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Fine arts college announces recognition award winners

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… Arts KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The College of Fine Arts at Western Michigan University has announced the recipients of its … Media Committee for the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science. In addition, Baas has served on the boards of the Michigan Dance Association and the American College Dance …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16678

Talk focuses on workforce diversity

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… by Deanne Puca on Terrentine KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Western Michigan University's Real Talk Diversity Series continues … A two-time WMU alumnus, vice president for Southwest Michigan First and trustee on the Board of Directors at WMU School of Medicine, Terrentine will discuss how individuals who …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19521

Immersive course lets Western students explore Indigenous approaches to environmental justice

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… the Pine Creek on kayaks and canoes, visitors from Western Michigan University observed beds of wild rice nearing … opportunity to talk with a member of the tribe about mental health challenges among the Indigenous community and how she … ceremony and learn about tribal culture and the sacred medicines. "The prairie restoration is amazing. I've never …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72530

WMU office lands two NSF grants to boost teaching of science

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… study of teaching of STEM disciplines. KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University's Science and Mathematics Program … will serve as external evaluators for the project. Michigan State University is the lead institution. In … engineering and statistics courses and to develop a Web portal to analyze students' written answers to homework, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11965

WMU Ethics Center offers four book clubs for spring semester

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Center for the Study of Ethics in … across the United States, including two weeks in the Michigan wilderness with Alexis de Tocqueville. Beaumont's … Humanities and Law at the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, will lead discussions of "Fourteen Stories: …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37342

Operating budget and tuition for 2016-17 top trustees' meeting agenda

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… operating budget top the agenda of items the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will consider when the … in the Heritage Hall ballroom.  Labor agreements with the Michigan State Employees Association and the Professional … on the status of the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. The board also will consider recommendations for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33244

Marketing that makes a difference: Q&A with Dr. Ann Veeck

Haworth College of Business

… professor of marketing, was honored this fall with Western Michigan University’s Distinguished Teaching Award . For … Dr. Ann Veeck Q: Could you describe your journey at Western Michigan University and what it has meant to you to be a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69503

From “Oorah” to “Oh Yeah” – Troy Kinnunen Springboards from the Marines to the College of Aviation

College of Aviation

… by Tom Thinnes on When Troy Kinnunen refers to the Western Michigan University College of Aviation as being like a big … he knows what he is talking about.    The senior from Michigan's Upper Peninsula has an immediate family numbering … every day," he says.  "But it is crucial in aviation.  Health is important in our daily lives, but even more vital …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/10/kinnunen

WMU's President Dunn announces 2017 retirement date

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… awarding some 50,000 academic degrees to students, Western Michigan University President John M. Dunn plans to retire, … 2007." The launch of the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, an affiliation that created the WMU Cooley Law … Dunn was dean of the University of Utah's College of Health from 1995 to 2002. Before that, he was at Oregon …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/33779

Semester-long celebration of Dunn presidency to begin in January

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… designed to celebrate the successful tenure of Western Michigan University President John M. Dunn will begin in … Embark on a Feb. 27 through March 3 Farewell Bus Tour of Michigan that will take him to more than a dozen cities … include a May gala at the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine; visits to legislators and editorial boards; and a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36528