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Dr. Shannon McMorrow awarded Haenicke Institute grant to enhance global public health education

College of Health and Human Services

… KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Shannon McMorrow , associate professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs and 2012 graduate of

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/01/mcmorrow

Medicine garden harvest helps kick off academic year for Native American Student Organization

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… Medicine garden harvest helps kick off academic year for Native American Student Organization … geography in my undergrad and continue to do so in graduate school. Having a sense of place is vital to any community." … "I landed an internship and eventually enrolled in graduate school, which I accredit as a direct result of me joining …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/medicine-garden-harvest-2024-native-american-student-association

Master's student celebrates citizenship, graduation weeks apart

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… by Erin Flynn on U.S. Army Spc. Ewaen Ediae is part of the Task Force Red Lion COVID-19 Vaccination/Testing … me the opportunity to be in the military and still continue school full time," he says, also balancing his student and … forward to his next challenge: Army Officer Candidate School where he will continue his military career, building …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/64006

Talk focuses on workforce diversity

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… with a candid discussion about the challenges and successes of the professional job search for minority groups. Tim Terrentine , … Michigan First and trustee on the Board of Directors at WMU School of Medicine, Terrentine will discuss how individuals …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19521

The Velvelettes: A legendary Motown group born on Western's campus

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… when I was a kid," says Bertha Barbee-McNeal , co-founder of legendary Motown group The Velvelettes. At 9 years old, … , and her best friend Betty Kelley —both still in high school. Barbee-McNeal called up her cousin Norma (Barbee) … offer. "We really weren't interested. We were so into our school work and that kind of thing." But Street's parents …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63261

Nontraditional flute performance to involve dancers and video art

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… Flute Project" takes the simplicity and lyricism of the solo flute and illuminates it with multimedia … Dance Project, the touring ensemble from the WMU Department of Dance. The School of Music's Dr. Martha Councell-Vargas will join Dr. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31201

WMU grants soar past $13 million mark in September, October

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… 18 meeting. Grants for research garnered the biggest share of externally funded awards, breaking the $9 million mark, … select 20 teacher leaders and five principals from priority schools. The third DOE grant was for $890,490 and awarded to … leadership, research and technology, to improve the school leadership of practicing and aspiring principals in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20827

WMU student invention wins $10,000 Lemelson-MIT 'Cure it!' prize

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… University senior and a recent graduate are the winners of a prestigious national prize for their life-saving, … engineering. Later this summer, he begins medical school at the University of Michigan. Joseph Barnett Barnett … six times in the past five years, where he has driven school buses, led clothing donation efforts and volunteered …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24028

Alum's degree research evolves into new company

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… societal or industrial problem. He collaborated with Professor John Patten on a new technology greatly advancing the machining of hard and brittle material, eventually forming a company … started to build in earnest his final year of graduate school. The young CEO has reached the lofty goals he set as …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/34571

Rachel Lipscomb studies abroad twice with WMU

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… and Spanish, worked hard to enjoy the unique opportunity of participating in not one, but two study abroad programs as part of her degree program through Western Michigan University. … classes and practicing with my host family and locals.  The school, Centro Tinku, is the University of Salamanca’s …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2014/01/rachel-lipscomb-profile