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English department faculty, students help Kalamazoo high school students write scholarship essays

College of Arts and Sciences

… the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. Photo credit: Jake Waggoner and the Kalamazoo Promise KALAMAZOO, … first time we did (the scholarship workshop) last year, it was pretty small,” says Bush. “But this year it got so much … hopes to bring his students to participate in more than one set of workshops next year.  Students interested in getting …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71174

WMU-trained high school teacher clues students in to forensic science

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… scenes high school science teacher Kathy Mirakovits sets up for her students sometimes appear to be gory and are always enigmatic at initial encounter.  Often, there is a … can use in any job they go on to do.” Mirakovits is an award-winning educator and teacher leader, and she has become …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46642

Tweets net huge book donation and generous outpouring from Japan

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… garnered thousands of donations, as well as dozens of heartwarming and heartrending letters. Dr. Jeffrey Angles , WMU … and literatures and director of the Soga Japan Center , was in Japan in early 2011 when he wrote a series of Twitter … novels; richly illustrated art history books; and complete sets of popular manga—Japanese-style comic books. Touching …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4831

Sky Broncos advance to national competition

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… WMU aviators qualified for the 2019 NIFA national SAFECON set to take place  May 13-19 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The … Park, Illinois, and studying aviation flight science. Been was voted this year's team captain. He was the third-highest-scoring contestant in the competition, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/11/50133

Institute to honor Lewis Walker at fundraising dinner

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… Institute to honor Lewis Walker at fundraising dinner Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fundraising dinner to benefit Walker Institute. KALAMAZOO—A preeminent scholar on race, … event, "More Than Just Race: A Pathway to the Future," is set for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 15 , in the Bernhard …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/5051

Miller Auditorium announces 2013-14 season

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… "Memphis." Available now, season subscriptions are the best way to receive discounted tickets and priority seating. … from $112 to $204 and include tickets to all four PNC Broadway in West Michigan Series shows, with an optional add-on … "We Built this City" and "Can't Fight this Feeling." Set in 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl meets a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6864

Occupational therapy program celebrates 100 years of improving quality of life

W Magazine

… R. Spear established what is today Western’s program, OT was still in its infancy as a profession. Located at the … Hospital in those early days, the training program was one of the first of its kind in Michigan. By 1939, it … launched a clinical doctoral degree, with the first class set to graduate next year. This three-year OT doctorate …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/69000

Undergraduate research, career-related experiences helped psychology grad find purpose

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… a neuropsychologist. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Haila Jiddou has always been interested in psychology and how the brain works. … available within the Department of Psychology and was drawn to Dr. Lisa Baker's lab, which focuses on … she says. "I didn't realize it at the time, but it really set me apart. And now looking back at it and applying to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73684

Two honored with WMU’s Distinguished Service Award

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… Two honored with WMU’s Distinguished Service Award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO—A … are the recipients of the 2012-13 Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Alan E. Kehew, professor of geosciences and … honored during the University's annual Academic Convocation set for 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 , in the Dalton Center Recital …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9677

WMU gearing up to celebrate 90 years of homecoming

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… words of the WMU fight song. That's a fitting theme in more ways than one. There are so many exciting events to choose … 90th homecoming and 75th year of hosting football games in Waldo Stadium. It's also marking the 50th year of the … The Homecoming football game is one of many events set for Oct. 12. Homecoming Saturday is big draw Scores of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/9973