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While new student numbers remain positive, enrollment takes slight dip

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… competitive environment characterized by declining numbers of Michigan high school graduates, Western Michigan University's incoming … increased slightly this fall, while the overall number of students enrolled took a slight dip. The fall 2015 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27322

Alumna with passion for poetry named Kansas Poet Laureate

College of Arts and Sciences

… a Western Michigan University alumna, has made a career out of her passion for poetry. And, now, the entire state of Kansas is ready to hear her. Dr. Traci Brimhall Brimhall, … laureate in various ways, including working with the high school Poetry Out Loud competition, engaging with county …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70298

Hope in the darkness: WMU music therapy alum finds calling in hospice

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… slung on her back, Kaitlin Ridgway isn't the typical professional you'd expect to see walking down the halls of a … with patients," she says. "I got to work with kids in a school with developmental disabilities. I got to work with … a huge bonus that I don't think is seen as often in other schools." Making an impact During her time at WMU, Ridgway …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55317

Online ticket sales for WMU Tigers Night are now live

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… in the University's brown and gold colors. In addition, $5 of the cost of each ticket sold on the site will go to the WMU Legacy … for a limited edition Detroit Tigers baseball cap in school colors. Fans should bring the voucher to the game to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30891

Another WMU staffer named state's top student-employee supervisor

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… year. Michael "Berd" Berdowski, assistant director of intramural sports and recreation programs, was named … top supervisor from nominations it receives from its member schools. To be eligible to make a nomination, member schools in each of the 14 states that make up this regional …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54204

WMU lands four on Academic All-MAC gymnastics team

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… Western Michigan University had the second most number of honorees in the conference and junior Kayla Weber of Canton led the 18 members of the Academic All-MAC team … six of 10 total meets. She tied the third highest score in school history with a 9.875. Weber competed as an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15953

Student-athletes ready to tackle senior seasons

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… drills at Warren Dunes. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Sprints instead of selfies. Toning instead of tanning. A day at the beach … definitely gives me the balance. I have football and school, but she's definitely that happy medium," he says. … Kennedy Potts has something else on her mind this year—law school. "I'm starting to apply right now," the behavioral …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54896

WMU adds new undergraduate and graduate program concentrations

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… changes to academic programs that include the creation of an undergraduate concentration in audiology as well as a … changes The audiology concentration within the Bachelor of Science degree in interdisciplinary health sciences will … lives. In addition, the program is consistent with the School of Social Work's mission to educate social workers to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/16288

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Valley Community College and The Kalamazoo Promise receive $620,000 grant to help working-age students earn postsecondary credentials

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… Center for Adult College Success has awarded a grant of $620,000 to support Western Michigan University, … opportunity in a knowledge-based economy. The grant was one of nine awarded through The Center’s competitive $6.4 … more complicated obstacles to completion than recent high school graduates, including balancing family and work …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/11/wmu-kalamazoo-valley-kalamazoo-promise-recieve-innovation-investment-award-grant

'Julie Loves to Dance'

W Magazine

… at Western, Nadia Famiano is still getting into the rhythm of college life. But she’s already pirouetted into the … The story danced itself into existence one day in high school when Famiano found herself daydreaming during class … submitting her work would be an opportunity to receive valuable criticism of her writing. “I sent it into a publishing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73420