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Kalamazoo Arts Council grant takes WMU dancer to Panama

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… children in that nation's orphanages and centers for at-risk youth. Junior Sarah Mills is in Panama City this summer with an organization called … Arts degree in dance, says that she is getting so much more than she ever imagined out of that dance degree. From …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24066

WMU wins 2014 Climate Leadership Award from Second Nature

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… winners were selected by the Second Nature board. The award is from Second Nature, a national nonprofit organization … Assessment demonstrates that human-driven climate change is no longer a problem for the future--it has moved firmly … as we prepare to live in the climate of the future. More than ever, higher education has a critical role to play as …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16339

WMU's flight operations chief named to presidential leadership group

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… the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program. Kavalhuna is one of 61 diverse leaders from across the United States … of monthly development activities. The scholars program is an executive-style development initiative that draws upon … to be named. The group, which was selected from among more than 600 applicants for the program, includes mid-career …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31048

Molecular biology lab uses classroom for real-world research

College of Arts and Sciences

… mind when you imagine a college biology course. However, this is not what happens in Dr. Todd Barkman 's molecular … innovative research into a standard college course, more than 50 students, primarily undergraduates, were credited as … data have been attained. Students would jump up and down hugging. That’s what it is all about.”  As for what is next, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/68776

Student's award-winning film captures peer's never-give-up spirit

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… peer's never-give-up spirit Submitted by Paula M. Davis on From left: Billings and Simon KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Tirrea … the film showcases Simon's quest to overcome, through his craft, the challenges of cerebral palsy. At the same … BEA faculty and student members, and it witnessed more than 1,500 entries this year. Prizes were awarded in April …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32044

Aviation partners with Delta to boost airline's pilot ranks

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… Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is partnering with Delta Air Lines in its newly launched … news release about the program, Delta expects to hire more than 8,000 pilots to staff the thousands of daily flights it … It has been located since 1997 at the the W.K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek and has been the site of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47954

WMU Medieval Institute names new publications director

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… Simon Forde , who most recently served as the head of acquisitions at Amsterdam University Press and publisher of the press' European History list, took the helm of … position, Forde established a platform to publish more than 60 books a year. He also served as director of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22616

Memorial service set for H. Nicholas Hamner

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… Mich.— Dr. H. Nicholas Hamner , a professor emeritus of history whose career at Western Michigan University spanned … WMU became Michigan's fourth public university. He taught history until his retirement in 1992 and remained in … history, led WMU group tours of the British Isles for more than 15 years and also served as academic leader for seminar …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21971

Longtime staff member recognized with semi-annual award

College of Education and Human Development

… member recognized with semi-annual award Submitted by Chris Hybels on Amy Burns joins Derek Andree, assistant director of admissions and advising, at the inaugural … irreplaceable." About amy burns Burns joined Western more than 40 years ago as a switchboard operator. She worked an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70233

WMU sales students win team gold and individual honors

Haworth College of Business

… second. First-year student Ryan Demas of Naperville, Illinois, and junior Stacy Zoeller,  of Portage, represented WMU. … different stakeholders. Demas earned a first-place finish in the first-year and sophomore division. Zoeller took … students or students interested in sales as a major. More than 35 universities participated in the competition. "The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45781