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Financial Aid

… a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0. Meet institution's satisfactory academic progress policy. Contact the Michigan … WMU. MET notifies WMU on a semester-by-semester basis of eligible students and maximum number of credit hours … payment to the student account on a semester-by-semester basis (after receiving eligibility information from MET). Can …

https://wmich.edu/finaid/mi-programs

Skills Employers Want in College Graduates

Career and Student Employment Services

… career readiness as the attainment and demonstration of requisite competencies that broadly prepare college graduates … an understanding of situational context and logical analysis of relevant information. View example behaviors of … from different local and global cultures. Engage in anti-racist practices that actively challenge the systems, …

https://wmich.edu/career/students/transferableskills

Campus talks, exhibit focus on water as an essential global resource

News

… by Deanne Puca on The series, which focuses on water issues in the Midwest, runs through April 13. KALAMAZOO, … Mich.—A lecture series featuring weekly talks on water issues in the Great Lakes region, with a special focus on … April 13 at Western Michigan University. The 13 multidisciplinary talks are free and open to the public and will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29638

History

Asylum Lake Preserve

… History Historical overview Mitchell Cottage, part of the Kalamazoo State Hospital. WMU Archives and Regional History Collections Asylum Lake Preserve includes … acre lake. Phineus Hunt first owned the land included in this management area after purchasing it in 1831 from the …

https://wmich.edu/asylumlake/history

Renowned foreign affairs expert Lawrence Ziring dies at 86

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… Ziring , a Western Michigan University political scientist who was internationally known as a leading expert on Pakistan, died July 17 in Kalamazoo. He was 86. Lawrence Ziring … professor emeritus of international relations. During his more than 37 years at WMU, Ziring helped expand the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25594

WMU student team wins national Wege sustainability prize

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… to solve a truly wicked problem." The second annual transdisciplinary design contest asked teams of five to work collaboratively across institutional and disciplinary boundaries to create a circular economy—a … designed The Local Loop Farm, an agricultural system that exists symbiotically with the surrounding community, using …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22739

Marti Hearron's final gift to WMU establishes a fine arts professorship

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… Marti Hearron's final gift to WMU establishes a fine arts professorship Submitted by Anonymous (not … revealed only after her death. Hearron, a renowned biostatistician for the Upjohn Co., died Nov. 29. Her estate included a $2 million gift to WMU that will establish the Arthur E. and Martha S. Hearron College of Fine Arts …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21654

Longtime employees to be inducted into 25 Year Club

News

… employees for a total of 1,202 members. The membership list is posted online at wmich.edu/hr/25yearclub . This year's inductees Joyce A. Alexander , finance assistant, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20077

2008-09

Western News

… Western Michigan University faculty and staff members, published from September 2008 through June 2009. The most recent issue is listed first. If you are not able to view these PDF … designation; Foster student efforts garner $500,000 Kellogg Foundation grant; Service anniversaries for June; On …

https://wmich.edu/westernnews/2008

Welcome letter

Humanities

… person and virtually, a range of scholars, writers and activists whose work powerfully highlights diverse women’s … Michigan Attorney General Dana Nestle, political scientists Christine Wolbrecht and Kevin Corder, historian Deirdre …

https://wmich.edu/humanities/welcome-letter