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Learning and Leading: Global Leaders use their skills to help refugees

W Magazine

… "It still shakes me to my core thinking about what they've gone through and how they are just trying to have a better … he'd changed. "My skin was a different color from all my time in the sun. I had long hair. I was in shape from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57378

Social work student finds passion, home at WMU

News

… full circle. For Johnny Anderson III , it happens multiple times a week. The Western Michigan University graduate … services. "He is authentically compassionate. He feels what people feel." It wasn't that long ago that he was in their shoes. Anderson graduated high …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57553

A lifelong gift: 1980 graduate gives back to Department of Philosophy

College of Arts and Sciences

… loved the philosophy department while I was at Western and got a lot out of it,” says Rochon. Recognizing the … a criminal defense lawyer for the next decade.  During that time, he was lead counsel for more than 160 jury trials and … interesting and have an emotional content that’s not what people usually associate with being a lawyer, and I …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69151

2025 Pre-College Programs Reminders and Updates Memo

Precollege Programming

… 2025 Pre-College Programs Reminders and Updates Memo Submitted by Kelly Schultz on This memorandum … please be sure to use the following parameters: Category = Pre-College Type = Summer Camp ( Do NOT leave blank; … the website at:  wmich.edu/precollege . Thank you for your time; I appreciate your continued support of pre-college …

https://wmich.edu/precollege/news/2025/10/memo

Washington Monthly lauds WMU as one of nation's best values

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… students are returning to campus this week just in time to hear the news that their school is one of the top-50 … measures of college prestige are less important than what colleges do for the country and the value they offer … funds are awarded and how schools are evaluated. "It doesn't happen every day that an administration does exactly …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8977

Paper plane prowess propels Western aviation student to international competition

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… University student earned national champion status by going back to the basics: making paper airplanes. Evin … of Aviation . Cooper broke the national record for airtime at the Red Bull Paper Wings National Finals in Dayton, … could," he says. "Not many people get to say they got to do what I did. It's a story I'll be able to tell for the rest …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68114

Student Employee Appreciation Week celebrates impact of Broncos working on campus

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… opportunity to build interpersonal skills. "Working part time as a student employee not only makes students more … individuals for their great work and their commitment to go above and beyond in support of Western and the greater … for every student involved in the program is apparent. "What makes Mrs. Murray so special is her ability to go above …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71281

WMU again named among 'best national universities' by U.S. News

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… list of "best national universities" and continues to move up in the group of schools the magazine calls the top tier … universities and No. 54 in its "best bang for the buck" category. Washington Monthly bases its rankings on what schools are doing for their students and the country. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18468

Luminary author, journalist, blogger coming to WMU to deliver message on race

News

… of having a strong-willed, race-conscious father who would go to any lengths—including beatings—to keep his sons on the … the Kirkus Prize for nonfiction and became a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller. Written as a series of letters to his … discussions about America's history of racial violence and what it's like to be black in America. Coates is considered …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27835

Remembering trailblazing alumnus who reshaped college experience for foster care youth

W Magazine

… John R. Seita , BS ’83, MA ’87, PhD ’93, who helped launch what became the nation’s largest and most comprehensive … made their way to Western from foster care. The three-time Western alumnus is one of the architects for WMU’s … students went home for the holidays, he had no place to go. When college administrators could offer him no …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73609