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Immersive program aims to empower next generation of science teachers

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… empower next generation of science teachers Submitted by Erin Flynn on Diamond Norlien examines sediment from the … a container to collect samples while other students from his cohort wade in the Kalamazoo River. Students collect … from nearby ponds. Both campers and teachers excitedly logged the various macroinvertebrates—such as fly larvae and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/07/64891

Think Big initiative shifts from thought to action

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… Think Big initiative shifts from thought to action Submitted … Kobe Brown, a theatre major. Western Michigan University is not a place to go, it's a place to become. That's the mantra emerging from the Think Big initiative , which is reimagining the University's brand and its promise to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57294

Richmond Center for Visual Arts hosts exhibition highlighting contemporary prints from WMU Art Collection

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… Richmond Center for Visual Arts hosts exhibition highlighting contemporary prints from WMU Art Collection Submitted by … by Robert Rauschenberg and to its right the print “Historical Culture” by Jan Voss. The works are part of a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70291

Fake news discussion to feature international, local panelists

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… Fake news discussion to feature international, local panelists Submitted by Anonymous (not … as a fundraiser, it is open to the public with a suggested donation of $10. The discussion is part of the 2017 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43637

University to honor its top four staffers for 2017-18

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… to receive the Annual Make a Difference Award. The award is the highest accolade WMU bestows specifically on … each academic year's Semiannual Make a Difference Award winners. As such, they represent each year's most outstanding … to her quickly," a departmental colleague wrote, "her dogged determination rules the day and she always finds a way …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/48805

Longtime advocate, former trustee to receive Western honorary degree

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… entrepreneur and former trustee Kenneth V. Miller during Fall 2021 Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 18 . … made the recommendation to the board, noting Miller is a "notable champion of Western Michigan University" and his story, "based on a philosophy that persistence, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66599

Western Michigan University launches new course on tribal governance

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… launches new course on tribal governance Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University, in partnership with three local tribal nations, is adding a tribal governance course to its Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) program. The product of nearly two years …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/11/66272

Longtime educator, social work professional tapped to lead College of Health and Human Services as interim dean

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… tapped to lead College of Health and Human Services as interim dean Submitted by Erin Flynn on Dr. Jennifer Harrison KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Jennifer Harrison , professor and director of Western Michigan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/07/72066

Sky Broncos make clean sweep at regionals, qualify for national event

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… team KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's precision flight team, the Sky Broncos, won the National Intercollegiate Flying Association Region III event last … points for their team. A first- or second-place overall finish at regional competition means the team qualifies for the …

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Graduate students receive WMU Dames Endowed Scholarships

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… a Dames Endowed Scholarship offered on a competitive basis to exceptional students enrolled in a graduate degree program at WMU.  First awarded in 1997 … WMU Women’s Association, both men and women may apply for this scholarship, but by the terms of the agreement, …

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