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University garners two new grants related to water quality
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… and related efforts on campus received a big boost this month, when the Michigan Department of Environmental … The program only has $97 million available for the 2014 fiscal year, but the environmental quality department … on campus and allowed to filter into the ground rather than enter the surrounding Arcadia Creek Watershed. The …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15425
WMU sees significant gains in number of beginners, out-of-state students
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… dramatic increase in its number of out-of-state students this fall as well as a strong overall surge in the number of … the number of beginning undergraduate students—to 3,179 this year, compared with 3,026 last year. This year's freshman … comes from 65 Michigan counties and 29 other states. More than 42 percent of them have a high school GPA of 3.5 or …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42774
Graduate College Dean Stapleton named interim provost
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… Dr. Timothy Greene , who after nine years in the position, is returning to the faculty in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Stapleton is an internationally recognized scientist with a long track … for garnering annual research and external funding of more than $1 million. For a number of years, she has engaged …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40857
Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter to perform on campus
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… Jazz Orchestra, WMU Jazz Lab Band and special guest, pianist Edward Simonill , in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, … Dalton Center Recital Hall. Tickets are $20 general admission, $12 for seniors and $5 for students, and are … has helped shape the sound of jazz, R&B and rock for more than four decades. His trumpet and flugelhorn performances …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21220
Full range of campus and area events slated to honor King
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… . "Past, Present, and Future: Living the Dream" is the theme of this year's celebration, which includes events that are free … Tuesday, Feb. 11 "Is Our Past Brighter Than Our Future?," 6:30 p.m., 208-209 Bernhard Center. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12675
WMU earns national recognition from U.S. Green Building Council
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… verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is one of just 10 schools and individuals nationwide honored … higher education category. The annual awards program is designed to recognize the best environmental efforts in … the announcement, the council's leadership lauded more than 20 years of WMU sustainability accomplishments in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20744
Diverse list of employers participating in two career fairs
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… Diverse list of employers participating in two career fairs Submitted … month participating in the annual winter Career Fair, which is open to the public and being preceded by many … and Sciences, with support from Kalamazoo College. More than 60 employers have registered to participate in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29796
Top brass: Western alumnus leads trumpet master class as member of U.S. Marine Band
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… in 2022. "One of my favorite things about the Marine Band is some of the artists we get to play with. I played under Jennifer Hudson, … the flexibility of his professors when the gig ran longer than expected and he was delayed in returning to classes the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73221
National leader, respected public servant and longtime advocate for Western to receive honorary degree
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… and collaborated with WMU President Edward Montgomery to discuss the future of civility in politics. Rep. Debbie Dingell and Congressman Fred Upton discuss issues during the Civility Tour on campus in August … were highlights of his career. He has responded to more than one million constituent messages, and he personally …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70189
Ball State business dean named WMU's next provost
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… new provost and vice president for academic affairs. Bott is the Bryan Dean of the Miller College of Business and … brings to her new role a track record of success in fundraising, building enrollment and working across institutional … business topics. Her publication record includes more than two dozen articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/47087