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WMU researchers get $12.5 million grant for school leadership renewal
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… schools in 20 West Michigan counties, the project will support teams of school principals and teacher leaders by: … Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola and Ottawa counties. MASA's Region 7 … who may be future principals. The school team will be assigned a team of coaches who will work with them over a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43228
Art and science project highlights importance of not blowing off STEAM
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… of Music and Department of Chemistry . It challenges the groups to develop original works of art based on analysis by … student and Fulbright Scholar from Russia. "Chemistry was always something I didn't understand quite well." The students … sample. "The collaboration bridges gaps in understanding between people," says Emma Somers , a painting and biology …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54132
Some 3,000 medievalists from dozens of nations to gather at WMU
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… May 15-16 , in the Bernhard Center's East Ballroom. First up will be an apt discussion for the modern age, rocked as … light on the limitations of classic liberalism as well as suggest alternative ways of building tolerant social and political institutions. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23536
South Haven lighthouse logbooks shed light on 1800s coastal life
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… Mich.—Whether an account of a body washed ashore, a shipwreck in rough waters or an inferno on the mainland, the … are being painstakingly digitized in high-resolution, tagged image file format—TIFF—images, giving as close a … in all directions grate fears of the town beain burndt up. Sept. 1: Steamer Gem Capt. Bryant sunk in the River this …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23022
WMU grads ready for diplomas and promise of 89 percent success rate
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… WMU graduates, and a similar survey process is already underway for 2014-15 grads. Most alumni actively engaged The core … developed in college. We can show that a college degree significantly enhances their prospects." Career and graduate … of the survey have been to get higher response rates and better data. Graduates from August and December have already …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22630
Back-to-school events planned for new and returning students
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… Mall. Move-in Early move-in for some select student groups is 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29. … wmich.edu/internationaladmissions . Direct questions to Wayne Bond at wayne.l.bond@wmich.edu or (269) 387-4853 or Michelle …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42123
WMU a leader in offering learning by virtual reality
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… actually see the culture. Practice surgery or accurately design a 3D car. Western Michigan University offers … class to the VR Lab in the future and hope to find other ways to use the lab for other classes, as well." WMU student … growing potential it has to shape the future." Community groups also have taken advantage of the local resource, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50873
Twenty-four incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships
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… and has spent a week observing a team of medical staff at Bethany Hospital in Thane, India. Jessica J. Graves from … Bay High School in Fair Haven, she is the daughter of Wayne and Rebecca Miller. She is a member of the National … His independent artwork includes woodcarving, 3D computer designs and acrylic painting. He was a member of the cross …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16679
Communitywide sustainability resource offerings keep evolving
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… EcoMug and most recently EcoJug program, began as a giveaway of a stainless steel reusable water container to every … how broadly applying ecological principles can lead to better-designed societies and an eclectic Sustainability Chats …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53507
Twenty incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships
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… The daylong event included essay writing and a group problem-solving activity for the students as well as an … Morales spent nearly the same amount of time helping to design sets and leading set construction, and she worked on … student weekly in algebra, trigonometry and chemistry. Elizabeth C. Mena Mena, of Novi, Mich., received a Presidential …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7662