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Sixth-graders get a look at college life at WMU

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… Michigan University for a day on a school-by-school basis and participate in free activities on campus beginning … sights on college and take advantage of the Kalamazoo Promise tuition scholarship program. During the month, KPS will transport all of the district's sixth-graders to WMU for a day to engage in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/51811

Talk will explore ways ecological principles improve societies

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… can lead to better-designed societies. Permaculturalist Pandora Thomas will present her views at 7 p.m. … "Inhabit," and has presented at Tedx Denver and San Francisco. She spent six years helping Toyota to design the … and design strategies for their own resilience. Thomas' visit is being co-hosted by the WMU Office for Sustainability …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52431

WMU taps leader from Oregon State to take reins of Bronco Athletics

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… succeeds longtime Athletic Director  Kathy Beauregard,  who is retiring this month after a four-decade career at Western, including 24 years heading up the division. “We are grateful to Kathy for her many years of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66647

Attorney, CEO awarded WMU's top alumni honor for 2015

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… Western Michigan University can confer on its alumni—the Distinguished Alumni Award. The 2015 award recipients are James S. … of Dykema Grand Rapids, and Thomas P. Englert of Paradise Valley, Arizona, past CEO of Discount Tire Co. Inc. This

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27623

WMU joins national initiative to increase study abroad enrollment

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… (not verified) on WMU students and staff on a trip to Paris KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University has committed to … United States college students studying abroad by 2019. WMU is one of more than 160 higher education institutions … the flagship Fulbright Program and Gilman Scholarships administered for the U.S. Department of State. Its policy …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14323

WMU receives one of six statewide college-access awards

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… of Directors. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is one of six "outstanding" college access advocates that … increase the number of Michigan students enrolling in, persisting through and completing postsecondary educational … Award based on three primary initiatives. The University is the first Michigan higher education institution to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23491

WMU and APICS to offer supply chain management lunch workshops

Haworth College of Business

… management, sales and operations planning, warehousing, logistics and many other related topics. The coursework will … organizations with an opportunity to enhance the expertise of their supply chain professionals, specifically, and … of experience, will teach workshops in their areas of expertise alongside Jones and Manchester. “We are very excited to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23336

Sixth-grade students to visit WMU to get glimpse of college life

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… Sixth-grade students to visit WMU to get glimpse of college life Submitted by Deanne Puca on Students visit WMU as part of the Bronco BUDS program. KALAMAZOO, … Michigan University for a day on a school-by-school basis and participate in free activities on campus beginning …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30911

WMU Music Professor Emerita Phyllis Rappeport, 90, passes away

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… WMU Music Professor Emerita Phyllis Rappeport, 90, passes away Submitted by David Bernard on Phyllis Joan Rappeport was born on February 19, 1929, in the New … in Kalamazoo. In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested a memorial contribution to one of the groups Phyllis

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57511

WMU's hometown, Kalamazoo, named one of nation's top college towns

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… Creek in downtown Kalamazoo KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Kalamazoo is one of just two Michigan cities among the top 10 percent … by city size, Kalamazoo came in at No. 14. on the list of small cities that are home to large colleges and … after Kalamazoo was ranked No. 3 in SmartAsset.com 's list of best cities for creative people to live in and No. 14 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/29372