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WMU tops $4.5 million in externally awarded grants in May
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… bringing the year-to-date total to more than $31.4 million, with one month left in the 2014-15 fiscal year, WMU trustees … training programs and provide more services to children with autism and their families. Research grants were led by … and paper engineering. The duo will use the grant to work with community colleges to increase enrollment of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/28037
WMU to launch intercultural and anthropological studies institute
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… undergraduate major and minor in anthropology, along with the recently reinstated major and minor in African … dean. "We are proud to open this new institute that aligns with our mission to ignite and sustain a passion for … the institute will provide cocurricular programming with a physical space in the University's Moore Hall. This …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47728
Recent alumnus pursues passion for geosciences research
College of Arts and Sciences
… researcher as well as a caring and inclusive teacher with a newly-minted Ph.D. from Western Michigan University’s … of Baghdad, came to Western as a master’s student with an interest in the petroleum industry. But Dr. Stephen … rocks—fascinated him. He switched to doctoral studies with Kaczmarek as his advisor. From his dissertation study, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69146
Dance group Pilobolus comes to Miller Auditorium
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… Named after a barnyard fungus that propels its spores with extraordinary speed, accuracy and strength, Pilobolus … Awards, Sesame Street, Oprah, 60 Minutes and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. The group has garnered many honors, … opportunities while they are in Kalamazoo. In partnership with the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency's …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14933
WMU-Cooley Law School affiliation subject of next Keystone Breakfast
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… The event is free and open to the public and begins with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Reservations are required and … Nolan In 2013, WMU entered into an affiliation agreement with Cooley, paving the way for the law school to become the … and sustainability and the collaborative affiliations with the Thomas M. Cooley Law School and the WMU School of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14212
WMU awards recognize diversity and inclusion efforts
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… will honor, as previously announced , two faculty members with Innovative Teaching Awards. Excellence in Diversity … focused on diversity and inclusion for 20 years. Starting with a W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant in 1995 focused on bringing women and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30039
Lyceum Series to take broad look at sexual identity issues
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… focus on sexual identity issues and how they can overlap with other dimensions of diversity. With the theme "LGBTQ+ at the Intersections," the Fall 2017 … Hall. The presentations are free and open to the public, with sack lunches welcome. A key focus of the series …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42433
WMU Libraries unveils digital campus history map
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… a major GIS company that integrates text, photos, and media with maps to build a compelling narrative around the … is a new addition to the Libraries, WMU community members with interest in using the StoryMaps technology to tell a story with their materials can contact Glatz for more information. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57700
WMU adds special day for transfer students to complete enrollment
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… admission decision, receive a credit evaluation and meet with an academic advisor all in one day. With those tasks completed, newly admitted students will be … must be in a sealed envelope and issued by the institution within the last 30 days. Bring a high school transcript as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25849
WMU engineer receives ADVANCE proof of concept grant
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… spring. The grants provide an incentive for faculty members with early stage technologies at Michigan public universities to engage with their school's technology transfer office to advance … methodology will lower the expense of providing designers with material properties over the lifecycle of manufactured …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47498