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Resilience, hope fuel athletic training grad's drive for success

News

… Mich.— Taylor Gaines is no stranger to hard work. Since she was old enough to be employed, she's been bringing home … hard to provide for her family and for her future. "I was working two jobs in high school, helping pay for rent … into her PEAK (Providing Evidence of Active Knowledge) project for WMU Signature. She created "Project Serenity …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66430

Geography grad created road map to success at Western

News

… is graduating with two bachelor's degrees and a job waiting for him at the Department of Defense once he … combination, but they both provide direction in a lot of ways. Geography is physical direction, while philosophy is … the prestigious NASA DEVELOP program, where he worked on a project in collaboration with the National Park Service. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71466

Lambert R. VanderKooi obituary

News

… 2015 , at Rose Arbor Hospice Residence in Kalamazoo. He was 80. VanderKooi, of Portage, joined the faculty in 1970 … during the early days of the computer revolution. The plan was an outgrowth of Project EXCITE—Expanding With Computers and Information …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29872

Frostic Series teams up with Theatre Kalamazoo to present playwright

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… Kalamazoo in early February to present a new work by an award-winning playwright. Adam Szymkowicz will help to launch … Germany and Lithuania. His plays include "Deflowering Waldo," "Pretty Theft," "Food for Fish," "Hearts Like … playwright to participate in the Bloomington Playwrights Project's Square One Series. He served twice as playwright …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29828

Prospective Graduate Students

History

… Stats 7 Fulbright Research Fellows 6 All-University awards for teaching and research 7 Dissertation Completion … to apply for this program and retroactively claim credits toward the M.A. degree. Graduate Certificate in History The … it necessary for the completion of a thesis or dissertation project. There are additional requirements that advanced …

https://wmich.edu/history/academics/prospectivegraduatestudents

Marketing and Recruitment Analyst

Human Resources

… accuracy. Analyzes and interprets data. Monitors progress toward strategic planning goals, short- and long-term goals … and confidentiality of data and reports. Participates in project teams and work groups to improve data availability …

https://wmich.edu/hr/employees/staff/jobdescriptions/010568

Education researcher to be honored as WMU emerging scholar

News

… as an emerging scholar during a Sept. 30 campuswide awards ceremony. Dr. Jessaca Spybrook , who recently received … will be presented with the 2016-17 Emerging Scholar Award during WMU's Fall Convocation recognition ceremony … process and carries a $2,000 cash prize. Spybrook's grant project will mine a treasure trove of large-scale data sets, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35309

Select group receives top undergraduate honor for 2015

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… the highest honor WMU can bestow on an undergraduate. The award goes to the most outstanding seniors in each of the … programs. Only the highest caliber of students receive the award. They are selected on the basis of their general … a variety of obstacles. For his senior engineering-design project, he worked with a team to create a reconfigurable …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/25421

Board approves WMU 2015-16 operating budget of $388 million

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… a 3.2 percent increase in tuition and required fees, which was also approved by trustees June 3. That increase will … that is the result of a market-based Staff Compensation Project completed in May. The study of WMU compensation …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24545

Poet Alison Swan reimagines the freshwater heart of North America in a literary way

College of Arts and Sciences

… Poet Alison Swan reimagines the freshwater heart of North America in a literary way Olga … marina, a golf course, and an equestrian center. Another project that came out of Swan’s activism was The Saugatuck …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news-poet-swan