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WMU faculty bring global learning to CHHS students through COIL projects

College of Health and Human Services

… Mich.—Faculty in the School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs are leading the way with developing and …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/11/coil

Western celebrates fall 2023 graduates Dec. 16; Dunn, Penn will receive honorary degrees

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… Time (EST) at Miller Auditorium. President Emeritus John M. Dunn will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree … to 2017, leading projects such as the establishment of the Seita Scholars Program, founding of the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73555

Building global connections through the classroom: WMU’s Global Classrooms Collaborative

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… WMU’s Global Classrooms Collaborative Submitted by John Sweeney on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— As the world becomes … through its Global Classrooms Collaborative , a virtual program that allows faculty to internationalize their … Dr. Michelle Metro-Roland , associate director of external scholarships and faculty development at the Haenicke …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/10/global-classrooms-collaborative

WMU professor awarded prestigious Bellagio Residency: continues work on grief

College of Arts and Sciences

… Italy, participating in the prestigious Bellagio Residency Program.   Awarded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the … is an exclusive retreat offered to the nation's best scholars, artists and practitioners, with only 15 selected … include Joan Didion ’s “The Year of Magical Thinking”, John Bayley ’s “Widower’s House” and Joyce Carol Oates ’s “A …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2024/12/ashley-atkins-bellagio

Transformational Dunn Decade comes to a close

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… led by Western Michigan University's eighth president, Dr. John M. Dunn , come to a close with the end of July, as the … in infrastructure improvements. No. 5—Launch in 2008 of the Seita Scholars Program, which has become the nation's largest and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41513

Social work director awarded grant for student mental health initiative

College of Health and Human Services

… the Student Mental Health and Retention Training (SMART) Program . Dr. Lee leads this initiative in collaboration … Dr. Kyoung Lee, Director, School of Social Work The SMART Program, funded through Section 31ff of the State School Aid … the previous fiscal year. Through Dr. Lee’s leadership, the program ensures that future school social workers gain …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/11/leesmart

Exemplars of campus engagement honored with Distinguished Service Award

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… exceptional support through innovative and effective programs that are academic or related to another facet of … they not only learn but are engaged in research and scholarship. "By incorporating students into the research … and workshops. Her impact was  recognized in 2024 with the John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation Award, a statewide award …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/09/distinguished-service-award-2025-whitney-decamp-lori-wingate

WMU student invention wins $10,000 Lemelson-MIT 'Cure it!' prize

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on From Left: Stephen John and Joseph Barnett KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Western Michigan … ill infants in developing nations. The Lemelson-MIT Program today announced that new WMU alumnus Stephen John of Portage and senior Joseph Barnett of Kalamazoo are …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24028

Award-winning singer, plane crash survivor to speak on resilience at WMU

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… and successful student," says Mark Delorey , WMU Foundation Scholars advisor, adding that judges on "America's Got … lecture series began the same year the Foundation Scholars program started. The merit-based program awards $60,000 … Scholars program, the event is being co-sponsored by the Seita Scholars program, Office of the President , Division …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55402

Center for Fostering Success announces new partner, transition plans

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… structure under which the University's award-winning Seita Scholars Program and a statewide college network operates, has …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/47347