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WMU to confer some 2,600 degrees during spring commencement
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… is though the Miller Auditorium box office, and they will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Friday, April 29. Eligible students may receive up … tickets, if available. Student photo identification will be required. Guests without tickets may view the ceremony on …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31775
From Northside to North Star—Alumna guides community to more equitable future
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… Alisa Parker-LaGrone had big dreams. "I actually wanted to be an astronaut," she says over video conference from the … Michigan University-Cooley Law School. "A big part of why I went to Nashville is I had grown up in Kalamazoo and I … a judge, she knows access and opportunity are crucial to upward mobility, and she is committed to continuing to open …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66942
Ethics event focuses on fictional portrayals of legal issues
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… of legal issues can shape public perception of the law will be the Wednesday, Feb. 28 , offering in the spring speaker … set for 4 p.m. , in the Brown and Gold Room—Room 242—of the Bernhard Center. The free, public presentation, which is … p.m.in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. Thursday, March 29— "Why We Don't Have a Peace Memorial: The Vietnam War and the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45482
Impacting students a world away
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… secondary education students in Sierra Leone. "I'm nervous because it's a (developing nation), but I’m excited to take a step back and not be in the technologically advanced world," says Papes. "We … instilled a love for teaching and was part of the reason why I applied for my position with the Peace Corps," Papes …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53031
Application open to incoming freshmen for study abroad programs
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… in Ireland KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Program applications are now being accepted for incoming freshmen who would like to study abroad before beginning their first semester at Western Michigan …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/45866
Medical pioneer in linking spirituality, health care to give talk
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… mental health, hospice and social work settings. It will be followed by a reception in the Fetzer Center lobby. In … Puchalski will address spiritual assessment and care, why it is important to patients and health care … is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Puchalski is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14711
Researchers' work puts WMU at center of national STEM network
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… STEM network Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Beach KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University … Change in Post-Secondary Education is led by Drs. Andrea Beach and Charles Henderson . They have just received a new … that coordinates new initiatives and findings. This is why ASCN was created. "People interested in changing the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43581
WMU main campus closed beginning at noon Friday, Feb. 9, due to severe weather
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… WMU main campus closed beginning at noon Friday, Feb. 9, due to severe weather … and emergency services, Western Michigan University will be closed beginning at noon Friday, Feb. 9 , due to severe … close at 5 p.m. Feb. 9. All offices will close at noon. Biggby will close at 3 p.m., PNC will close at 4 p.m., Subway …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45221
WMU and WMU Cooley Innocence Project garner $418,000 grant
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… a legal clinic that seeks to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted of serious crimes, has received a … work. The DOJ grant made to WMU supports an effort that has become emblematic of the synergy that has developed since … social responsibility—while promoting social justice. I cannot imagine a better way for WMU students from diverse …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27269
Author Michael Eric Dyson headlines MLK event
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… a professor of sociology at Georgetown University, has been described as "a Princeton Ph.D. and a child of the streets who … away from controversial subjects over the years. His books "Why I Love Black Women" and "Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/49