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WMU receives one of six statewide college-access awards

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… the event to announce new actions to help more students prepare for and graduate from college. The University launched … as the number of administrators and other employees who are involved in them. Education college Dean Li, for … serves with Anderson on MCAN's Michigan College and Career Readiness School Counseling Task Force and also has …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23491

Alabama-Huntsville professor to take reins of WMU engineering college

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… Polytechnic Institute. An accomplished researcher in such areas as concrete and composite structures, he earned … degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992. "There are many excellent opportunities to grow the academic and … Science Foundation awards, including a prestigious CAREER faculty development award in 1995. For two years in a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21046

Academic programs to highlight annual Russian Festival

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… Opening ceremonies featuring local and WMU dignitaries are set to start at 9:30 a.m. Folk dancers, singers and … will conduct a workshop on the famous pysanki eggs, giving the audience a chance not only to learn about the symbolism of the elaborately decorated eggs, but to create their own designs. Additional information …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20065

New digital narrative tells story of a ‘Girl’s Journey to Ecuador’ and flight from Nazi Germany

University Libraries

… that's tangible for their family that now they can share,” Bocko said. “I thought it was a nice kind of moment … Ecuador and deliver them to a historian colleague, so they are “repatriated” to their place of origin. This project may …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69162

WMU honored by University Business magazine for recruitment app

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… Speeding up follow-up contact Rather than developing a software program to be loaded on to bulky laptop computers, the … that could be used on lightweight and easy-to-carry and share iPads. "The iPad is easy to hold and allows recruiters … same day and a phone call from a current WMU student is triggered within 24 hours of that data being added. In its …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/18264

Politics played a role in pandemic shelter-in-place orders, WMU researchers find

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… both applause and criticism. Schools, restaurants, daycares and gyms closed and many businesses sent employees home … and track against privacy; individual control over medical care; and personal freedom is not new.” Analyzing the length … impacted where we were at and probably even where we are now.” From a public management perspective, for the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61626

WMU launches new entrepreneurship opportunities for students

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… will be available beginning this fall . "Our students are very entrepreneurial in nature. Many come to WMU with a … concepts and an entrepreneurial perspective on their major area of study. According to Dr. Tycho Fredericks , professor … all WMU students to examine their chosen major and future career direction through an entrepreneurial lens," says Dr. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15728

From the soccer field to electric fields, aerospace engineering degrees propel Bronco toward career success

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… fields, aerospace engineering degrees propel Bronco toward career success Submitted by Erin Flynn on Hannah Sargent … engineering from Western while racking up a successful career on the Bronco women's soccer team. KALAMAZOO, … Michigan University in summer 2023 with the third-most career shutouts in program history and tied for most wins in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/72012

Four faculty receive Fulbright Scholar awards, including one Distinguished Scholar Award

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… support participatory policy and decision making; and compare and analyze the water resources policies between the … and the public, taking into account how these concepts are embodied in different national contexts. “This award …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68180

From childhood poems to literary Alaska: An alumna's journey to authorship

College of Arts and Sciences

… alumna and author Dr. Melinda Moustakis’s exceptional career. A writing journey that was launched crafting … to have it reach readers who fall into the story and are entirely transported to the particular Alaska I've … a novel that follows characters based on Moustakis’s grandparents, who homesteaded in Point MacKenzie, Alaska in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73670