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Libraries awards nine Open Educational Resources Grants

University Libraries

… grants launched in 2019. The Libraries expanded the grant program in 2022 to help faculty create open textbooks for …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2024/12/nine-oer-grants

Professor awarded fellowship to support transportation engineering in Africa

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) to travel to Tanzania to work with the Dar … one of 60 newly funded projects that pair African Diaspora scholars with higher education institutions and … 650 African Diaspora Fellowships have now been awarded for scholars to travel to Africa since the program’s inception …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/05/75619

University choirs to perform 'A Choral Christmas'

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… performance. First Presbyterian is wheelchair accessible. Program Six of the University's nine choirs will present a … Jan Sandström, Shawn Kirchner, Don Macdonald, Ron Perera, John Rutter and Sir David Willcocks, among others. 'A Choral …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36561

Nursing student achieves debt-free education

College of Health and Human Services

… from significant financial support through the Heyl Scholarship and the Kalamazoo Promise. The Heyl Scholarship—one of the region’s most competitive academic … WMU. She credits her instructors, mentors, and scholarship programs for shaping her growth and preparing her for her …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/12/abigail

Scholarship support helps WMU student bring technology access to rural Ghana

College of Health and Human Services

Scholarship support helps WMU student bring technology … Fueri, a senior in the Healthcare Services and Sciences program, is the recipient of the Alexandra Burgett Scholarship through the College of Health and Human Services …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/12/burgett-fueri

WMU wins $779,072 grant, partners with Oxford in Web project

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… University has been awarded a $779,072 grant by the John Templeton Foundation to assemble a digital library and … the digitization of historical philosophical materials. The John Templeton Foundation, a philanthropic organization … to use it as a tool in a class for religious and philosophy scholars that he will teach next summer. "If we do this …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18700

Two University musical ensembles join forces for upcoming concert

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… Wire will premiere "Aggravated Avians" by faculty composer John C. Griffin , commissioned by the ensemble. KLOrk will … at Princeton University, to write this piece for KLOrk. The program will also include "Songs of Loss for Soprano, … "The Widening Gyre for large ensemble and electronics" by John Gibson . Bullock Music Performance Institute The Dalton …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/2940

Uncovering untold stories, traditions through the East Campus Oral History Project

University Libraries

… Kotrch, a senior in Western's film, video and media studies program, joined the Zhang team in 2022. Kotrch worked closely with Archives Curator John Winchell to prepare for the project. (Left to right) Archives curator John Winchell, Kotrch, and Dean Julie Garrison celebrated …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71894

Two will be honored at convocation with Distinguished Teaching Awards

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… Recital Hall. The annual event includes WMU President John M. Dunn 's State of the University address along with … of other campus-wide awards honoring this year's Emerging Scholars, Distinguished Faculty Scholar and the recipients … members who have been honored since the start of the award program. A similar program, the WMU Alumni Association …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/19109

WMU professor awarded for book that peels back the curtain on Fetzer's secret life

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… Wilson KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Detroit Tigers owner. Media mogul. John Fetzer's legacy as a successful businessman is widely … its highest honor—the State History Award—for his book, "John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age," which follows … control it," says Wilson. "He funded a kind of exploratory program here at Western … that became part of the basis for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58233