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Financial incentives spark employee giving

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… whether an individual's gift goes to academic support programs, international study opportunities, leadership and … or, importantly, financial aid in the form of funds and scholarships. "We need your help again for the 2016-17 … notes that donations can be made to WMU's more than 1,900 scholarships, funds and programs. All gifts are tax …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40463

Longtime tennis coach inducted into MAC Hall of Fame

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… dating back to 2013. Kuhle Kuhle led the WMU women's tennis program for 33 years as head coach from 1983 to 2015 and is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40347

WMU entrepreneur wins Brian Patrick Thomas Award

Haworth College of Business

… also purchase a Kzoo Makers membership. "The Starting Gate program has given me so many opportunities, and now with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39643

Computer science grad finds key to career success at Western

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… a successful internship with the company. "I'll mainly be programming, coding and working with Kellogg’s clients, … for me to see how as users, or as humans, we can use programming or coding to automate things or to do so many … when we go off into different companies, regardless of what programming language they use." In addition to fundamentals, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67741

Koretsky set to take WMU College of Arts and Sciences reins

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… the honors college to record enrollment and new levels of scholarship and accomplishment over the past few years. We … has served as a faculty member in the environmental studies program as well as the geosciences department. She received … Carolina-Charlotte, and as a graduate research assistant at Johns Hopkins University. She earned a bachelor's degree cum …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/32004

WMU grad student's poetry book published, wins big award

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… award, sponsored by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs and named after American poet, writer, editor and … won the AWP Prize. The Association of Writers and Writing Programs is the nation's foremost and largest organization … meet with me one on one. Just having the time in a Ph.D. program to write is really special." Native American poet …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26664

Engineering prof wins NIH grant for research on heart disease

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… continuing his research at WMU because of its new master's program in chemical engineering and the opening of the WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22649

Jean E. Lowrie obituary

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… 1963 to 1980, overseeing substantial growth in the school's programs and its pioneering courses on new kinds of media … former WMU student of hers and his wife. Proceeds fund scholarships and fellowships for students in FSU's School of … to point out new ways to lead the developments." Scholarship, early career Lowrie wrote the book "Elementary …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20588

Alexis Brown: Achieving Excellence in Aviation

College of Aviation

… School in Genesee County, Brown earned a track-and-field scholarship to Western Michigan University. The aviation … admits when talking to current students in the aviation program and at aviation camps around the nation. "Brandon …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58976

Uncharted Waters: Campus community navigates unprecedented shift to distance learning

W Magazine

… figure it out." WMUx —the evolution of Extended University Programs—spearheaded a campuswide effort to make the shift … for virtual classroom veterans and rookies alike. The program’s software engineers, design specialists, internet … education and serves as a creative capacity multiplier for programs and people across campus. Its "human-centered" …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59590