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New study abroad experience for first-year students launches a WMU education in the Dominican Republic

Study Abroad

… April 22 at 6 p.m., to learn more. WMU Study Abroad will award a $500 scholarship to any student participating in … geographic and gender‑related factors shape economic pathways. Students visiting a modern sugar mill in San Pedro de … patterns of decision‑making in both urban and rural settings.   After they return to campus, students will …

https://wmich.edu/study-abroad/news/2026/02/first-year-study-abroad

Top music students compete for soloist positions

News

… of Performing Arts; Henry Duitman, director of orchestra at Grand Valley State University; and Robert Whaley, tubist and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/95

St. Louis Symphony bass trombonist presents solo recital

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… master's degrees in music from the Juilliard School, and was a member of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra for eight … San Francisco Opera, Tanglewood Fellowship Orchestra and Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra. In 2008 he released …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1440

Trustees approve move to put WMU name on Cooley Law School

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… effect the affiliation. That includes the authority to execute and deliver all agreements, contracts, instruments and … programs and shared physical facilities for a time in the Grand Rapids area. Since announcing the possibility of an … has campuses across Michigan in Lansing, Auburn Hills, Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor, and a new campus in Tampa Bay, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/07/8244

Experienced administrator, professor to lead Extended University Programs

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… provost of EUP since September 2018. Prior to that, he was second in command for three years as the unit's … associate provost of EUP last fall, she noted that he was the right leader to see the unit through a transitional … immersion program with Forest Hills Northern High School in Grand Rapids and an agreement with Aquinas College, also in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52824

Music challenge aims to build harmony, community from a distance

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… community from a distance Submitted by Erin Flynn on Watch Blake Morgan (left) and Dr. David Loberg Code's … alma mater. "Although we cannot do it (in person), I wanted to show that we can still make music together," Code … when I'm at a loss for words," says Dixon, who grew up in Grand Rapids. "I've been seeing so many collaborative …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58869

Western Michigan University opens new food marketing hub with $500,000 gift from Meijer

Haworth College of Business

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/09/food-marketing-hub

Wind turbine installation elevates sustainable energy opportunities at Western

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… Erin Flynn on Bronco Wind Team members braved the cold to watch a refurbished wind turbine be installed outside the … I can come back 20 years later with my kids and with my grandkids … and say, 'I helped build this,'" he says. "This … University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Bronco Wind Team …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73494

Management professor discusses sustainability during COVID-19 and beyond

Haworth College of Business

… how COVID-19 intersects with sustainability in a variety of ways. Some executives and academics fear social sustainability will be … like homelessness, poverty, access to clean drinking water and affordable health care. With the economy in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/60155

Fashion startup focused on sustainability wins WMU's business pitch competition

Haworth College of Business

… the issue of the nearly 16 million tons of textile waste generated annually. The company's shirts are created using discarded textiles, which are cut up and reassembled, making each piece unique. "Winning the pitch competition was unexpected," say Soma. "It's easy to have doubts as an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52258