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National association honors historian for service

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… verified) on Dr. Sally Hadden KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Western Michigan historian is the first woman to receive a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/11/50424

First Global Education Program cohort inspired to expand global learning opportunities for kids

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… Mich.—The world is more connected than ever, and Western Michigan University's Global Engagement Program (GEP) offers … opportunity to do that," adds Nick Besta , of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who graduated in April with bachelor's degrees in … education and saxophone performance student from Lansing, Michigan. "It is really meaningful to be able to share what …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68108

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

Student awarded scholarships from pulp and paper organization

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Women in Industry division chair. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University senior  Isabelle Ownby  has received …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/07/68502

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

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

Professor receives award for contributions to LGBTQ-inclusive literature in elementary education

College of Education and Human Development

… Edward D. Fry Book Award . KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University’s  Dr. Jill Hermann-Wilmarth, professor …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71204

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