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Need-based aid hike outpaces 2022-23 tuition increase under WMU board-approved plan

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… students will increase by 3.85% while need-based aid will rise by 4.27%—or $1 million. Accounting for about 73% of the … University’s $407 million general operating budget, tuition is the major revenue source funding the activities, services … expansion in scholarships in the University’s history, thanks to the initial investments of the Empowering Futures …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68372

Award-winning playwright to launch fall 2016 Frostic Reading Series

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… Sept. 21, in 157-159 Bernhard Center. The reading is free and open to the public. Hoke's plays include "The … National Playwriting Contest. She also has been a finalist for the Woodward/Newman Prize. Hoke also is the author of a children's book titled "Neko and the Twiggets" and is the co-author of "BUA Takes 10: GLBT Short …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35114

Nobel Peace Laureate coming to Kalamazoo

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… Mich.—Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú Tum is the featured guest at the Great Lakes PeaceJam Youth … A question-and-answer session will follow her talk. A suggested donation of $10 per guest is requested. From 2 to … respect for the rights of indigenous peoples. She has firsthand knowledge of the 36-year civil war in Guatemala in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38913

Final public session scheduled for new Valley Dining Center

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… in the design process for the new Valley Dining Center is scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15 , in the Bernhard … placement and design. Two planning sessions held earlier this year, sought community input on building placement and architectural style. This final public session will give SmithGroupJJR an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18459

WMed to offer new elective that includes Michigan AHEC Scholars program curriculum

College of Health and Human Services

… for third- and fourth-year medical students. The program is called the WMed Interprofessional Focus in Community Health Distinction Program . This two-year program is designed to prepare WMed students to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62395

International Education Week 2019 brings the world to WMU

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… on campus with a weeklong series of events. The week is comprised of numerous free or low-cost events on WMU's campus … Arts Night, several movie nights and an American Thanksgiving lunch. The schedule of events is organized by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56557

Applications now being accepted for Gibbs House Fellowships

Sustainability

… of Western Michigan University's Office for Sustainability, is accepting applications for 2017-18 fellows through Thursday, March 30 . WMU's historic Gibbs House on Parkview Avenue Gibbs House Fellows … from scenic Asylum Lake Preserve, and will be paid as an hourly student employee at a rate consistent with their level …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38208

Owner of family company to speak at next Entrepreneurship Series

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… College of Business Entrepreneurship Forum. The event is free and open to the public and begins with breakfast at … or at wmich.edu/business/e-rsvp . Free parking is available in the nearby Fetzer Center parking lot. The … products and excellent customer service since 1919. Established originally as a manufacturer of casket hardware and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/13993

Outstanding seniors to be honored as 2022 Presidential Scholars

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… to represent their units as a WMU Presidential Scholar. This year, 50 scholars were chosen from a senior class of 5,082 students. The Presidential Scholar designation is the highest academic honor that WMU can bestow on its undergraduates. Selection is based on a student's general academic excellence, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67695

Trustees authorize acquisition of property adjacent to campus

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… Trustees authorize acquisition of property adjacent to campus Submitted by … University officials to move forward with the acquisition of 10 homes on pieces of property immediately … on a sale price of $370,000. The parcels have been listed for sale since late December. With the board's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12922