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Bronson School of Nursing wins $2 million grant to boost diversity

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… Diversity Grant, through the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, will fund the Empowering Nursing … Their contact with an older student navigator under the watchful eye of a faculty mentor has been very beneficial, … the scholar and together they approached the faculty member after class to talk. Universal success Of the 14 scholars …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43577

COVID-19 response grants awarded for innovative research related to pandemic

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… COVID-19 response grants awarded for innovative research related to pandemic Submitted … University's Office of Research and Innovation has awarded five grants for research related to the COVID-19 … drives, participating in protests and adapting end-of-life services. Covell and Riggs hope to compile a global database …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59443

Ingenious invention gives plant lovers a green thumb and wins Bronco Pitch

Haworth College of Business

… a solution to the frequent and frustrating task of watering plants, a team of Western Michigan University … brainchild of three engineering students, is an atmospheric water generator that helps nature lovers enjoy the benefits … systems. Zindoga explains that the product idea came about after the three team members took the Entrepreneurial …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71591

WMU Theatre kicks off 2021-22 season with focus on connection, equity

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… equity Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After a year and a half of isolation, adaptation and … outside. "We have worked with Western's fabulous Landscape Services team, and the courtyard behind York Theatre has now … Greek comedy about women trying to end the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from their husbands until they …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65062

WMU celebrates upgraded fashion labs and technology

College of Education and Human Development

… by Chris Hybels on Dr. Laura Dinehart and President Edward Montgomery cut the ribbon for the new pattern plotter … the ground ready to go and be employed, and that's what we want," Dr. Mary Simpson , assistant professor,   told … is intersecting with technology. According to Simpson, after the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a massive increase in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74534

Lucas-Perry makes declaration in Broadway debut: She's here to stay

W Magazine

… Lucas-Perry makes declaration in Broadway debut: She's here to stay Submitted by Erin Flynn on … Adams in a groundbreaking reboot of the Tony Award-winning musical "1776" and then reprising her Lucille Lortel … more right." Dr. Joan Herrington visited with Lucas-Perry after watching her perform in "1776" on Broadway. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69836

New program teaches business students how to ask valuable questions

Haworth College of Business

… course, that all pre-business students take. “I was immediately onboard with the FRAME method,” says Tim … ask questions unprompted as they grow in their skills. “I want my students to see the value of questions, not just for … he is a student assistant in WMU Facilities Management. After he had experience with FRAME, he expanded his ability …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75417

6 to be inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame

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… Oct. 27. WMU Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2012 Edwards Dan Edwards Men's soccer, 1991-94 Portage, Mich. Edwards is the … one of 11 NCAA Division I teams to earn that honor in 1999 after posting a school record 3.69 team GPA. There also have …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1170

Five visiting campus as candidates to head College of Fine Arts

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… dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts at Western Washington University, 2 p.m. Monday, June 3; Adrian R. Tió, … Hudson , inaugural director for the New Zealand School of Music for Massey University and Victoria University of … Dr. Margaret Merrion, who is retiring at the end of June after 13 years as dean. Dr. John H. Guthmiller Guthmiller …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7365

Distance education: You do you

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… are even more important when teaching and providing services in a virtual environment. That was the message Dr. Alan Rea , professor of business … them much better for the business reality they will face after graduation. The opportunity for self-paced learning, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58871