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WMU efforts for former foster youth earn national recognition

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Seita Scholars and staff members with at the April 2013 commencement. Photo courtesy of the Seita Scholars program. KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University efforts to serve and understand the higher education needs of former foster …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12750

Statewide summit to focus on college access for youth from foster care

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… verified) on The summit is set for May 16. KALAMAZOO—Michiganders who support foster care youth and alumni in their pursuit of higher education and career success will gather at Western Michigan University this month for Fostering Success …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15655

University garners two new grants related to water quality

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… will be complete by 2017. KALAMAZOO—Stormwater management and related efforts on campus received a big boost this … Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced that Western Michigan University has been awarded two grants … the funding from the state's Stormwater, Asset Management and Wastewater Program, which aims to accelerate the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15425

Campus gets ready for United Way launch

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… Way campaign is titled "Change the Story." KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University has set a goal for its 2014 … Way campaign that symbolizes its commitment to education and recognizes the importance of supporting efforts to provide all children a quality education and the support necessary to realize their full potential. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18457

Business students selected to receive 2014-15 scholarships

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… Business KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Twenty-nine business students at Western Michigan University have received major scholarships in recognition of their outstanding character and academic excellence. The scholarships were awarded for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16680

NASA scientist to present talk on Rosetta Mission

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… for the European Space Agency's Rosetta Mission will be at Western Michigan University this month to present a talk on … to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the sun and deploy a lander to its surface. Making the presentation will be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/20889

Constance S. (Waltz) Weaver obituary

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… S. (Waltz) Weaver , professor emerita of English at Western Michigan University and an internationally known expert in reading education, … Weaver, of Portage, Michigan, joined WMU's faculty in 1965 and retired in 2005 after 39 years of service to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/48035

More than 300 WMU business students to clean Ft. Custer headstones

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.--A brigade of more than 300 students from Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business … of the college's FYE course, with course instructors and faculty of the college leading students in the project. … is Tuesday, Nov. 11. "Fort Custer is a beautiful cemetery, and seeing all of the headstones is a very meaningful …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19903

Student's aviation career set for takeoff

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… window, stare up at the planes streaking across the sky, and dream of one day soaring in one of those magnificent … the Rochester Hills native is realizing those dreams and ready to take his career as a pilot to new heights. … as well as taking on various leadership roles in the Western Student Association , including senator, campus …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53044

WMU sees enrollment gains in key areas, with slight decrease overall

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… (not verified) on Aerial photo of WMU. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's fall 2014 student body is more diverse and substantially more international, and it includes more transfer students, more honors students …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18997