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Mental health and wellness a priority at WMU

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… Mich.—Stress. Anxiety. Depression. A growing number of college students nationwide are seeking mental health … are developing new ways to help. "Mental health is a part of wellness that we often neglect or don't think about as much as we do physical …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54667

Governor recognizes WMU renovation for reducing energy waste

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… work that included, among other things, the installation of new ground source heat pumps; update of plumbing fixtures, faucets, and flush valves; and the addition of new HVAC and lighting systems. Heritage Hall is a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/34177

Dunbar Hall to be transformed in $40 million renovation project

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… Puca on Dunbar Hall KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Dunbar Hall, one of Western Michigan University's most heavily used classroom … capital outlay dollars.  Some $30 million from the state of Michigan and $10 million in funding raised by the … Dunbar Hall is home base for the College of Arts and Sciences and is used by many other WMU units. The second …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/02/51700

Experience Chinese culture by taking a class this summer

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… for nine summer Chinese culture courses that begin the week of Monday, May 8. The multiweek, low-cost courses are open to members of the public of all ages. A half-price tuition discount is offered to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39256

WMU garners more than $1.5M during 24-hour Giving Day

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… Day Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Donors of Western Michigan University from as far as Australia and … Association, which was recently re-instated by the school's Office of University Advancement. "People are talking about WMU, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/55908

Sports Media students getting real-world experience with ESPN3

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… in the control room with Devon Doxey, assistant director of Bronco Productions, and students like Juno Hickman … hands-on experience in live broadcasting under the tutelage of instructor Wade Cutler . Working with Bronco Productions in WMU's Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, Cutler and the students have …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38768

WMU's Dunn visits UN to talk about international education

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… and the University's chief international education official have been invited to United Nations headquarters in … Haenicke Institute for Global Education, will be part of panels developed around the recent "Arab Knowledge … who has ties to NASA and serves as a professor of geosciences at WMU. Schlör The morning U.N. session will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32083

WMU and Thomas M. Cooley Law School to part ways

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… Thomas M. Cooley Law School will end their affiliation as of November 2023, at which time the law school will no … Montgomery . "Today, the pandemic is impacting every aspect of our lives. It is transforming higher education in ways … post-pandemic WMU." WMU-Cooley President James McGrath offers, "I appreciate WMU's need to focus on its core …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/61931

Dance department to stage annual Winter Gala concert

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… by students will be featured in the Department of Dance's Winter Gala Dance Concert , running Jan. 30 … are available in advance by calling the Gilmore Ticket Office at (269) 387-6222 or at the door before each … by 18 WMU dance majors. Mr. Chu is artistic director of chuthis, a project-­based contemporary dance company that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/13037

Goat work crew returns to campus for second helping

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… verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An even larger contingent of temporary landscape services workers will be on the … campus this summer to clear an overgrown woodlot. The first of this year's two eating crews. (Photo credit: Nick Gooch) … on-site is the 10-goat crew hired last summer as part of a successful one-week pilot project to test the animals' …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40334