Film students capture top prize in national CNN contest

News

… are about to find out what it's like to have their work broadcast on CNN and singled out for honors by an … They will be flown to New York next week to see their work showcased Thursday, May 3, for World Press Freedom Day. … made the 50-second PSA titled "World Press Freedom." working on their own outside of class. They submitted it for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/361

Alumna Rachel Swearingen wins Rona Jaffe writers' award

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… because my biggest hurdle has been finding the time to work on a larger project and finish a book," says … national literary magazine based at the University. Her own works of short fiction have been published in several … "New Stories from the Midwest." It was Swearingen's body of work that inspired an anonymous admirer to nominate her for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1599

Dr. Leroy R. Ray Jr. obituary

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… to study science and mathematics. Participants attended workshops and took part in activities at the cooperative farm as well as did work in laboratories at WMU. Ray also hosted a horse show … as a learning activity and partly to celebrate the yearlong work of young minority scientists participating in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4919

Bestselling author to help mark health program's 30th year

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… the Harvard Divinity School, Muller spent the past 35 years working with people suffering from abuse, alcoholism, … for Noetic Sciences and has received several awards for his work with those in need. He continues to work with select individuals as a private spiritual director …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2160

U.S. Poet Laureate Levine to speak at WMU's Schneider Hall

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… Western Michigan University for a public reading of his work at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28. Levine is a Pulitzer … home to WMU's business college. A Detroit native, Levine worked in the auto industry, and his poetry is best known … include "News of the World," published in 2009, and "What Work Is," which won the National Book Award for Poetry in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1511

Two WMU alumni honored by national physician assistant group

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… Callard Jeffrey Callard Callard was honored for his work that helps physicians better understand the role of … helping people in the third world though medical mission work. He was particularly singled out for his first-hand experience working with underserved communities and impoverished …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7823

Food justice scholar to host day of events

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… "is doing absolutely amazing food justice scholarship and work on the ground in many communities and campuses across Michigan." He adds, "Her discussion of that work, in combination with theory and history, engenders an … sustainability-related opportunities on campus and in the workforce, Office for Sustainability, 2529 W. Michigan Ave. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/8974

Impact

STEM Workforce Collaboratory

… directly enhance STEM instruction at WMU and the STEM workforce at large in Southwest Michigan.  Faculty:   Dr. … x-ray fluorescence analyzer (XRF) , through the STEM Workforce Collaboratory will support a number of geoscience … other materials , students in these courses will receive valuable training in a widely used technology. This training …

https://wmich.edu/stem/impact

WMU historian awarded National Humanities Center fellowship for early Supreme Court book

College of Arts and Sciences

… as co-edited or co-authored three additional books. She is working on two projects: a monograph on eighteenth-century … further understanding of all forms of cultural expression, social interaction, and human thought. Through its education …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72562

Western honors, celebrates veterans with student scholarship, local events

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… earning her bachelor’s degree in a field where she would be working with children either as an educator or social worker. Before coming to Kalamazoo, another couple who …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/11/66151