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Child Welfare

School of Social Work

… Intro Western Michigan University is now offering a pathway for students interested in becoming child welfare … safe, permanent, and loving environments for children.  Watch the "Is this the job for me?" video Title IV-E Child … system including but not limited to Children’s Protective Services, Foster Care, Licensing and Adoption, and more. …

https://wmich.edu/socialwork/child-welfare

Twenty incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… fall. Medallion Scholarships are the highest merit-based award WMU can bestow on an incoming freshman. Valued at … Anthem" at school athletic games. Avelar's community service activities have included working with the Moose … tennis all four years of high school and took part in tae kwon do for two years. As a National Honor Society …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7662

Student Learning Experiences

Disability Services and Adult Wellness Programs

… I occupational therapy students The Center for Disability Services at Western Michigan University provides students … The practical experience promotes engagement and service to the community and encourages students to pursue … Blindness and Low Vision Studies, Interdisciplinary Health Services, Department of Psychology, School of Music and the …

https://wmich.edu/disabilitycenter/experiences

Services

The Evaluation Center

Services What we do at The Evaluation Center We provide evaluation, research, and capacity-strengthening services. Evaluation Services The Evaluation Center is home … basis or as a partner on your state or federal grant award. We can evaluate your program, partner with you on the …

https://wmich.edu/evaluation/services

Clara Ouding obituary

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… Michigan University staff member, died April 24. She was 97. Ouding, of Comstock, joined the WMU staff in 1965 and retired in 1984 after more than 19 years of service to the University. She was a cook in Goldsworth Valley II for WMU Dining Services. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39753

Joseph Asenbauer obituary

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… University staff member, died Monday, March 20 . He was 93. Asenbauer, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU staff in 1977 and retired in 1988 after 11 years of service to the University. He was an equipment operator for landscape services in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39751

Gertrude E. 'Trudy' Rohr obituary

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… staff member, died March 16 at home in Kalamazoo. She was 82. Rohr joined the staff in 1985 and retired in 1996 after 11 years of service to the University. She was a clerk II in the parking services unit of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39376

Annual Report 2024-25

Financial Aid

… of need-based aid recipients $73M total need-based aid awarded $233M total aid paid Loans  Loans are considered … rate, but private alternative loans are another great way to supplement financing educational costs. Grants Grants … year our office provides not only financial aid support services to our students, but to our campus community, …

https://wmich.edu/finaid/mission/24-25

Ross Gregory obituary

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… Michigan University faculty member, died Feb. 10 . He was 83. Gregory, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU faculty in 1966 and retired in 2004 after more than 38 years of service to the University. He was a professor of history, specializing in 20th-century …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38843

WMU saluted again in rankings of veteran-friendly institutions

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… colleges in the United States considered "the best fit for service members, military veterans and their families." The … other public university in Michigan to make the 2017 list was Central Michigan University. Best for Vets: … enrolled at a public university in Michigan. The office was established in 2009 to support veterans, service members …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36268