … to conduct research and teach at the Makerere University School of Public Health from September 2022 through May 2023 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68180
Doctoral student launches new program to support justice-involved
W Magazine
… individuals at the Lakeland Correctional Facility as part of the Higher Education for the Justice-involved program at … interdisciplinary studies, the potential found in that kind of passion inspired his desire to bring quality education to … says Brown. “So when I arrived here for graduate school in 2016, I started asking, how could we start doing …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74812
Emerging Scholar Awards recognize rising stars among Western faculty
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… are blazing trails and inspiring change in their fields of study. The University celebrates these rising stars in … classroom," says Dr. Sherine Obare , dean of the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering in North Carolina. … introducing topographic mapping using drones to middle school students. For more WMU news, arts and events , visit …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65743