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Longtime faculty member, civic leader Charles Warfield dies at 77

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… designed to decrease the number of high school dropouts by working with families and by providing support for at-risk … people. In the late 1970s, he took a two-year leave to work in Chicago as chief of staff and director of operations …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32759

Sales and business marketing once again earns national top program accolades

Haworth College of Business

… "Our students consistently excel thanks to the hard work of our faculty, a rigorous curriculum, a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53446

Legendary Bronco track and cross country coach George Dales dies at 96

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… and field. Though he will be terribly missed, his legacy of work for the sport internationally at the Olympic and … in both Greece and Mexico and in the latter assignment worked with Christos Papanicolaou, who went on to become the world's first 18-foot pole vaulter. Papanicolaou also worked under Dales at WMU as a visiting student for several …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42968

WMU-trained high school teacher clues students in to forensic science

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… gets the kids to think analytically, to problem solve and work as a team. Those are skills they can use in any job … other school teachers how to develop forensic science coursework. She has co-authored texts on the subject and created … nature of even a fake crime scene, but because of the workload. “I make them prove all their evidence, and there’s …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46642

New permaculture orchard demonstrates WMU devotion to sustainability

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… here. “That was the challenge. Can we take one of, arguably, the poorest soil sites on campus and make it … Radishes dot the landscape. But there’s a methodology at work here. Gooch explains that permaculture is an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46645

Occupational therapy program celebrates 100 years of improving quality of life

W Magazine

… Rapids, Michigan. "Our first fellow will begin this fall to work with patients who have experienced a neurological … The department runs as many as a dozen faculty-led fieldwork clinics on campus and in the community, with students … as clinicians outside of the classroom while gaining valuable experience themselves." In July 2022, the Department …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/69000

English department faculty, students help Kalamazoo high school students write scholarship essays

College of Arts and Sciences

… scholarship portal. “The first time we did (the scholarship workshop) last year, it was pretty small,” says Bush. “But … ,” says Bush, who also noted a desire to "do more work within the actual schools, to eliminate transportation … their scholarship essays, Western students also provided valuable insight into college life. It was a great opportunity …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71174

Two honored with Distinguished Service Award

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… them to also pursue connections with the community," a co-worker wrote. "Dr. Fuqua's leadership has certainly been a … learning styles and allowing students the latitude to work problems out on their own." Her efforts led to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1600

Kellogg Foundation is first recipient of aviation award

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… believes and they provided us guidance in doing the same." Working with the University's Office of Diversity and … children should have an equal opportunity to thrive, WKKF works with communities to create conditions for vulnerable … so they can realize their full potential in school, work and life. The foundation is based in Battle Creek, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/336

Tweets net huge book donation and generous outpouring from Japan

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… Twitter messages calling for the donations. Angles had been working with his colleagues at WMU to offer Japanese as an … used bookstores. Then he repacked the remaining books and worked with a Japanese shipping company to send them to WMU. … in WMU's Waldo Library have spent the past two years working their way through all the donations that have come …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4831