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WMU, Kalamazoo Valley sign agreement leading to smoother degree path for students

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… or major, our seamless partnership is making a significant impact on graduation rates," says WMU President Edward … and Kalamazoo Valley graduate Whitney Lewis, center, stands with Dr. L. Marshall Washington, Kalamazoo Valley president, … or major, our seamless partnership is making a significant impact on graduation rates," said WMU President Edward …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70502

Dr. Ruth Kaarlela obituary

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… of Blindness and Low Vision Studies in 1963 and retired with emerita status in 1986 after nearly 23 years of service … After retiring from WMU, Kaarlela worked for the American Foundation for the Blind, educating Native Americans with respect to visual problems. Prior to coming to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47979

Community send-off set as WMU football team heads for Detroit

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… football Broncos are headed to Detroit for the Mid-American Conference Championship game Friday, Dec. 2, at Ford … streets well before noon, dressed in their Bronco gear with signs and flags in hand. "Head Coach P.J. Fleck and the … 2016 WMU wide receiver Corey Davis earns consensus All-American | Dec. 15, 2016 Two Bronco football players named FWAA …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36689

New WMU Web presence ready for rollout

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… Web presence will take on a new look and enhanced usability with a dramatic revision of University websites set to go … "Visitors to the site will immediately notice significant changes to the look and feel, but we've changed a lot … change for the WMU website since 2012, although significant changes to Web management and organization have …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25718

International expert on geographical naming in Asia visits WMU

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… the position that the name East Sea be used concurrently with Sea of Japan and appears on all maps, charts and … Geun-hye's Committee on Regional Development and also works with the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical … in 1960, the Visiting Scholars and Artists Program significantly contributes to the intellectual life of WMU and the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27782

Olympic gold medalist to give public talk about resilience

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… will move them forward. While on campus, Mills will meet with two groups of WMU scholarship students, many of whom … to win the gold medal in the 10K race. He is the only American to ever bring home gold in that race, and his upset win … back, Mills helped found Running Strong for American Indian Youth and became the organization's national spokesperson. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26880

Event series looks at multicultural issues

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… bag series of multicultural events that kicks off this fall with the showing of two episodes in the three-episode PBS … impacting the campus. One key activity has been to partner with the First-Year Experience office to create a standard … at the beginning of first-year students' academic careers, with the expectation that the students will benefit from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26786

WMU trustees meet to consider 2019-20 budget, tuition rates

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… original BTR Park in WMU's Parkview Campus is at capacity, with all of its parcels developed or under option. BTR 2 is … consider a recommendation to approve a three-year contract with the Michigan State Employees Association, a labor union …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/54079

Student-designed neonatal ventilator wins two more prestigious awards

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… for undergraduate biomedical and bioengineering students. With this latest win for their invention, Joseph Barnett and … The Dyson award competition saw a record number of entries, with 690 entered designs worldwide. NeoVent will receive … working in Central America, the Middle East, and Asia—with a focus on health disparities in Nepal. Globally, an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/25963

Southwest Michigan slates 2015 Chávez dinner, awards program

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… the Fetzer Center at Western Michigan University. It begins with a reception at 6 p.m. followed by the dinner at … planned this year in honor of César Chávez include an American Red Cross blood drive on campus in the Bernhard Center … Institute in 2000; received the highest award the Mexican government bestows on an individual outside Mexico in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22456