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Student contest part of MLK academy's 50th-anniversary celebration

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… Martin Luther King Jr. It began in 1968 as an offshoot of work done by a group of young black students—the Black Action … colleges and universities. A $194,000 grant from the Kellogg Foundation and donations from friends of the University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45215

2023 Arbor Day celebration honors Western's commitment to Tree Campus designation

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… of Western's Office for Sustainability, help plant a pagoda dogwood. Courtesy: Laura Kirkendall Darrell Junkins speaks … to them, it's almost innumerable." Junkins hopes to work with Jeff Eckert and other certified arborists on campus to showcase the diverse array of trees across Western's campus …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71542

Publications and Presentations

Science and Mathematics Program Improvement

… M. (2001). Review and Assessment of the Michigan Eisenhower Professional Development Program. October 1999 to June … of Columbia. Williams, C.T. and Beach, A.L. (2016). How deep is your network? A social network analysis of faculty development …

https://wmich.edu/sampi/publications

Travel Authorization

Employee Self Service

… to allow enough time for your travel authorization to work its way through all approval levels. In PeopleSoft, … are being made that will hopefully provide the support and documentation required to monitor and correct general ledger … as required. Please note the following information and suggestions: A report has been created to display travel …

https://wmich.edu/selfservice/travel

WMU honored for diversity, inclusion efforts for fifth year in a row

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… to reflect on their successes and also determine where more work needs to be done. We also continue to raise the standards in selecting … Plan that has guided University efforts since it was adopted in 2006. The extensive application submitted by WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42545

Veenstra Peace Lecture to focus on elections and world government

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… global democracy is the only way to create lasting peace. However, we should conceive of global democracy as … cum laude with a degree in philosophy. He completed his doctoral degree in philosophy from New York University and … Ideas: Borders, Elections, Constitutions, Prisons. His work has appeared in a number of leading philosophical and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38944

WMU men's soccer leads Academic All-MAC

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… head coach Chad Wiseman. "I am extremely proud of the hard work, education and commitment they put into their studies … great role models for the community." Zachary Bock and Brandon Bye also were named All-Region Scholars. A total of 11 … is a junior studying pre-business and has a 4.0 GPA. Brandon Bye of Portage is a junior majoring in consumer …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36793

Dr. Lawrence Ziring

Political Science

… New York City, he completed his undergraduate and graduate work at Columbia University, earning a Ph.D. in Political … Parsons School of Design, and later Pratt Institute, while working to support himself. Being drafted into the US Army … Affairs, to Western News 1984. The Lawrence Ziring Endowed Scholarship is an annual award given to a graduate …

https://wmich.edu/politics/ziring

J-1 Visiting Scholars From 2019-2020

Immigration Support

… Learning and Educational Studies Home University: Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University Country: China   Maria Elena Ramos Tovar Hosted by WMU Department of Social Work Home University: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León … University of Piaui Country: Brazil   Vinicius Saura Cardoso Hosted by WMU Department of Physical Therapy Home …

https://wmich.edu/immigration/visitingscholars2019-2020

New WMU enrollment management chief hails from North Carolina

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… quality. During his decade-plus in that role, UNCW has seen double digit percentage gains in four-year graduation rates … graduation rates and six-year graduation rates. His work resulted in recent recognition by the Education Trust, … of Rhode Island in 1979 and 1983, respectively, and a doctoral degree from Lehigh University in 1985. Curran …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33091