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WMU's Evaluation Center teams up with CDC to boost disease surveillance and response amid pandemic

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… team of evaluation experts from WMU’s Evaluation Center is working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and … Electronic case reporting is a major innovation in how health care providers report on occurrences of … as required by state or local laws.  Most case reporting is done manually, with a substantial lag time. Electronic case …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59912

Biking for Black Lives Matter: WMU vocal jazz director raising money, awareness to combat systemic racism

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… the jazz department, and you get out on the bike and the endorphins start pumping and the wheels start turning in your … David Curwen joined Jasperse's team. "When I think about how we are going to move through this incredibly hard … people have the capacity for empathy and the willingness to work in coalition with each other," he says. Just a few …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60200

World-renowned artist carved path to success at Western

W Magazine

… up. And part of that opening up process is remembering how it happened.” Johnson began carving his path as an … Johnson was immediately connected with a support network to foster his holistic journey as a student—from … and anthropologists in the country at that time and was doing the (most incredible) digs all over. And somehow, he …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70894

Betting on an adventure: Bryan Cranston brings story of alumnus who beat the lottery to the big screen

W Magazine

… said, 'You know, you're the worst speller I have ever seen. How did you ever get into graduate school?'" The truth is: … second time I took it, I knew mathematically that if you don't know a question and you're given four choices—A, B, C, … they made me a supervisor," says Selbee, who started working at the Kellogg's factory in Battle Creek his senior …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68890

Trevor Block: The MBA offers a higher degree of experience

Haworth College of Business

… is a strategic decision to become even better at what he does. Previously in his career, he fund-raised for business … looking to make a career change.  “This program teaches you how to become an organizational leader, and how to think … is always a challenge for MBA students, who tend to be working professionals. But Block has found a flexible …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/08/trevor-block-mba

From Hitsville to hit show, WMU alumna lives out childhood dream on Broadway

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… From Hitsville to hit show, WMU alumna lives out childhood dream on Broadway … Motown headquarters in Detroit was just a couple blocks down from her dance studio. She didn't know it at the time, … that drive to dance class in Detroit, Frances says all that work helped her feel at home on the Broadway stage. "I …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58011

A WMU researcher and pond dwellers illuminate the nervous system

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… for nourishment (Jellies will tell you that not all leeches do). But its appetite for blood is of no concern to this … is: The Leech Guy. He's well earned this moniker after working with leeches for more than 30 years. His lab is full … intricacy. As a scientific researcher, he's interested in how circuits of neurons generate behaviors. He says that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20011

WMU faculty head to South Africa, Thailand this summer on Fulbright Specialist Awards

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Awards to support overseas consulting and advocacy work this summer. Greg Jasperse , associate professor of … vocal pedagogy and vocal jazz arranging. “I got to see how another jazz and music department operates and how Wits … music in primary and secondary educational systems as we do.” Greg Jasperse, associate professor of applied jazz …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/06/fulbright-specialist-summer-2025

WMU one of six in nation honored as top-performing green colleges

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… initiatives. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Sustainable Endowments Institute has named Western Michigan University as … return on investment of 18.6 percent. Recognizing great work "The Best of GRITS awards recognize some of the great … institutions can look to this work as strong examples of how an institution can cut their greenhouse gas emissions …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28661

Center for Principled Leadership and Business Strategy launches new podcast, 'The Jungle'

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… through a  variety of listening platforms . Hosts  Dr. Doug Lepisto  and  Dr. Derrick McIver , faculty members and … streaming by mid-May, the podcast is currently examining how businesses and their leaders are navigating the … include  John Bryant , former chairman and CEO of the Kellogg Company;  Alessandro P. DiNello , B.B.A.'75,president and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59205