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WMU lauded again with Washington Monthly top-100 ranking

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… has once again ranked Western Michigan University as one of the nation's top-100 universities for producing graduates … on such input measures as wealth, fame and exclusivity, schools are rated based on their contribution to the public … how likely it is that students are able to pay down school loans and the percentage of first-generation students …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42194

Romanian scholar to discuss climate change and water resources

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… scholar speaks at Western Michigan University as part of the Visiting Scholars and Artists Program. Dr. Liliana Zaharia , professor of meteorology and hydrology and director of the … series, a member of the director's council of the Doctoral School Simion Mehedinti and a member of the director's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35792

Alumna preserving the past while creating her own legacy

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… on February is Black History Month, an annual celebration of achievements and a time to recognize the important role … as the first history teacher of Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis—a school created in 1927 by the Ku Klux Klan to keep Black …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67068

WMU honors students shine in STAR Awards

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… service to others in the greater Kalamazoo community. Nonprofit staff, volunteers and community members come together … for their three-year mentoring project with Milwood Middle School students, Future Leaders of Kalamazoo, through Communities in Schools. The scholars have focused on engendering a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39986

Professor honored for her service, commitment to students

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… Professor honored for her service, commitment to students … KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Lisa DeChano-Cook , a dedicated professor and mentor at Western Michigan University, will be … Dr. Lucius F. Hallett IV , associate professor in the School of the Environment, Geography and Sustainability. …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/lisa-dechano-cook-receives-2024-distinguished-service-award

China's trade, migration and growth on deck in Sichel Series talk

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… (not verified) on Zhu KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A University of Toronto scholar will explore China's trade, migration and … later this month at Western Michigan University as part of the Werner Sichel Lecture Series. Dr. Xiaodong Zhu , … From 2002 to 2011 he was a special-term professor at the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31506

Libraries releases new digital collections featuring historical photographs, rare manuscripts and oral histories

University Libraries

… The University Libraries is excited to announce the release of three new digital collections and additions to three historical photograph collections.   While many of the items we digitize belong to the Libraries, we also … and Literature Professor Dr. Li Xiang, who led high school students in the CHIN 2750 dual-enrollment course in …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2024/11/new-digital-collections

Grants to WMU fly past $4.2 million mark in November, December

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… total to nearly $16.4 million since the July 1 start of the current fiscal year, WMU trustees learned at their … while grants for instruction totaled more than $1.2 million of the two-month grant total. Public service awards, grants … including significant disabilities, graduate from high school with the ability to succeed in postsecondary …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30795

Dismantling expectations: Nicole Miller’s future in advertising

Haworth College of Business

… Mich.—Western Michigan University senior Nicole Miller  of Monee, Illinois, doesn’t see herself fitting within the stereotypical box of advertising. Billboards and Sunday Night Football ads are … knew I had leadership skills through experiences in high school, so I wanted to nurture those skills and grow them …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69895

Mia VandenBerg is raising the bar in human resources

Haworth College of Business

… at Western Michigan University, is elevating the world of human resources. At the Haworth College of Business, the senior has been taking her turn in the … for Excellence in Human Resources and mentors a high school robotics team in Battle Creek. She is also a student …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73786