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Experience-Driven Learning Spans Borders: International alumnus reflects on journey home

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Nkya was bor n, was just under $400. While Tanzania’s economy was growing, the country's development was slow and … scholarship—only three people won it,” recalls Nkya , now 38, speaking from the International Student and Scholar … .   Contact: Beth Walton Braaksma July 8, 2025

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/07/international-student-internship

Healing through art and community, a choral concert that made a difference

College of Fine Arts

… to tell this story really spoke to Watt, who was a music minor in college himself. He was also impressed by a man so … gay community. For McWilliams to want to tell that story now, when some of the cultural memory of the agony during … wouldn’t have been there if it had just been my recital and not a collaboration with anyone else,” McWilliams said. An …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/blog/2019/05/mcwilliamsrecital

CliftonStrengths for Students

Merze Tate College

… Employment Services Haworth College of Business Lee Honors College Office of Student Engagement Office of Faculty … Success Program What are the 34 Strengths? Curious to know what all 34 Strengths are? CLIFTONSTRENGTHS QUICK … of strengths but also develop myself. I often struggled to get along with my parents during my senior year of …

https://wmich.edu/merzetate/strengths

Duo leading new venture and supporting students along the way

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Sciences. The type of product made at Tight Line did not exist until about 2013. It’s in the relatively new field of carbon fiber pultrusion, a field filled with innovation and development in designing and manufacturing … infrastructure as well as custom applications. “There is no engineer’s handbook for looking up the answer or even …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67020

University Theatre travels the globe in 2018-19 season

Theatre

… University Theatre at Western Michigan University announced its 2018-19 season featuring cowboys, drag queens, … and Millennium Restaurant Group. Season passes are on sale now and offer significant savings. Single tickets for fall … whimsical, imaginary town situated somewhere under the Northern lights of Maine. Surprising, hilarious and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48385

All Life is Learning - September 2021

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU

… All Life is Learning - September 2021 Director's Note and In this issue Director's Note Welcome to OLLI at WMU's Fall 2021 semester! Hopefully … ideas for course topics and instructors. Let us know your suggestions. Call the OLLI office at (269) 387-4157 or send an …

https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/september-2021

Fulbright specialist envisions more conflict as Arctic ice melts

News

… envisions more conflict as Arctic ice melts Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fritz Allhoff presenting his workshop session on "Civilian and Indigenous Affairs." KALAMAZOO, Mich.—With melting ice opening up …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47942

Economics, an analyst and the FBI

College of Arts and Sciences

… Economics, an analyst and the FBI “Be open to out-of-the-box … In the nine years since earning her bachelor’s degree in economics, Hawrysz has worked for the Federal Bureau of … identify spending cuts so the bureau could avoid employee furloughs. “The goal was to keep our employees doing the work …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/hawrysz

Preparing to prosper

W Magazine

… contributions by having one foot in the district and another in Lansing, ensuring our office maintains a strong … or answering their questions on legislation and policy; another day she might be volunteering at events like the … the field of public relations." ■ Photo courtesy: Jacob Waggoner, BBA '19, The Kalamazoo Promise Western does a great …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/preparing-prosper

Speaker series celebrates diversity, encourages cross-cultural interaction

News

… on environmental racism, discrimination and socioeconomic neglect. Sponsored by the Office of Diversity and … held in the Trimpe Building Multicultural Center. Please notify the program coordinator at (269) 387-6324 or @email … searches for her place in a world that provides her with no instructions. Mock shares the story of being a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/41863