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WMU awarded $3.7 million for programs in blindness and low vision
News
… Orientation and mobility professionals supported by this award will teach safe and efficient travel … percentage of the overall population and require crucial support for education, workforce training and ultimate … the National Eye Institute estimated that there were up to 5 million Americans who were visually impaired and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20138
New Michigan budget includes $4M for WMU autism initiatives
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… colleges and universities. Developing innovative on-campus support networks for college students on the autism spectrum. … this state, we will no longer have families waiting up to two years to get services." Joining O'Brien for the … and State Rep. Aric Nesbitt , both of Lawton, who supported the funding decision. The new funding is part of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16702
Professor's documentary to screen at Waterfront Film Festival
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… in video production and post-production. We created a very supportive team. Everyone brought wonderful enthusiasm and … footage. In all, she worked on the project for a year, logging well over 100 hours. "It was really a great … says Masters, who now lives in Saginaw and works as a freelance video editor. "I'm hoping the experience will help …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16566
WMU faculty head to South Africa, Thailand this summer on Fulbright Specialist Awards
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… faculty members received Fulbright Specialist Awards to support overseas consulting and advocacy work this summer. … university’s first jazz ensemble. One of the pieces the group worked on was his own arrangement of “They Say It’s … It hosts a variety of global learning activities, such as designing and promoting scholarship and academic opportunities …
https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/06/fulbright-specialist-summer-2025
Southwest Michigan slates Chávez dinner, awards program
News
… works at all hours and on weekends making home visits to support as well as recruit migrant families in labor camps. … it, "Our mission is to make America stronger, healthier and freer than when we found her." Betances grew up in the inner city and dropped out of school, yet went on …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14270
WMU wins $500,000 grant to create wide range of autism services
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… Lt. Gov. Brian Calley. Online and on-site training of supervisors for practitioners wishing to become board … certified behavior analysts, whose training requires a supervised training module. By training more supervisors, it is hoped more practitioners will obtain their …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13787
Carls Foundation awards $314,400 to help children hear
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… has given $314,400 to Western Michigan University to support programs designed to help older children with hearing problems. The … hearing screening has reduced the age of identification significantly, not all cases of permanent childhood hearing …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1243
Michigan Geological Survey receives $14 million in funding
College of Arts and Sciences
… are excited and grateful that this funding will once again support the survey to conduct resource assessments and … 167 of 2011, the scientific functions of the survey were assigned to Western, which was already home to the Michigan … of the MGS and director of MGRRE. “This really is a significant turning point that can lead to impactful …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73664
Haworth College of Business alumni recognition program wins award
Haworth College of Business
… 30 program has received the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Gold Award for Best New Alumni Program. … , project leader and editor; Liz Haskin , graphic and web designer; Cindy Wagner , web designer; Ashlie Harper Perry , writer; and Samantha Hooker , …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/12/57002
New climate and energy advisor develops vision for cleaner, greener Michigan
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… thinker who knows how to set objectives that matter, design programs to accomplish those objectives and measure … U.S. Climate Alliance toward the goal of reducing emissions up to 28% by 2050 which aligns with the Paris Agreement—a global climate effort signed by nearly 200 countries. Brown hopes to surpass that …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54484