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Biomedical sciences graduate driven by resilience, called to help others
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… biomedical sciences. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Jovanny Ruiz-Alavez is a natural caregiver. It's a quality he leaned into as a teenager when his mother was diagnosed with cancer. "I would always go with … school student at the time—stepped up to help provide for his family. "It's really hard to focus on your grades when …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/63981
Prescribed burns OK'd at WMU's two nature preserves
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… If weather conditions are not conducive for a burn yet this spring semester, the next window of opportunity will be this coming fall in mid-October to mid-November. Fire's … various plant species to grow more vigorously and discouraged others that were not adapted to fire. "Without …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45596
June 20, 2016
Registrar's Office
… Over 600 students will be attending commencement this Saturday, June 25 in Miller Auditorium. The schedule is as follows: 9 a.m. College of Education and Human … Box Office. If extra tickets are available they will be distributed on Friday, June 25 in Miller Auditorium beginning …
https://wmich.edu/registrar/notes-2016-06-20
Dance students return from service trip in Panama
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… provided free dance classes to children who wouldn't otherwise have access to arts education. WMU dance students at the Reserva Cerro Ancón in Ancón, Panama. (Photo credit: Allison Yates) This was the second year WMU students have participated in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40282
John Borsos
Political Science
… 1972-88 John was a Kalamazoo native and a creative artist, outstanding athlete, and intellectual adventurer. From … young age he expressed an outgoing, gregarious nature and his enthusiasm, humor, and large heart touched many lives. … tragically shortened life were characterized by heroic struggle and optimism against overwhelming forces. By middle …
https://wmich.edu/politics/borsos
Schedule and Assignments
Law and Culture in Medieval England
… education faculty "Law and Culture in Medieval England" is hosted by Western Michigan University. Due to the ongoing … Wulfstan and the Holiness of Society Tuesday, June 29: Whatever Seems Most Just to You: Wills, Charters and the … on Homicide (trans. Thorne); The Case of William of Crigglestone (trans. Stenton); The Case of Richard Son of Adam …
https://wmich.edu/medieval-law-culture/schedule
WMU football coach P.J. Fleck named regional coach of the year
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… the Year by the American Football Coaches Association, and is now a finalist for AFCA National Coach of the Year. Fleck has guided … last three seasons. Under Fleck's guidance, the Broncos finished 8-0 in conference play and became the first team in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36807
WMU, Kalamazoo Valley forge pathways to success through more than 50 program-level transfer agreements
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… Valley Provost Dr. Paige Eagan, Kalamazoo City Commissioner Jeanne Hess and WMU Associate Vice President for … interim dean of WMU Merze Tate College; Dr. Satish Despande, dean of the WMU Haworth College of Business; … president of enrollment management. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Administrators from Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73316
Frank R. Olenchak obituary
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… former Western Michigan University faculty member, died at his home in Columbia, South Carolina, Aug. 24 . He was 88. … joined the WMU faculty in 1966 and retired in 1984 as an assistant professor emeritus of education and professional … Michigan, in 1969. He organized, developed and administered the center's office for student teaching and in 1971 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35298
Trustees set strategic direction for WMU for next five years
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… plan—identifying the University as a learner centered, discovery driven and globally engaged university. The Gold … meaningful and provided an end product that would serve this University well," said Dr. Jody A. Brylinsky , associate … Academic excellence. Inclusive excellence and equity. Discovery and collaboration. Sustainable stewardship. Those …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31205