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Renowned student success scholar to present public talk
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… highly acclaimed public speaker and thought leader who is renowned as a student success scholar will speak at … Oct. 19 evening event will serve as a forum for exploring what belonging and inclusion mean at WMU. In his … discussion, Strayhorn will engage participants in what it means to navigate a college campus landscape as part …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35637
Aviation student's rugby career taking off
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… Mich.—Hitting the books and hitting opponents— Noah Brown is mastering both. The freshman from Mishawaka, Indiana, is … it paying off in huge ways. I'm excited for the future and what else I can accomplish after this; this is just the … elite aviation program—one of the top in the country—is what drew him to Kalamazoo. "I'm getting my ground classes …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/12/56762
'Choir for Good' sets the stage for students to explore purpose, amplify nonprofits
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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University students are raising their voices to raise money for charitable … changed so much that choral music would never return to what it was," says Kimberly Dunn Adams , director of choral … says Adams. "This is really outside the box from what we normally do in the choral program, so it really …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63487
Two WMU student jazz groups secure national outstanding performance awards
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… Mich.—Western Michigan University’s jazz studies program is boasting two awards for undergraduate groups from … Jazz Ensemble secured outstanding performance awards in what’s considered the most prestigious competition in jazz education. WMU Jazz has a long history of success with DownBeat, one of the oldest …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/2025-student-jazz-groups-secure-downbeat-student-music-awards
Students learn of triumph and persistence in life of Walt Disney
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… Students learn of triumph and persistence in life of Walt Disney Submitted by Deanne Puca on … you get an idea of the simplicity of his life and what was going on in history and culture during that time," … travel and study under someone that has a great passion in what they are teaching." He adds he took away much more than …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54752
WMU student recognized by Google, takes first place in competition
Haworth College of Business
… Mainz—University of Applied Sciences, Germany; and Ananta Vishain from BIMTECH, India. The team analyzed Google’s … place where they could have the most impact with their suggestions. Evaluating Google’s most active social … In fact, it felt like the team had great intuition into what the reader would want to know next. The method to parse …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66824
Startup that takes the tangle out of power strips wins WMU’s business pitch competition
Haworth College of Business
… The 2020 Bronco Pitch Competition winning team. A team comprised of industrial and entrepreneurial engineering students … Pitch Competition was a great way to put into practice what our team has been working so hard on in class,” says … for cash prizes while obtaining valuable feedback about what it would take to launch their innovative ideas. This …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58410
Film festival examines human inequality, solutions
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… Feb. 21 , "The System"—Producer Common returns to his hometown of Chicago, the epicenter of national debates around police violence, racism and accountability. Working with community activists and … how a government could poison its own citizens, what forces may have been at work, and how specific policies …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45308
Allison Downey featured at Ann Arbor storytelling festival
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… Allison Downey featured at Ann Arbor storytelling festival … Western Michigan University education professor is continuing to make waves with her storytelling pursuits … resurgence of personal storytelling as a popular genre and what makes a good storytelling performance. Last year, she …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/154
Services, programs at WMU highlighted during LBGT Pride Month
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… and across the country, members and allies of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender communities recognize June as Pride Month. "Pride, to me, is the what it means to be able to live in a world that actively … think the Office of LBGT Student Services is an example of what it looks like to bring together people who, for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53968