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State association honors Spanish faculty member

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… verified) on Braun KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A faculty member in Western Michigan University's Department of Spanish is this … way. My goal is to have my students speak, listen, read and write on a consistent basis." Braun Braun joined WMU's … Spanish for 12 years at nearby Portage Northern High School and implemented the school's International Baccalaureate …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43899

Collegiate cross-country solar race to come through Kalamazoo

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… (not verified) on WMU's solar racecar, Sunseeker KALAMAZOO--Western Michigan University's famed solar racecar, Sunseeker … collegiate race, begins July 14 in Rochester, N.Y., and ends eight days later in St. Paul, Minn. Solar race … the world will cover the more than 1,600- mile course and make mandatory overnight and checkpoint stops all along …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/365

High school seniors invited to fall open houses

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… top-100 public universities during three open houses at Western Michigan University this fall. Students are asked to … online for the free Friday events Oct. 26, Nov. 9 and Nov. 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Bernhard Center … in Kalamazoo. The open houses allow high school seniors and their families to get acquainted with the University's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2268

Externships, research opportunities helped nursing grad chart path to success

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Some students are buried in their books; Western Michigan University students lead presentations that … industry leaders. "I was able to go to a nursing conference and was the only student there. I was surrounded by people … provides for the community." In his final semester at Western, Le also completed a nursing leadership and

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75401

Medical apartheid author Harriet Washington to speak on campus Oct. 11

Study of Ethics in Society

… Harriet Washington to speak on campus Oct. 11 Submitted by Sandra Borden on Harriet A. Washington KALAMAZOO, … the Name of Medicine” on Tuesday, Oct. 11 , as part of the Western Michigan University Center for the Study of Ethics … event will be held in room 4010 of the College of Health and Human Services building at 7 p.m. Washington will be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69379

Graduate students win leading geology awards

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A pair of Western Michigan University graduate students brought home … picked up a prestigious student research grant. Sarah VanderMeer , a doctoral student from Holland, Michigan, in … field- and satellite-based geophysical data over the Western Desert of Egypt to understand such complexities as …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43875

Bronco Bash returns to WMU with celebration of new student center

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… Submitted by Erin Flynn on There will be plenty of fun and games at the hundreds of tables sprawled across Sangren … Bronco Bash is expected to bring more than 17,000 people to Western Michigan University's campus. The annual event, … really a place to find your people and find your place at Western. And having all of the registered student …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72501

WMU's NCHC quarterfinal series with Colorado begins March 16

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… storm Ulmer, a weather system that has walloped Colorado and other states, the opening night of the best-of-three … Collegiate Hockey Conference Quarterfinal series between Western Michigan University and Colorado College has been … storm and travel issues with Denver getting to Colorado Springs. The teams ultimately played Feb. 26. All three …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52462

WMU teacher ed programs projected to grow 36% with Future Proud Michigan Educator Grow Your Own

College of Education and Human Development

… their original language.  We want them to be multilingual and use both languages. "  says  Kristi   VanderWoude , a … Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at Western Michigan University to help her make those … reading specialist and workforce education and development. Western  will provide fully funded and high quality …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/07/72182

Adjunct jazz professor Duane Davis wins prestigious Ellis Marsalis, Jr. Educator of the Year Award

Jazz Studies

… Marsalis, Jr. Educator of the Year Award Submitted by Brandi Engel on Duane Davis, second from left, accepts the … including the Irving S. Gilmore School of Music at Western Michigan University,  Grand Rapids Public Schools, … Siegel (Manhattan Transfer), all of the New York Voices, Western alum  Blake Morgan (Voces8), as well as high school …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74753