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Student plans to bring a helping hand to families through financial planning
Haworth College of Business
… those he meets. He says helping individuals is the most rewarding aspect of his upcoming career, something he wants to share with those he interacts with—whether it's … analysts who focus on tasks behind the scenes, and service coordinators who help clients answer any questions …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69740
Winter recess 2022-23 hours announced for campus offices, facilities
News
… Friday, Dec. 23 , through Tuesday, Jan. 3 . Some campus services will close or operate on limited hours through the … below are holiday hours for select University offices and services. Students, faculty, staff and the public are … 23 through Jan. 3 and reopen for regular hours on Jan. 4. Waldo Library is closed Dec. 18 with limited hours until the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70116
WMU Trustee Dennis Archer earns national achievement award
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… WMU Trustee Dennis Archer earns national achievement award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Archer … Corporate Counsel Association's Lifetime Achievement Award at an event slated for Lincoln Center's Alice Tully … for a lifetime of wide-ranging achievements that include service as mayor of Detroit from 1994 to 2001 and being the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1531
WMU's foster youth support program to get $750,000 from state
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… June 5 includes $750,000 in the Department of Human Services appropriation to support Western Michigan … State University. The formula used to apportion increases was based on the number of degrees awarded in critical skill areas, research and economic …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/771
WMU graduate students author infant foster care grant
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… will serve as the umbrella organization for a new social service program aimed at improving outcomes in infant foster … from the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. The grant proposal was authored last spring by eight WMU graduate students as … that will make this all possible. Their grant proposal was a demonstration of the perfect town-to-gown …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1512
Two local special education leaders set for Keystone talk
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… local leaders with the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency will be the November speakers for the … The state-of-the-art special education learning facility was the first of two construction projects funded by a $25.4 … County, from birth to age 26. From 2007 to 2009, Montgomery was director and supervisor of special education for the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3062
Trustees approve retirements of 11 faculty, 14 staff members
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… status. Their names, positions, years of continuous service and effective dates of retirement are: Dr. Bassam E. Harik , interim vice provost for the Haenicke Institute for Global Education and associate … College of Business, 14 years, effective March 31, 2013 Dr. Warren E. Lacefield , senior research associate in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5806
Environmentally-focused student reels in internship with Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
College of Arts and Sciences
… in internship with Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Submitted by Amelia Bodinaku on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— … focus more on the environment and sustainability. “I’ve always been big on the outdoors; I always go to lots of national and state parks,” she says. “And …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/07/75928
WMU to offer BSW program in Benton Harbor
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… the degree includes a 400-hour internship at a human service agency or nonprofit organization, providing students … designed to train social workers for a variety of human service work environments, and includes an opportunity to … Or they may choose to continue their education toward the Master of Social Work degree, which also is offered …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23093
George Vuicich obituary
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… of geography, died Monday, Nov. 2 , in Kalamazoo. He was 89. Vuicich joined the Department of Geography in 1968 and retired in 1993 after 25 years of service to the University. George Vuicich Originally, … and went on to finish his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. His professional career continued at Wisconsin State …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28519