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Foster Care Month activities celebrate WMU Fostering Success efforts

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… celebrate WMU Fostering Success efforts Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on A group of WMU Seita Scholars … are celebrating WMU's commitment to foster care youth with a number of events designed for young people, … around Kalamazoo from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 28 , with each of four locations dedicated to a different …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23701

Longtime criminal justice, mental health professional joins WMU

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… mental health and substance abuse treatment professional with more than 36 years of experience has been named the new … a therapist for several years. He also has held positions with Calhoun County Juvenile and Probate courts and has … Kuchenbuch has been an adjunct professor since 2004 at Kellogg Community College, where he taught courses on substance …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/25990

Results-oriented academic leader, public policy scholar will lead Western’s academic affairs division

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… increasing student and faculty diversity, developing innovative programs, and forging beneficial partnerships … a bold thought leader and change agent to work in concert with faculty and staff in an environment designed to help … more than 70 programs across a wide range of fields. With an emphasis on recruitment during his three-year …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69883

WMU to offer courses tailored to training schedules at Air Guard base

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… to training schedules at Air Guard base Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on The Michigan National Guard 110th … Airlift Wing in Battle Creek KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Starting with the spring 2015 semester that begins in January, … Air National Guard members assigned to Battle Creek's Kellogg Air National Guard Base.   Blended learning model "We've …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20177

Black mason broke barriers, laid first building blocks for learning at Western

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… and persistent alumna, the community will finally know his impact. Albert White , born just two months before … Parker , B.A.'02, M.A.'07, Ph.D.'22, a postdoctoral fellow with the University's Lewis Walker Institute for the Study … community fellow in summer 2022, Parker was tasked with researching the history of the city's Edison …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74599

Future nurse embraces nontraditional approach to education, opportunities to explore global perspective

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… Future nurse embraces nontraditional approach to education, opportunities to … approach,” Simpson says. As a high-performing student with a strong GPA, she has also been accepted into the Lee … college courses, virtual courses and co-op classes with other homeschool students,” Simpson says. “That gave me …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68812

WMU joins national initiative to increase study abroad enrollment

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… to increase study abroad enrollment Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU students and staff on a trip … in the international exchange of people and ideas, partners with sponsors around the country to create programs of study … Report on International and Educational Exchange. Along with colleges and universities such as WMU, IIE's Generation …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14323

Sindecuse Health Center achieves AAAHC accreditation

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… and federal agencies, and the public. "We’re energized to know that our efforts to provide the WMU community with quality health care have been recognized," said Lisa … by an AAAHC expert in quality care standards—a physician with a deep background in college health care. Accreditation …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23101

Nearly $5M grant will help WMU, school districts create new pipeline to fill teacher shortage

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… were battling a teacher shortage. A report by the Economic Policy Institute found that while demand for … two years of planning, this program will pay for candidates within the districts—like paraprofessionals, bus drivers, … a career. The program will pay for qualified candidates within districts—such as bus drivers, paraprofessionals and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/61810

New York artist next up in WMU Frostic School of Art Lecture Series

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… in WMU Frostic School of Art Lecture Series Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.--A New … Center is staging the series of lectures in conjunction with its exhibition schedule in support of the thematic … Art in America. She was a 2009 recipient of a residency with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and a 2014 Artists …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19656