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Poets with WMU ties explore Michigan through verse, discussion

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… Andrea England, Dr. Hedy Habra, Dr. William Arnold "Arnie" Johnston, Dr. Richard Katrovas, Bruce Lack and Judith Rypma … Puerto del Sol, Cider Press Review, and Poet Lore. Arnie Johnston Johnston joined the WMU faculty in 1966 and … a Cornwell Fellow in the University of Michigan's MFA Program in Poetry. His poetry won second place in the 2010 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12800

Carls Foundation awards $314,400 to help children hear

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… given $314,400 to Western Michigan University to support programs designed to help older children with hearing … Specifically, the award will: Provide funding for client scholarships to support ongoing early diagnosis and … with hearing loss and use of a hearing device. Provide scholarships for the education of students and professionals …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1243

WMU expanded aviation center to meet needs of growing industry

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… beginning in 1939 and evolving over time from a single program to its current status as a full academic college in … home to one of the nation's top three collegiate aviation programs, WMU offers undergraduate programs in aviation flight science, aviation management and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53381

Native seed project helps WMU get back to its roots

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… collaboration between the greenhouse and the natural areas program in Landscape Services. Since then, more than 40,000 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/54808

Leveling up experience-driven learning opportunities

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… expanding research opportunities and bolstering educational programming.  "These projects are student-centered and put … marketing efforts and increase engagement. The yearlong program charges teams of students to imagine solutions to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75848

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

Music therapy student finds belonging through mental health advocacy

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… say. "Once I found out that Western had a music therapy program, that just put my two worlds together." Mental …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71821

WMU employees going the distance, can participate in Kalamazoo Marathon at no cost

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… every day. Using that as her base, she created a training program, including intervals, hills and long runs. From one …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59104

Western engineering alum helps power next frontier of military defense in Space Force

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… was the work Mostek did in Western's aerospace engineering program that piqued the interest of a military recruiter …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/11/66119

Literacy education expert to receive Emerging Scholar Award

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… Scholar Award Launched in 2006, the Emerging Scholar Award program acknowledges the accomplishments of WMU faculty … careers at WMU and who, by virtue of their contributions to scholarship or creative activity, have achieved national …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/48803