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Merze Tate: A trailblazing Western alumna who made an international impact

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… resolve to boldly blaze her own path puts her among Western Michigan University's brightest stars. Fueled by a thirst … of some of the first Black settlers in Mecosta County, Michigan, Tate's journey began on the dirt roads of … counselor sent an application for her to the University of Michigan. She was accepted, only to have the offer revoked …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/62998

Native seed project helps WMU get back to its roots

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… and beautifully flowered campus environment the Western Michigan University community returned to this fall came … then, more than 40,000 perennial plants native to southwest Michigan, including some of the most unusual and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/54808

Interim campuswide policy on sexual misconduct now in effect

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… guidelines against current campus practices, Western Michigan University has implemented a new interim policy … at 85 colleges and universities, including three in Michigan, and a high-profile case at the University of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21036

Jean E. Lowrie obituary

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… E. Lowrie Dr. Jean E. Lowrie , a longtime head of Western Michigan University's School of Librarianship and an … the AASL's first President's Award in 1978 and selection as Michigan's Librarian of the Year in 1969. Her off-campus …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20588

WMU awarded $3.7 million for programs in blindness and low vision

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… totaling $3.7 million have been awarded to the Western Michigan University Department of Blindness and Low Vision … visual disability aged 21-64 were unemployed. Moreover, the Michigan Bureau of Services for Blind Persons estimates that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20138

Reminder: How to select your preferences for WMU alerts and advisories

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… 2019-20 academic year, students and employees at Western Michigan University are encouraged to choose how they want … Programs, which operates regional locations in six Michigan municipalities. Parents and families of students as … WMU Alerts and Advisory Notifications, crime-prevention suggestions and safety tips, and general comments about the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54703

WMU to launch intercultural and anthropological studies institute

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… verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A new institute at Western Michigan University promises to give WMU students and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47728

Free, public Study Abroad Fair is first step to journey of a lifetime

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… journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Western Michigan University students are invited to take their first … including money received through the Kalamazoo Promise and Michigan Education Trust funds. Numerous scholarships also …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18864

WMU wins NSF grant to study contaminants in industry, agriculture

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… on Anions produce lake algae. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Western Michigan University researcher has been awarded a $284,833 … damage to lakes and streams. "We have these bad winters in Michigan, and we use a lot of sodium chloride, calcium …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18390

More than 3,000 expected to flock to WMU for Medieval Congress

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… interested in the Middle Ages will gather on the Western Michigan University campus Thursday through Sunday, … of a 10th-century liturgical drama by Early Music Michigan in collaboration with the Hildegard Singers and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15598