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WMU to confer 1,370 degrees during summer commencement

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… toward students who are graduating from a particular set of degree-granting academic units. Schedule The 9 a.m. ceremony is for graduates of the colleges of Education and Human Development, Engineering and Applied …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/25111

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

Honors organization recognized with national award

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's chapter of the national honor society Alpha Lambda Delta has again … the Flame Award is a follow-up award to the Society's Order of the Torch Award, the honor society's highest accolade, which the WMU chapter last won in 2015. The Order of the Torch award is only awarded to a chapter every four …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43972

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

David Chaplin obituary

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… Anonymous (not verified) on Chaplin Dr. David Chaplin , a professor emeritus of sociology at Western Michigan University, died July 27 . … Chaplin joined the WMU faculty in 1972 to serve as chair of the Department of Sociology and retired in 1992 after …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42352

Gender-based violence topic for fall 2015 Lyceum Lecture Series

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… 2015 Lyceum Lecture Series will address the growing concern of gender-based violence and will feature a diverse group of WMU faculty and community experts. Sponsored by the Lee … Gender-Based Violence!" Speakers will tackle a wide range of topics including gendered violence in college life, at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26686

Dramatic Lake Michigan helicopter crash, rescue on tap in WMU talk

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… verified) on Fiddler KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The horrific crash of an Amway helicopter and dramatic rescue of survivors from cool Lake Michigan waters will be recounted when the pilot of the craft appears next week at Western Michigan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36669

Renowned student success scholar to present public talk

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… Michigan University this month. Dr. Terrell Strayhorn , professor of educational studies and director of the Center for Higher Education Enterprise at Ohio State …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35637

Faculty panel to discuss Zika virus during public presentation

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.--A team of faculty experts will discuss the Zika virus during a … Those attending are welcome to bring their lunch. Members of the panel will be Dr. Kieran Fogarty , professor of interdisciplinary health sciences; Dr. Karim …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30281

Political science standout, first WMU elected chair Greenberg dies at 88

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… in the Washington, D.C., area. Dr. Milton Greenberg , 88, professor and provost emeritus at American University, died … to 1969. After leaving WMU, he went on to serve as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Illinois State University and as …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26879