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Campus talks, exhibit focus on water as an essential global resource

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… by Deanne Puca on The series, which focuses on water issues in the Midwest, runs through April 13. KALAMAZOO, … Mich.—A lecture series featuring weekly talks on water issues in the Great Lakes region, with a special focus on … April 13 at Western Michigan University. The 13 multidisciplinary talks are free and open to the public and will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29638

Renowned foreign affairs expert Lawrence Ziring dies at 86

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… Ziring , a Western Michigan University political scientist who was internationally known as a leading expert on Pakistan, died July 17 in Kalamazoo. He was 86. Lawrence Ziring … professor emeritus of international relations. During his more than 37 years at WMU, Ziring helped expand the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25594

WMU student team wins national Wege sustainability prize

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… to solve a truly wicked problem." The second annual transdisciplinary design contest asked teams of five to work collaboratively across institutional and disciplinary boundaries to create a circular economy—a … designed The Local Loop Farm, an agricultural system that exists symbiotically with the surrounding community, using …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22739

Marti Hearron's final gift to WMU establishes a fine arts professorship

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… Marti Hearron's final gift to WMU establishes a fine arts professorship Submitted by Anonymous (not … revealed only after her death. Hearron, a renowned biostatistician for the Upjohn Co., died Nov. 29. Her estate included a $2 million gift to WMU that will establish the Arthur E. and Martha S. Hearron College of Fine Arts …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21654

Program launched to diversify health care workforce through university-community partnerships

College of Health and Human Services

… 2021 to the Health Careers Pipeline Program (HCPP). HCPP is a seven-week mentorship program focused on health career … mentors will meet weekly, participating in activities and discussions to introduce them to various health careers. … challenges these high school students will face,” says Lisa Brennan , executive director of the Western Regional …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62357

Longtime employees to be inducted into 25 Year Club

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… employees for a total of 1,202 members. The membership list is posted online at wmich.edu/hr/25yearclub . This year's inductees Joyce A. Alexander , finance assistant, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20077

Alumnus turned top Seattle tech CEO tackles health care arena

W Magazine

… Singh , BS ‘91, may not have been the shining star on his high school football team, he’s shown brilliance as a CEO … of speed or agility. Seeing the best in people may be this engineering grad’s greatest strength. “If people believe … for me to start my life over,” he says. “So, I basically begged Dr. Azim Houshyar to let me take 25 credits in one …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75128

From heartbreak to hope

W Magazine

… of lives with the school in Cambodia he helped found. But his accomplishments did not come easily. A journey born from heartbreak … He learned English and graduated high school, but he struggled to find his place in higher education. Then, he found …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57397

20 new WMU students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… to begin their studies at Western Michigan University this fall. Medallion Scholarships are the highest merit-based … awards in American higher education. Fifteen of this year's incoming scholars received a Presidential … or the individuals for whom the scholarships were established. The 2012 recipients were announced in July. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1223

Geoffrey A. Smith obituary

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… A. Smith Geoffrey A. Smith , a former dean of the Division of Continuing Education at Western Michigan … education and was promoted to dean in 1988. The unit is now named Extended University Programs. Smith retired in … time after two years of employment as director of the Dissemination Project for the CREATE team in the Evaluation …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46238