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Trustees OK agreement to buy property for senior day care program
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… Trustees OK agreement to buy property for senior day care program Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … using rented space for 17 years, a senior day care program offered through Western Michigan University now will have a … location thanks to a purchase agreement approved by the WMU Board of Trustees at its June 29 meeting. The board …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40859
TLES professor awarded DOE grant renewal for $961,392
College of Education and Human Development
… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Regena Nelson , Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies … was recently awarded a U.S. Department of Education Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) grant for … project (2017-2021) for an additional four years (2021-2025). Dr. Regena Nelson CAPE aims to increase student-parents’ …
https://wmich.edu/education/news/2021/10/tles-professor-awarded-doe-grant-renewal
Governor names new trustees to Western’s governing board
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… Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has appointed two new members to the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees. Joining the University’s board are James L. Liggins Jr. , senior counsel with the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74314
Math professor awarded Fulbright grant to work in South Africa
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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Davis and one of the Solomon Mahlangu students he met in February KALAMAZOO, … Davis is one of the six Fulbright Scholars from WMU who are working around the globe this academic year. At WMU, he … and prospective middle school and high school teachers. What's talk got to do with it? Davis traveled to South …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38948
Medieval Institute Publications partners with De Gruyter
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… Michigan University's College of Arts and Sciences that is the publishing arm of its Medieval Institute. An official … allow MIP to expand its niche publishing market in these areas significantly over the coming years, while also … MIP has become known for quality publications focusing on what it means to be human through the ages, particularly …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48077
Focus on English language learners at Humanities Center event
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… Mich.—A Michigan State University scholar will explore what works and what doesn't when it comes to learning … English as a second language this week in a presentation at the University Center for the Humanities at Western Michigan … University of Auckland in New Zealand in 2002. His primary area of research is instructed second language acquisition, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38245
Merze Tate: A trailblazing Western alumna who made an international impact
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… This 20th century renaissance woman may not have made it to the moon, but Dr. Merze Tate's resolve to boldly blaze her … other Western faculty members didn't want Tate's promising career to end before it even had a chance to start, so they … studies, she saw an opportunity to show Black students what the future could hold. "Many of (the students) were …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/62998
Lyceum Series to take broad look at sexual identity issues
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… University will focus on sexual identity issues and how they can overlap with other dimensions of diversity. With … which is at 7 p.m. in 1920 Sangren Hall. The presentations are free and open to the public, with sack lunches welcome. … Sept. 27: "The Queer Transformation of College Campuses, 1950s to Present," Dr. Susan Freeman , associate professor and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42433
Black mason broke barriers, laid first building blocks for learning at Western
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… lead role in building Heritage Hall. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—At the turn of the 20th century, long before the Civil Rights … buildings in Kalamazoo, including the foundation for what has become Western Michigan University. And thanks to a … White , born just two months before the Civil War to parents who escaped enslavement, played a lead role in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74599
Superheroes and pursuing advanced learning: mechanical engineering student finds inspiration in unexpected places
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… Iron Man has been an inspiration to young kids around the world for decades. But while many children look up to … solutions to problems,” says Olson. It was taking a career search test as a part of a high school class that … a better quality of life for those in need,” says Olson. “What excites me the most about this field is that it is …
https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/11/advanced-learning-dorian-olson