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Grants to WMU pushed past $2.8 million in November, December

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… in November and December, driving the year-to-date total of externally funded awards to more than $16 million, WMU Trustees learned at their Jan. 22 meeting. By the end of December the total of grants received since the July 1 start of the fiscal year …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13203

WMU launches United Way campaign to 'Change the Story'

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… families in the region with the launch Monday, Oct. 10 , of this year’s campaign. President John M. Dunn and Robert … Currently, African-American males only graduate at a rate of 52 percent. Increase the number of economically stable households in the region by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35444

Learning and Leading: Global Leaders use their skills to help refugees

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… Leaders program. Surrounded by the crystal blue waters of the Aegean Sea, the Greek island of Lesvos is idyllic. But growing among the olive groves and … in and around Moria. "We are building a new generation of leaders driven by compassion for the world's most …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57378

Student chosen to represent WMU on youth voter engagement task force

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… Flynn on Johnson KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A new state panel will offer recommendations to improve engagement among young voters and college students. Ariana Johnson , of Marshall, will represent Western Michigan University on … could be deterring young people from voting. "I am proud of the many men and women across the state who have stepped …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/55833

Annual festival to bring 900 high school singers to campus

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… to campus Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Members of the Festival Chorus will nearly fill the first level of Miller Auditorium. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The 78th annual … Miller Auditorium. The concert is open to the public, free of charge, and will feature the 900-voice Festival Chorus, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30889

Events celebrate LGBT Coming Out Day

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… be celebrated at Western Michigan University with a series of activities Monday through Thursday, Oct. 10-13 . Events are open to the public free of charge, and are sponsored by WMU’s Office of Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Student …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35392

Award-winning poet featured in fall Frostic Reading Series

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… award-winning poet will be featured in the next installment of the fall 2016 Gwen Frostic Reading Series at Western … Michigan University. Cathy Park Hong , an associate professor at Sarah Lawrence College and poetry editor of The New Republic, will read from her works at 8 p.m. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36121

New Michigan budget includes $4M for WMU autism initiatives

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… to receive $4 million to boost its autism research and professional training initiatives , State Rep. Margaret … use the funding to tackle the growing national incidence of the brain development disorder by: Increasing the number of new professionals in the field each year and developing a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16702

Passion for helping drives family studies graduate's success

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… kids. She treasures the memories she's collected from years of working at summer camps and in after-school programs. … "Being at Western has been the most life-changing years of my life," says Marin, who changed her major a few times … as she discovered new opportunities within the College of Education and Human Development before finding her niche …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62463

Campus marketing campaign invites potential Broncos to 'Strike Gold'

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A call to define "gold" as the heart of the Western Michigan University identity is at the core of a new marketing campaign developed internally by campus professionals and rolled out on Sept. 1 . With phrases like …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34746