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Grad student uses creativity, collaboration to keep her students learning
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… Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The closing of school buildings to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus … teaches special education in Plainwell Community Schools and plans to graduate from the IPA program in June. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58673
WMU football improves to 10-0 and climbs in rankings
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… first 10-win season in the program's 108-year history. One of only five undefeated college football teams in the … Amway Coaches Poll. Minutes before the WMU-Kent State kickoff, updated College Football Playoff rankings were released … his 39th career rushing touchdown, tying Jerome Persell's school record. WMU attempted just 13 passes in the game, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36282
Two will receive WMU's Distinguished Service Award
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… Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Stephen Covell , chair of the Department of Comparative Religion, and Peter Thannhauser , senior lab … campus as well as in the community volunteering with high school students. "It is clear that Pete enjoys his job and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/48801
Fashion show puts Western students' design skills, resilience on display
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… the delight she felt when her mother showed her a pair of shimmering ruby red slippers as a toddler. "I just always … age, I wanted to get into fashion." Chloe LePine A click of the heels might have landed her on a runway where she now … that might not normally happen in a regular school year," says LePine, MODA's designer coach, who is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63636
Nobel laureate to give talk on peace building, women's rights
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… address at 7 p.m. Friday, April 13 , in the South Ballroom of Western Michigan University's Bernhard Center. Nobel … the event is open to the public with a suggested donation of $15 and will be preceded by a Nobel Reception. Gbowee … Sunday, April 14-15, at WMU. More than 300 elementary, high school and college-age youths from Michigan, Illinois, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46210
Partnership will lead to WMU engineering degrees for Aquinas students
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… degree through Western Michigan University's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. A partnership between … percent success rate after graduation and go on to graduate school or employment at some of the nation's top companies. … program is underway at Aquinas, officials at both schools plan to turn their attention to a civil engineering …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39787
Bin there, done that — student's research optimizes recycling
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… project for Newell Brands, determining the best placement of recycling centers to reduce waste. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— … we have with Western Michigan University is very valuable, being a research-focused campus. The reputation of … to actually use the skills I've developed through graduate school to make an impact on the sustainable world," Turske …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52646
Unprecedented cross-campus collaboration leads to streamlined student support
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… support Submitted by Erin Flynn on Student Success Hub will offer streamlined, holistic support to proactively address … Martini , vice provost for teaching and learning and dean of Merze Tate College. Supported by the historic Empowering … Tate College , Multicultural Affairs for Students , the Office of Information Technology , the Office of Diversity …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/70934
WMU student recruiting and orientation captivating from afar
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… student ambassador KALAMAZOO, Mich.—To get a sense of how accommodating Western Michigan University’s Student … it special. Such an objective isn’t easy when every other school in Michigan has had to move its admissions and … a higher education institution—remain vital, even as schools more fully embrace distance recruiting due to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59384
WMU awarded $3.7 million for programs in blindness and low vision
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… been awarded to the Western Michigan University Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies and are aimed at filling … who will work with visually impaired youths and adults in schools and organizations, as well as recruiting scholars … will work with students with visual impairments in preschool through elementary and high school. 'Perfect, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20138