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Revised road closings for Saturday's Campus Classic

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… Revised road closings for Saturday's Campus Classic Submitted … Avenue entrance to the recreation center and runs clockwise around the main campus. Access will be limited to nearly … in front of the recreation center on Western Avenue. Lot 13 is fenced and will be closed to traffic, providing a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1848

Student awarded prestigious study abroad scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University junior Alexis Lenderman , of Flint, is among just 1,000 undergraduate students across the … major, plans to use her scholarship money to study Spanish in Quito, Ecuador, this summer. The Gilman Program …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46935

Sew worth it—fashion design students use skills to craft masks for hospital workers

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… some have called sewing a dying skill. That skill, however, is now helping protect frontline medical professionals from … Fashioning Protection Carly McKay sews a mask. The news is hard to escape. Every day, a constant stream of updates … she says. "We were able to do something together that was bigger than us and forget for a moment about the chaos around …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58737

Western engineering alum helps power next frontier of military defense in Space Force

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… and developing engines that could power intergalactic missions sounds like a job description ripped from the film … he says. "To be working on that kind of stuff now is really cool." It was the work Mostek did in Western's … doing really, really helps keep morale high and keep you chugging along." As a member of WALI, Mostek designed a system …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/11/66119

Campus visit rekindles a family legacy

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… Campus visit rekindles a family legacy Submitted by Anonymous (not … and her husband, Leon (fifth and sixth from the left), visit Paul V. Sangren's portrait in Sangren Hall with family … instructional buildings since 1964. But it was the accomplishments of her grandson that brought Hildur Sangren …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23896

Business college receives naming gift for financial wellness center

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… Financial Services of Portage, Michigan. The gift establishes a new center focusing on personal finance. The Sanford … as a society lack financial acumen," says Sanford. "The statistics prove this theory, as less than one-third of the population is

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44734

Help select WMU's top four staffers for 2015-16

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… considered for one of the four annual awards bestowed by this peer-to-peer staff recognition program. Members of the … have through Tuesday, May 31 , to help decide who will be this year's "final four." The prestigious honor is reserved for the most outstanding employees—those who …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32138

Top seniors to be honored as 2014 Presidential Scholars

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… to represent their units as a WMU Presidential Scholar. This year, 47 scholars were chosen from a senior class of 6,313 students. The Presidential Scholar designation is the highest academic honor that WMU can bestow on its undergraduates. Selection is based on the students' general academic excellence, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14262

Assessment in Action conference returns for 7th year

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… Michigan University faculty, staff and graduate teaching assistants are invited to the seventh annual Assessment in … p.m. Friday, April 8, at the Fetzer Center. The conference is free of charge, but registration is required for the luncheon. To register, visit …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30755

WMU men's rugby club eyes national championship

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… the Mid-American Conference Sevens Championship with a decisive win over the University of Dayton, the rugby Broncos … before the game and just saying, 'We're going to win this if everyone gives 100%—110 if you can,'" says team captain Manny Bravo , a junior exercise science major from Chicago. "Leave it all on the field. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53484