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Empowering Futures already making impact on student success
Empowering Futures
… Edward Montgomery toured the state to announce the first scholarships and student-centered support programs funded … is committed to creating pipelines for success, pathways to graduation, increasing retention and improving resilience … Scholarship, Bronco Connect Living Learning Community, Graduation Scholarships, Navigator Program, Paid Internship …
https://wmich.edu/empowering-futures/news/2022/12/70204
WMU cultural anthropologist examines migration and lupus in Ecuador
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… enabled her to work in international development. After graduating from Columbia, she worked on a health project in … lungs. “The mother had access to cash, but only a third-grade education,” Miles said. Lupus is a pretty complicated … global learning activities, such as designing and promoting scholarship and academic opportunities on campus; providing …
https://wmich.edu/global/news/2014/02/miles-spotlight
Russian politics is a “moving target” for WMU Fulbright scholar
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… interest sparked more than 20 years ago when he was a graduate student at the University of Notre Dame. He also … shared by both sides, something I discovered firsthand as a graduate student doing field research.” As an undergraduate … global learning activities, such as designing and promoting scholarship and academic opportunities on campus; providing …
https://wmich.edu/global/news/2012/10/butterfield-fulbright-russia
Akol Abol: From Sudan to WMU
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… on a master’s degree in occupational therapy and expects to graduate in December 2014. These accomplishments were only … home and abroad with immigration, student success and post-graduation job training. The institute also facilitates … global learning activities, such as designing and promoting scholarship and academic opportunities on campus; providing …
https://wmich.edu/global/news/2014/09/akol-abol
Welcome-pack items sought for Seita students
News
… who qualify for the program, which offers a full tuition scholarship and provides campus housing during breaks as … Scholars annually, with benefits that include a tuition scholarship, year-round campus housing, 24-hour campus … Success. That center's mission is to improve college graduation and career achievement rates among youth and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25200
Southwest Michigan slates 2017 Chávez awards dinner
News
… leader César E. Chávez Saturday, April 1, during an annual scholarship fundraising dinner that includes the presentation of regional awards and scholarships for 2017. Called "Celebrating the Legacy of … from the event support seven $2,000 need-based Chávez Scholarships, which go to Michigan college or college-bound …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38729
WMU medieval historian to be honored as an emerging scholar
News
… carved out an international reputation for his body of new scholarship will be honored by the University as an emerging … in the United States and Britain, praised the rigor of his scholarship and highlighted how his contributions have … careers at WMU and who, by virtue of their contributions to scholarship or creative activity, have achieved national …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26778
Southwest Michigan slates 2015 Chávez dinner, awards program
News
… César E. Chávez Saturday, March 21 , during an annual scholarship fundraising dinner that includes the presentation of three regional awards and six regional scholarships for 2015. Called Celebrating the Legacy of … from the annual dinner go toward $1,000 need-based Chávez Scholarships, which are for Michigan college or …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22456
From childhood poems to literary Alaska: An alumna's journey to authorship
College of Arts and Sciences
… was to teach at the college level. “Even then I applied to grad school mostly to become a professor—that was my main …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73670
Learning across the globe in WMU's College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
… To ensure that study abroad is accessible to all students, scholarships are available through the Haenicke Institute … worldviews. Orbe is a first-generation high school graduate and college student. His experience on a … more campus and community involvement and more post-graduation success,” Orbe says. “I strongly believe that is …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-studyabroad