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Four WMU students receive Gilman Scholarship

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship has been awarded to four Western Michigan University students to study … At a selection success rate of 40 percent, Gilman awards to WMU students are well above the national average … Quito, Ecuador. Deidre Shepherd is majoring in healthcare services and sciences with a minor in holistic health care. …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2019/05/wmu-students-gilman-scholarship

Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice

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Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice … man of my father's generation," Forman says. "I was born after the voting rights act, after the civil rights act, … Supreme Court. He subsequently joined the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C., where for six years he …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22694

Externships, research opportunities helped nursing grad chart path to success

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… nurse in critical care at Bronson Methodist Hospital after graduation. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Some students are buried … lead presentations that inform industry leaders. "I was able to go to a nursing conference and was the only … receive. "The faculty at the College of Health and Human Services are astonishing—their caliber, expertise, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75401

Romanian scholar to discuss climate change and water resources

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… Romanian scholar to discuss climate change and water resources Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Climate change and how it will affect water resources will be the topic when a Romanian scholar … and water-related risks. She has published more than 150 scientific books, articles and abstracts. She directs and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35792

WMU closes all campuses, cancels classes for second day due to ice storm

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… by Megan Looker on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Except for essential services, all Western Michigan University campuses are … must go out, the department urges taking extreme caution walking under trees due to the heavy limbs and branches that … in the patient portal . All appointments before 10 a.m. and after 3 p.m. have been canceled. The  Student Recreation …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70876

Flags lowered Monday for Army Pfc. Shane Cantu

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… Corunna, Mich. Cantu, 20, died Aug. 28 in Afghanistan. He was a member of the U.S. Army, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry … Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. Cantu was a 2010 graduate of Corunna High School, where he was a … other awards and decorations include the National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Bronze …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1504

Pathway Tutoring program connects teacher candidates to community youth

College of Education and Human Development

… Pathway Tutoring program connects teacher candidates to … with second and third graders and we’ve kind of changed after COVID,” says Dr. Kate LaLonde , assistant professor of … during most sessions. The program also emphasizes service and relationships with the community. "There have …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71518

Class project puts social work students' research in leading journal

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… with a senior faculty member's commitment to community service led seven Western Michigan University graduate … Interventions on University and College Campuses" was published in the December 2016 issue of the … project in addition to their regular coursework, meeting after class and on weekends over a five-month period to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37351

WMU to confer 2,700 degrees during spring commencement

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… of Engineering and Applied Sciences and of Health and Human Services. 3 p.m.--Ceremony for graduates of the College of … Auditorium box office beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, April 27. After all ticketed guests have been seated in Miller, any … Media Network (typically Channel 99), a local public access service on the Charter Communications commercial cable …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/357

Abraham L. Poot obituary

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… Michigan University staff member, died March 27 . He was 65. Poot was a laboratory technician in the College of … and Applied Sciences who joined the staff in 1995 after a long career with private industry. He was primarily … key among the reasons Poot received a WMU Distinguished Service Award in 2008-09. Nominators praised him for having …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6210