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WMU received nearly $2 million in externally funded awards in April

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… $2 million in grants in April, WMU trustees learned at their June 3 meeting. Grants for research led the way, … mark, while grants for public service climbed past $547,779. Grants for academic support came in at $53,700, … funded awards to $26,923,255. May and June grants are still to be added before the June 30 end of the year. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24633

WMU, Kalamazoo College, partner for Japanese language and culture event

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… event Submitted by Elizabeth Braaksma on KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Haenicke Institute for Global Education announces the 2025 Japanese Culture and Language Presentations. The event, … Room 103.   WMU's Soga Japan Center and Kalamazoo College are partnering to offer this event in-person for the first …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/01/japanlanguage

Western students leave their mark near campus through mural experience

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… Western students leave their mark near campus through mural experience Submitted by … and Michigan Avenue, students armed with paint brushes are hard at work helping mural designer  Brad Zenz , … says Zenz.  The experience has given students a glimpse at what professional success could look like. "As someone who …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/06/western-students-leave-mark-through-mural-experience-gwen-frostic-school-art

Jazz student takes composing experience to new level, livestreaming process online

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… online Submitted by Erin Flynn on Eddie Codrington created the perfect space for livestreaming composing sessions at … the globe. As physical connections become scarce, people are exploring virtual collaboration opportunities. But, it's … to survive. "Music—and I'm pretty sure all forms of art—is what every human being is now turning to," he says, pointing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58733

Long-time educators, administrators become deans for engineering, graduate colleges

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… moved from roles as interim deans to permanent positions in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Graduate … investigator on four grants from the National Institutes of Health. She also has mentored 11 master's-level students, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60166

University to honor its top four staffers for 2015-16

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… Western Michigan University have been selected to receive the Annual Make a Difference Award. The award is the highest … on non-faculty employees for their service. Recipients are selected from each academic year's semiannual award … as manager of customer account services and was promoted to what became her current position in 2006. Those nominating …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34935

Former legislator, Michigan League director to speak

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… vulnerable population will speak this month as part of the Western Michigan University School of Social Work's … director for the Jewish Association for Residential Care, an association providing residential care for people …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5672

Communitywide conversation on diversity set

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—What began as discussions on diversity within the city of Portage has led to a communitywide conversation … to explore the importance of diversity in a variety of areas of civic involvement. A "Kalamazoo Region Conversation …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38240

WMU to confer 1,260 degrees during summer commencement

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… (not verified) on Summer 2016 commencement ceremonies are set for Saturday, June 25. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University will grant … Auditorium. WMU President John M. Dunn will preside over the summer 2016 ceremonies. The University will confer 1,269 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32989

WMU grant to digitally preserve Gilmore Car Museum, Richland library historic collections; set regional pilot program

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… one of five state grants to digitize materials from the Gilmore Car Museum and the Richland Community Library, … platforms and specialized expertise in the library, we are breaking down these barriers. We aren’t just digitizing … and share their collections globally. "We're excited about what this grant means for not only developing collections …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/55595