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WMU board adopts new campuswide policy changes
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… WMU board adopts new campuswide policy changes Submitted by Anonymous … Western Michigan University Board of Trustees approved the adoption of changes July 8 to the University's policy on … personnel who take a holistic, trauma-informed approach to work with a complainant to respond to incidents, replacing a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25472
WMU's nonprofit leadership program named best in nation
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… preparation and growth. Recognized for excellence Two dozen WMU students were in attendance at a Salt Lake City, … organizations. In additional to traditional course work, this minor requires service to the University and community. The minor requires 18 credit hours of course work in such areas as communication, marketing and public …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/20904
Some 1.34M hours of service helps earn WMU coveted Carnegie recognition
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… awarded the designation in the 2020 cycle, one of only 13 doctoral-granting universities with a “high research … that allow faculty and students to apply their work and produce useful solutions for business, government … and diverse, as its Community Engagement Geo-Map shows. Noteworthy collaborations include: WMU students …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57766
World hunger relief nonprofit is subject of next Entrepreneurship Forum
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… 15 member organizations and 59 local partner organizations work in more than 30 countries. The nonprofit raises … on sustainability and food security. Norm Braksick Braksick worked for 30 years at The Upjohn Co. and was president of … Service Award, which recognizes the many years of volunteer work that Braksick has provided to benefit the Portage …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19610
Empowering Futures takes student support to new levels
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… Flynn on Kannon Hoffman, a sustainability studies major, works with a three-row planter crafted to help farmers in … conducting research on soil treatments that could double corn yield and fight food insecurity in developing … about her strengths during a professional development workshop. Students in the Broncos Lead Internship Program …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71795
Longtime WMU music professor, internationally known composer dies
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… performer and composer for solo, chamber and orchestral works, Curtis-Smith was at 38, the youngest WMU faculty … from organizations around the globe. They included: a Guggenheim Fellowship, an award from the American Academy and … from the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council for the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19619
Fostering success of STEM transfer students at WMU is focus of nearly $1M NSF grant
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… and all of these freshman orientation things, but when you show up in January as a sophomore or as a junior, there just … through structured and targeted interventions, such as workshops to form connections with other students and … that students in the cohort will direct and drive. "I've done a lot of research on women and minorities that are in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61436
Jim Tripp obituary
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… retiree. He loved his WMU job and took great pride in his work at the University, but his health required him to stop working in 2014 while awaiting an organ transplant. The …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29795
Spring programs highlight tuition-related employee benefits
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… employees or their eligible dependents can learn about how to take advantage of the University's tuition-related …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31495
Student earns awards from national, state recreational sports groups
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… I view these awards as me just following my passion and doing what I love, I am honored and humbled by the … says. "It warms my heart to know others appreciate my hard work and dedication to making a positive impact on the … sports in Michigan. The award goes to a student who has shown dedication to pursuing a career in campus recreation as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45587