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New academic leadership highlights WMU innovation, expertise

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… and Dr. Steven Butt accepted new challenges with the dawn of this new Lopez academic year: Lopez as the new interim dean of the Lee Honors College  and Butt as the new interim dean … engineering program housed in the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. Dr. Christine Byrd-Jacobs also is one of

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55469

WMU service-learning, community work wins national praise

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… has named Western Michigan University to a select list of the nation's colleges and universities that earned a slot … Council on Education's annual national conference. Just 100 schools around the nation earned "with distinction" status … that was established in 2006. In Michigan, only three schools earned the recognition. In addition to WMU, Michigan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5565

Two Broncos tapped to help address racial disparity in COVID-19 outcomes

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… Mich.—Across the nation, COVID-19 is infecting tens of thousands of people daily, but it's impacting communities of color … an infant death than white women who had not completed high school," she says. "My own experience with infant mortality …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59420

WMU physics grad tracking gravitational wave event from Australia

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… WMU alumnus and current graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been a participant on one of the … to them. "...I have to say, given the current events, grad school is turning out a lot more fun that I thought it would … from Baroda, Michigan, and attended Lakeshore High School in Stevensville. He began his college studies, then …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43382

WMU students earn top honors at national sales competition

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… Farm Marketing and Sales Competition held at the University of Central Missouri in November. In addition, Lorr placed … category. "What a fantastic way to showcase the quality of our sales and business marketing students and their … of the competition for me was the chance to represent my school and, more specifically, the sales and business …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/11362

WMU appoints new VP for diversity and inclusion

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… has named an experienced college administrator, professor and rising chief diversity officer to continue … community, she will help make us a diverse and inclusive school of choice." Dr. Yvette D. Hyter , who chaired the … She also has collaborated with inner-city high schools in Detroit to assist students in gaining access to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47976

How Mongolia's herding culture shaped a doctoral candidate's journey

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… on ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia—Nestled amidst a tapestry of contrasting terrains, from mountains and plains to … herding population have captured the academic imagination of Western Michigan University Department of Sociology … when he served as a Peace Corps volunteer working as a school social worker in a local village, living with a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73677

Ohio family chooses WMU to use newly raised MSA research funds

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… present a check to a WMU research team that has spent much of the past decade focusing its efforts on finding a cure … than 200 runners to Fairborn. Race organizer Doug Brandt of the Dayton Barefoot Runners group accompanied the Cervone … with researchers at Vanderbilt University's medical school and the New York Brain Bank at Columbia University. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/609

WMU gets final OK to offer classes in Punta Gorda and Tampa

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… WMU gets final OK to offer classes in Punta Gorda and Tampa Submitted by … Punta Gorda, and the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in Riverview, near Tampa. The HLC is the accrediting … Truex spoke about the importance of the agreement for each school and the Charlotte County community. "FSW has always …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38888

Doris 'Dori' A. Rey obituary

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… University staff member, died Feb. 11 . She was 79. Rey, of Kalamazoo, came to WMU in 1965 and retired in 2006 after 41 years of service to the University. At the time of her retirement, … Memorial gifts may be made to the Kalamazoo Christian School Association or the Heritage Community of Kalamazoo. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45487