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Annual festival brings 900 high school singers to campus
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… Gold Company. The large Festival Chorus will perform four works including Johannes Brahms' "The May Night," Wendell … Boger Coloma, Rebecca Selvidge Comstock Park, Jeanette Doehring Dowagiac Union, Jeff Robinson Grand Rapids South Christian, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38291
Campus visit rekindles a family legacy
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… WMU First Lady Flossie Sangren . Hildur and her husband, Donald J. Makielski , visited campus to attend the April 9 … where they were married. While on campus, Hildur and Don Makielski, along with several close family members, … made haste slowly. "He was a man of patience who knew how to move forward steadily but with persistence. He had a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23896
WMU receives one of six statewide college-access awards
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… Access Impact Awards from the Michigan College Access Network during its fifth annual conference held April 12-13 in … a peer-reviewed, academic, online journal focusing on how students aspire to, gain access to, enroll in and … College Access Impact Awards were cited for having a tremendous impact on increasing college readiness, participation …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23491
Mexican bank official to discuss migration policy, trade
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… after the lecture. Daniel Chiquiar Chiquiar earned a doctoral degree in economics at the University of … Technologico Autonomo de México. During his career, he has worked on economic research concerning the Mexican economy. … distribution Mexican immigrants in the U.S. originate. His work has been featured in the Journal of Political Economy, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35696
Third-annual AMP Lab Open House event welcomes STEAM-curious kids
WMU-Grand Rapids
… event welcomes STEAM-curious kids Submitted by Beth Pappalardo on Kids and parents build LEGO creations with Bricks 4 … leaders, educators, and students, and we are proud to work with our education partners to showcase the vast career possibilities the STEAM-related …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75134
University Libraries acquires David Small and Sarah Stewart archive
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… Mich.—The University Libraries has acquired the complete working archive of author and illustrator, David Small , and … Small and Stewart have created a respected body of work, collaborating on six books, including "The Gardener," … special collections and housed in the rare book room in Waldo Library once it is fully cataloged. Learn more about WMU …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/57699
WMU launches new entrepreneurship opportunities for students
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… offering co-curricular initiatives have all laid the groundwork for rigorous, hands-on courses of study for students … propositions, product and service design, finance and teamwork. "Graduates of this minor will quickly find that they … The major provides students with the ability to understand how business ideas and companies develop and to possibly …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15728
Four WMU grad programs among nation's top 50 in U.S. News ranking
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… Report ranking of the top graduate programs in the nation shows Western Michigan University with seven programs ranked … Occupational Therapy, Grand Rapids—No. 58. Social Work—No. 71. All seven of WMU's top-100 programs are part of … than 650 colleges and universities that confer master's and doctoral degrees. The additional ranked WMU programs are in: …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31097
WMU adds matching funds to Detroit group's scholarship program
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… range of human and cultural services as well as advocacy work. Its staff and volunteers have joined forces to meet …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30110
WMU student receives $10,000 accountancy scholarship
Haworth College of Business
… I am able to focus on obtaining my M.S.A. and continuing to work toward my CPA license. This award has taken away … an accountant.” Throughout her time at WMU, Mac has worked hard for her success as a student. She has been … gain new skills and learn from others,” she says. “I have worked alongside many students and faculty and was able to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/07/68477