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Fall residence hall sign-up begins

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… Western Heights residence hall KALAMAZOO—Students planning to return to the residence halls for the 2016-17 academic … in French and Zimmerman halls focuses on common second-year issues and assists with internship guidance, studying abroad … a meal plan will now be required in Harrison/Stinson hall. Going forward, the Valley hall with a no meal plan option …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29695

Western honors, celebrates veterans with student scholarship, local events

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… Jessica Clark moved outside of and across the country to pursue her and her husband’s U.S. military careers before … and Veterans Affairs says Clark, a senior from Anderson, Missouri, will receive the $1,000 Operation Hat Trick … Clark prepares for deployment in South Korea by learning how to read a map to get out of the woods. Besides Western’s …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/11/66151

Campus series zeroes in on getting comfortable with uncomfortable conversations

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… conversations Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Discussions hosted this fall by Western Michigan University's … end the city’s use of corrosive river water in 2015. Learn how students can collaborate to advocate for positive change … " by Jonathan Haidt , campus read academic year program, ongoing. Contact: Jennifer Townsend . "The Realities of Free …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61091

Behind-the-scenes New York Fashion Week experience solidifies future for Western fashion design student

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… LeKander represented Western at New York Fashion Week: The Shows through the UofNYFW program. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Walking … fashion design and development student was recently whisked away for a once-in-a-lifetime experience behind the … stars. "This was my first time in New York, and nothing is going to live up to this!" LeKander says. The winner of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71033

Personal finance workshops offered for WMU employees

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… University faculty and staff members are being offered this fall. All sessions are free and will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in the President's Dining Room of the Bernhard … Sept. 23 and 25 . New workers and recent graduates learn how to choose benefits, build a budget that accommodates …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18514

WMU graduates succeed

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… degree in music education.  Some interviews, a mentor counseled, would just be practice.  But Fields made … also being exposed to the arts,” she says. “I feel that this is exactly where I’m supposed to be.”  Degreed to succeed … new data compiled by campus employment services officials show.  For those employed, 84 percent were employed in jobs …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46643

Shirley Van Hoeven obituary

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… her husband, the Rev. Donald Van Hoeven, were hit by a car going the wrong way on I-96 near Grand Rapids. The couple … between residences in Michigan and Florida. Donald, who is still hospitalized in Grand Rapids, is a Reformed Church … as the campus minister. Shirley Van Hoeven Van Hoeven came to WMU as a graduate student and when she left nearly three …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18512

Employer registration underway for business career day

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… Employer registration underway for business career day Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Business Career Day is set for Oct. 17. KALAMAZOO—Companies seeking to hire talent from Western Michigan University’s Haworth …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9095

Music grad found voice at Western

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… from that moment, I wouldn't be quiet," he laughs. "Singing is my stress reliever. I put a lot of my emotion into the … male vocal range. "She quickly took me under her wing and showed me what my voice can do," he says. "She took a whole … took the time to sit with me and say, 'This is how we're going to do this. Let's see if this works for you.' They …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/72011

Championing diversity and innovation

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… The first in her family to attend college, she studied Spanish and Japanese at Western Michigan University, although … its internationally-renowned annual Consumer Electronics Show, which welcomes innovators from around the world. Her … single parent. "There was no question about it - I was going to college," she says, recalling that she and her …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-moore