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Ph.D. student earns teaching effectiveness award
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… All-University Teaching Effectiveness Award is the result of dedication to WMU engineering students and the college’s … approach in education, as well as support from the faculty of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. “The focus of my …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67718
How to keep your body healthy during COVID-19 pandemic
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… WMU’s Student Recreation Center has gone virtual, offering free classes on their Facebook page with a variety of workout techniques to keep your body healthy and your … don’t rule out an old-fashioned walk to see the beauty of nature, rather than staring at the walls of your bedroom. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58646
Employees offered chance to study Spanish and culture in Mexico
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… Employees offered chance to study Spanish and culture in Mexico … 1010 or the equivalent language skills test by the end of the 2012 summer I session. Evening and lunch-hour sections of Spanish 1010 are offered during spring semester and the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/36
Flags lowered Wednesday for Army Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Leach
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… on Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Leach LANSING, Mich.--By order of Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, U.S. flags on all campuses of Western Michigan University and throughout Michigan will be lowered Wednesday, July 11, in honor of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Leach, of Ferndale, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/970
WMU fraternity to perform with Step Afrika
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… at Miller Auditorium Nov. 27 KALAMAZOO—Step Afrika, a professional dance company dedicated to the tradition of stepping, will bring its show to Western Michigan … available at millerauditorium.com . Phi Beta Sigma, winners of the National Pan-Hellenic Council Marchdown that was held …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3032
Authors support WMU writing award with fundraiser
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… will come together Saturday, Oct. 5 , on the campus of Western Michigan University to read from their works and celebrate the life and contributions of author, editor and publisher Robert J. Bixby, a WMU … by the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English. Refreshments will be served and a book signing …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/9930
Western's Cold Case Program helps police net arrest in decades-old murder
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… Michigan murder mystery. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Just shy of 35 years after a woman was found murdered in her home in … Case Program helped breathe new life into after decades of dead ends. Patrick Gilham is currently awaiting trial, … case is the first Western students were involved in as part of the new Cold Case Program, which was launched in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67430
A growing inspiration: Undergraduates’ garden initiative motivates the masses
College of Arts and Sciences
… Lawlor, Joshua VanSlambrouck and Will Roosien, the group of undergraduates leading the Seed urban gardening … wall overlooking the garden they've cultivated as part of their project. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—In the backyard of a housing complex in Kalamazoo, atop a retaining wall, a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73961
WMU student program recognized by national diversity magazine
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… acclaim from a national diversity magazine. WMU was one of 93 institutions from around the nation named an annual … inclusivity and engagement across our campus." One of the University's longest-running programs designed to … The MLK Academy provides academic, social and professional development support for students from the first …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/55464
Trustees to consider 2018-19 room and board rates at April meeting
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… Wednesday, April 18 , the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will consider 2018-19 room and board rates for … University's retirement plan that would reduce the number of plan providers to just one company in the future to … employees. Also on the agenda for the meeting are a range of consent items that include reports on curricular changes, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46431