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Heavy snow and wind trigger rare campus weather closure
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… Heavy snow and wind trigger rare campus weather closure Submitted by Anonymous (not … locations. Events scheduled on campus Tuesday also are canceled—some to be rescheduled. Events to be rescheduled included a planned …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20282
20 new WMU students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships
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… freshmen have won coveted Medallion Scholarships to begin their studies at Western Michigan University this … Scholarships are the highest merit-based award WMU can bestow on an incoming freshman. Valued at $50,000 each … participants' parents. The 40 top-performing competitors returned to campus and were interviewed as finalists for the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1223
Elaine Chew obituary
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… assistant program. Services A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 , in the Community Church … Michigan. A reception will follow. A graveside service will be held at a time to be determined. Remembrances The family obituary and message …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36392
Pride Month celebrates resiliency of Western's LGBTQ communities
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… , after the pandemic forced most Pride celebrations to be canceled last year. "When we look back at everything that … Marts says. "I want students to remember there is a much bigger community out there that they're going to be able to be …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64363
Flu shots are available at Sindecuse Health Center
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… 12 and older of full-time employees, retirees and students) beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8 . Vaccinations will be administered by appointment at the health center. Drop-in clinics are not yet scheduled for fall semester. Because of COVID-19, demand may be high and a preferred …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61009
New resource available for students, scholars to conduct organizational change and development research
College of Education and Human Development
… change and development research Submitted by Chris Hybels on Dr. David Szabla KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's Dr. David Szabla will soon be releasing a new tool to expose students to methods … Educational Leadership, Research and Technology, will soon be releasing his "Handbook of Research Methods in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71773
Alum over the moon after winning prize in NASA challenge
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… McFall likens the challenge to creating a "fancy trash can." The St. Joseph native, who now works for SRG Global in … a machine design project on steroids. It might as well have been from my instructor, Dr. Judah Ari-Gur , at Western," … design. It's also good validation for the skills that I've been building since the beginning of school." NASA started …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52875
Alumna Rachel Swearingen wins Rona Jaffe writers' award
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… stages of their careers. The six award recipients will be feted during a private ceremony in New York City on … prize will allow her to focus on completing a novel she's been developing. "That's huge, because my biggest hurdle has been finding the time to work on a larger …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1599
Newell Rubbermaid to build at BTR Park
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… Newell Rubbermaid to build at BTR Park Submitted by Anonymous (not … and Research Park KALAMAZOO—A firm that markets some of the best-known consumer brands in the nation will bring its … Gov. Rick Snyder announced today. Atlanta-based Newell Rubbermaid will open a state-of-the art 40,000-square-foot …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/6076
WMU to confer more than 1,700 degrees during fall commencement
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… All three fall ceremonies will last about two hours and be geared toward students who are graduating from a … of Arts and Sciences and Extended University Programs. December's graduation exercises will feature music by the Western … M. Wolfinbarger . The national anthem and alma mater will be sung by the University's chapter of the Phi Mu Alpha …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36754