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'Station Eleven' is selection for WMU's 2016-17 book read

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… Read selection and a finalist for both the National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award. All of WMU's first-year students are required to read … "Imaginary Worlds and Real Insights." Discussions are set for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 28 and Oct. 5 in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35228

FAQs

Assessment

… suggests areas in which improvement can be made. In this way, faculty and staff become engaged in the learning … How is assessment data used? WMU has stated from the outset that assessment results will not be used to evaluate … those who are doing effective assessment should be rewarded no matter what the outcome of the data. Can learning …

https://wmich.edu/assessment/faq

WMU trustees opt to keep 2016-17 tuition increase below state cap

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… Michigan residents at the freshman or sophomore level is set at $384.42. A complete outline of tuition and fees for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33314

Alumni Spotlights

Trombone Program

… bands at East Carolina University. His prior appointment was as the assistant director of concert and athletic bands … various orchestras, including The Cleveland Orchestra and Grand Rapids Symphony. He is a regular university clinician … , director of wind studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has served as the director of bands at …

https://wmich.edu/trombone/spotlights

How studying abroad enriched my life and college experience

College of Fine Arts

… types of prints, posters and even books. Every single day was filled with new experiences and growth. While the trip was relatively short, in the three weeks I was in Italy I … study abroad trip is the perfect way to broaden your skill set . On our book arts-based trip, we learned how to make …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/blog/2016/10/how-studying-abroad-enriched-my-life-college-experience

51st annual congress turns Kalamazoo once more into medieval mecca

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… for the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies, set for Thursday through Sunday, May 12-15 , on the campus … of popular culture and in-depth academic exploration always plays a role in the congress," says Dr. Jana Schulman , … address such subjects as the Black Death, Muslim migrants, waste management, medieval humor and multilingualism in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32064

Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser scores goal of graduating from WMU

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… receives his bachelor's degree from WMU President Edward Montgomery during summer commencement. KALAMAZOO, … degree at Western Michigan University. "It feels great. It was an awesome ceremony,"  DeKeyser says of the emotions he … of Danny's young family now. What an example he's just set for his kids," Murray says. "He's making over $5 million …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54118

WMU's flight operations chief named to presidential leadership group

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… Russell Kavalhuna , Western Michigan University's new executive director of flight operations in the College of … Va., the group spent its first working weekend traveling to Washington for meetings at the White House and the National … communities and our country." Kavalhuna says the program is set up to encourage participants to interact with people who …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31048

UP Week 2022: What Author is #NextUP?

Medieval Institute Publications

… time I wrote a two hundred-page piece of scholarship, I was a graduate student at an R-1 university. I taught one class per semester while dissertating and thought I was terribly busy. In contrast, when I committed to writing … the homophobia? This book helped me generate a set of answers those questions, and although I know there …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/blog/2022/11/authornextup

Department of Dance presents annual Winter Gala concert

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… and show their personalities. Harris has received numerous awards for his theatrical hip-hop dance performances. He is … Project will also present "Con Amore" by Lew Christensen .  Set to three Rossini overtures, "Con Amore" is a comedic and bubbling adventure. Choreographed in 1953, this was Christensen's first major ballet after becoming artistic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30241