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Biomedical sciences graduate driven by resilience, called to help others
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… biomedical sciences. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Jovanny Ruiz-Alavez is a natural caregiver. It's a quality he leaned into as a teenager when his mother was diagnosed with cancer. "I would always go with … school student at the time—stepped up to help provide for his family. "It's really hard to focus on your grades when …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/63981
Prescribed burns OK'd at WMU's two nature preserves
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… If weather conditions are not conducive for a burn yet this spring semester, the next window of opportunity will be this coming fall in mid-October to mid-November. Fire's … various plant species to grow more vigorously and discouraged others that were not adapted to fire. "Without …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45596
Dance students return from service trip in Panama
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… provided free dance classes to children who wouldn't otherwise have access to arts education. WMU dance students at the Reserva Cerro Ancón in Ancón, Panama. (Photo credit: Allison Yates) This was the second year WMU students have participated in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40282
WMU football coach P.J. Fleck named regional coach of the year
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… the Year by the American Football Coaches Association, and is now a finalist for AFCA National Coach of the Year. Fleck has guided … last three seasons. Under Fleck's guidance, the Broncos finished 8-0 in conference play and became the first team in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36807
Frank R. Olenchak obituary
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… former Western Michigan University faculty member, died at his home in Columbia, South Carolina, Aug. 24 . He was 88. … joined the WMU faculty in 1966 and retired in 1984 as an assistant professor emeritus of education and professional … Michigan, in 1969. He organized, developed and administered the center's office for student teaching and in 1971 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35298
Trustees set strategic direction for WMU for next five years
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… plan—identifying the University as a learner centered, discovery driven and globally engaged university. The Gold … meaningful and provided an end product that would serve this University well," said Dr. Jody A. Brylinsky , associate … Academic excellence. Inclusive excellence and equity. Discovery and collaboration. Sustainable stewardship. Those …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31205
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