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New name for WMU program reflects commitment to support students' Essential Needs
Student Affairs
… Mich.—Western Michigan University's Invisible Need Project transitioned this fall to Essential Needs, a name … adds Dr . Reetha Raveendran, dean of students. “We want to provide students with resources that will enable and … of students experiencing that need but who may not be aware such resources exist. “It is my hope that the name …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73121
Visiting artists series celebrates international diversity
News
… free public talk or performance while on campus. The series was organized by the College of Fine Arts. Monday through … She will talk about her multidisciplinary and collective projects, La Perrera and Ojo de Perro. A multidisciplinary … hybrid projects and creative collaborations, and explores ways to integrate contemporary artistic practices within …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4297
Haworth College of Business celebrates 2023 Presidential Scholars
Haworth College of Business
… team, she received a full athletic scholarship and was named to the Academic All-MAC team for the 2021 and 2022 … Hare graduated Summa Cum Laude in the fall of 2022 and was on the dean’s list each semester at Western. She is a … Analytics Competition in November 2022 and the 2023 WMPMI Project Management Competition. She has received multiple …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71308
WMU part of state effort to boost student success in high-risk courses
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… courses through a statewide effort called Michigan Gateways to Completion. At WMU, the effort was launched in 2015 as an initiative of the WMU College of … Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education. The project is based on the Gardner Institute's Gateways to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36877
Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in February
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… to be locally oriented and globally competent, culturally aware, and ready to contribute to world knowledge and … will be given by Stacey Connaughton from the Purdue Peace Project as part of the 2016-17 Visiting Scholars and Artists …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37721
Education and human development honors alumni at 26th annual award ceremony
College of Education and Human Development
… and human development honors alumni at 26th annual award ceremony Submitted by Chris Hybels on KALAMAZOO, … Roby and Dr. Donald E. Thompson with Golden Apple Awards, Dr. Odell Miller with a Keystone Early Career Award … also empowers students to pursue groundbreaking research projects under the guidance of faculty mentors. The 2024-25 …
https://wmich.edu/education/news/2024/09/education-human-development-cehd-alumni-awards-golden-apple-keystone-2024
WMU research team wins grant to study impact of speed on crashes
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… researchers from Western Michigan University has been awarded a $161,802 grant from the Michigan Department of … whether changing speed limits on Michigan interstate freeways has had an impact on crash types and severity. The … says. The three researchers are being assisted in their project by two graduate students, but more will be added …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33086
Collaboration, teamwork lead to sharp increase in grants to WMU
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… grants to Western Michigan University. Externally funded awards, much of them for research, pushed the grant total for … in at $3.7 million. The year-end grant total—$35,166,490—was announced at the WMU Board of Trustees October meeting … in cooperation with four other universities. The project is being carried out by a multidisciplinary team of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28716
Graphic novel expert to give talk as part of common read events
News
… events Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on "Maus I" was selected as the 2015 University Common Read. KALAMAZOO, … Experience activities, WMU has launched a campuswide comics project called Making History. WMU students with varying … Hillary Chute Chute Hillary Chute is interested in the ways people address history and understand their lives …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27437
Building purchase OK'd for expansion of WMU's autism center
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… to a building that is owned and operated by WMU. The center was established in 2008 by Dr. Richard W. Malott , WMU … for the delivery of autism therapy. That renovation project is being funded as part of a $4 million contract … Michigan Department of Health and Human Services that WMU was awarded in 2014. Serving as co-principal investigators …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26216