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2019: A year of No. 1s at Western
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… gem. Innovation leader. WMU is garnering national accolades for its programs propelling students to success. Whether … Michigan University special is the learning outcomes for all of its students," says the College Gazette, which … continues to impress industry leaders, ranked a top sales program by the Sales Education Foundation for several …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/12/57203
Bronco fall spirit events scheduled
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… capture the excitement of the fall season we're all hungry for while showing off our beautiful campus to alumni and the … parade (c. 1980-81) The event will kick off with a performance from the Bronco Marching Band before participants drive around Ring Road, on WMU’s main …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61460
Love on the ice: A Lawson romance comes full circle
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… Emily Wheelright stand with son Lawson. Emily Wheelright performs with the synchronized skating team. Emily and Doug … as a student employee at the rink, feeding his passion for hockey while pursuing a degree in food and consumer … remembers Doug. "I finally got the courage to ask her for her phone number." Once he broke the ice, the pair hit …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63180
Webinars explore WMU research regarding social consequences and response to COVID-19
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… social implications. Studies related to driving factors for shelter-in-place orders, mental health during isolation, … This webinar examines American federalism in action, for better or for worse. Thursday, Oct. 15, at noon . Watch … and professor of comparative religion, and Dr. Diane Riggs , faculty specialist II of comparative religion. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61262
Public health students reflect on year since Western shifted to distance learning
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… in China in late January 2020. At the time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised the risk of the … University in a lot of ways," Bensley says. Opportunities for his students to get involved snowballed from there. … Along with the University's Medical Director, Dr. Gayle Ruggiero , Bott and Proudfoot co-chaired the WMU COVID-19 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63591
WMU board approves 2020-21 on-campus apartments rates
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… Michigan University Board of Trustees approved rates for on-campus apartments and apartment-style residential … alignment with the surrounding community, per-person rates for existing unfurnished units will rise between $4 and $26 a month. New rates will allow for continued maintenance and improvements to existing …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/57019
WMU-related travel to China prohibited
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… by the State Department. This is in addition to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's highest warning, Level … advance, will not be approved. Personally incurred expenses for travel to China will not be reimbursed. The University … and Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services guidance for containing the spread of the respiratory illness. Such …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57804
Big changes unfold at WMU Pilot Plants
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… celebrated the startup of technology that will allow for the development and testing of new paper types, as well … named in honor of alumnus Charles Klass , who worked for more than five decades in the pulp and paper industry. … from around the world, the WMU operation provides an outlet for companies to test new paper types, fibers, chemistries …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52982
Community, campus programs to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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… educational programs and presentations. "Injustice for One is Injustice for All" is this year's theme. Events Friday, Jan. 17 … of Kalamazoo in partnership with Gryphon Place, sign up for a volunteer opportunity at gryphon.org/volunteer. For …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57191
Student Recreation Center reopens with safety precautions in place
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… account to ensure they have paid the $90 enrollment fee for the semester. If they have not, they can purchase a … logistics. They rolled out some of the first opportunities for in-person exercise during Fall Welcome—a socially … arrive someplace new, that isolation can begin to feel bigger.” “To feel connected and that sense of belonging here …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61100