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WMU alumni create educational opportunities for Kalamazoo refugees

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… levels of enthusiasm, but all of them share a need to better understand English as refugees starting a new life in … refugees to help them gain the tools they need to be successful in the American school system.  Kalamazoo … schooling.” On average, Marion says, refugee children have been out of school for four years. Many kids aged 8 or 9 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/54617

Persistence pays dividends for business student with accounting job waiting after graduation

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… Anthony has endured a great deal of loss in her young life, beginning with losing her biological father in 1999 when her … just a year apart. Her stepfather's funeral was the day before her senior homecoming. The compounding heartbreak … didn't want to finish school. I didn't want to do anything, because I didn't know what I was doing it for anymore. It …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66508

National leader, respected public servant and longtime advocate for Western to receive honorary degree

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… and opening of the Aviation Education Center in September 2021. Congressman Fred Upton participated in a Civility … to publicly demonstrate how to disagree in politics without being disagreeable and the importance of finding common … District, which includes the areas of Kalamazoo, Portage, Benton Harbor and St. Joseph. A campuswide committee made …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70189

Two will receive WMU's Distinguished Service Award

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… Award Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Robert Felkel , professor of Spanish, and Yumi Takahashi-Ede , … in the Haenicke Institute for Global Education, will each be presented with a Western Michigan University … Convocation recognition ceremony Friday, Oct. 6, in the Bernhard Center. The event, which begins at 11 a.m. also …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42799

Broncos reap millions in media exposure from championship season

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… football program . This past spring, the MAC sought to better understand the value of its media exposure and the media exposure value of its member institutions. The organization engaged Joyce Julius & … a media exposure value of nearly $69 million . The biggest value was the Goodyear Cotton Bowl with a price tag of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41430

Financial incentives spark employee giving

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Students across campus benefit whenever WMU employees make a gift through … Campus Campaign. This giving opportunity makes the benefits of a WMU education available to all students, … will receive $150 to donate to an area of choice. This has been awarded so far to the College of Aviation; Office of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40463

Longtime tennis coach inducted into MAC Hall of Fame

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… of WMU Intercollegiate Athletics) KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Betsy Kuhle , who for more than three decades guided the … coach in that sport in Mid-American Conference history, has been inducted into the MAC Hall of Fame. The MAC presented … Induction Class, which included Kuhle and five other new members, during the MAC Honors Dinner at the Cleveland …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40347

Professor wins prestigious Japanese literary prize for poetry

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… the award. Angles' book was, in the eyes of the judges, the best book of poetry published in Japan in 2016. Dr. Jeffrey … territories that only people who have two languages embedded deeply within themselves can reach," said Natsuki … of Angles' book. About the Yomiuri Prize The Yomiuri Prize began in 1949, and like the Pulitzer Prize, is sponsored by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38292

Football Broncos beat Toledo 55-35 to claim MAC West Championship

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… Football Broncos beat Toledo 55-35 to claim MAC West Championship Submitted … defeated Toledo 55-35 Friday night at Waldo Stadium to become the Mid-American Conference West Division champions … all-time career receiving record with 5,068 yards. He also became the first player in history with more than 5,000 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36632

New state funding will help WMU's aviation programs soar

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… on Construction design and planning for the project will begin immediately. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan … University has received authorization from the state to begin work on a 67,000-square-foot addition and renovation … Center, which is located on the college's W.K. Kellogg Airport campus in Battle Creek, Michigan. With a target …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32902