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Outstanding faculty, staff members awarded WMU's highest honors

News

… careers at WMU and who, by virtue of their contributions to scholarship or creative activity, have achieved national …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55462

Sunny's healing power

College of Arts and Sciences

… her teaching toolbox in the Department of Sociology . Her scholarship develops novel methods of serving people in the …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/sunny

Trailblazing Western alumna Dr. Merze Tate honored with celebration, statewide tributes

Merze Tate College

… Dr. Tate was the youngest and only African-American graduate in her class and was selected valedictorian. … admission not only was she admitted, but was also awarded a scholarship and received assistance in finding employment. … learned five languages. She was awarded multiple Fulbright scholarships, was nominated as a UNESCO representative, and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70638

New faculty in the College of Fine Arts

College of Fine Arts

… of the National Dizzy Feet Foundation Gene Kelly Legacy Scholarship in 2016. She holds a BFA (Cum Laude) from Point … music classes, music history surveys, and seminar for undergraduate and graduate students in ethnomusicology, popular music, and …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/blog/2019/04/facultywelcome

USWNT's equal pay fight echoes challenges of female sports pioneers

News

… who notes that many universities then started to add scholarships, coaches and dedicated athletic facilities for … "These 'Title IX babies' are beneficiaries of the athletic scholarship and the environment that says sports should be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54379

All Life is Learning - January 2024

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU

… assistance, please let them know that there are course scholarships available . Just have them call the office at …

https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/january-2024

Physicist melds scientific, humanitarian drive at UN's 'nuclear watchdog'

News

… at WMU: "Don't narrow your vision." Today, the 1997 WMU graduate lives with his wife and two children in Vienna, … Twenty years ago, he was one of their brightest undergraduate students. He came to WMU on a Medallion Scholarship, which is among the largest merit-based awards …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37548

Barrier-breaking book program offers new chapter for parents of nonnative English speakers

W Magazine

… Gutierrez heard loud and clear from parents of her third graders at Bloomingdale Elementary in rural Van Buren … from a remote village in Mexico when she was in first grade. "Not understanding not only the language but the … the process of applying to colleges. "I got a full-ride scholarship to Western Michigan University, and that's when …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69835

Alexis Brown: Achieving Excellence in Aviation

College of Aviation

… School in Genesee County, Brown earned a track-and-field scholarship to Western Michigan University. The aviation … a captain for Endeavor Air, "was when I was in the fourth grade.  I was able to go into the flight deck and talk to … of the WMU-OBAP chapter) have both had my backs since graduation," she says.  "They both push me to be a better …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58976

Alumni Perspectives

Haworth College of Business

… that Sylvan Benton has learned in the two years since graduating from WMU. Joining Southwest Airlines as an … his path. “I was fortunate to have no student debt due to a scholarship, was able to establish valuable local …

https://wmich.edu/business/alumni2024