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WMU Study Abroad nears pre-Covid levels, faculty-led programs drive participation growth

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… 97 plan to travel during the spring semester with their professors.  This milestone marks a growing trend at The … partly due to a dramatic increase in faculty-led program offerings, many of which will be on display at the 2025 … opportunities at WMU; providing outreach to area K-12 schools; hosting lectures, panels and events; and showcasing …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/01/studyabroadgrowth

Alumna returns to WMU as new leader for DEI planning, programs and initiatives

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… Gregory KALAMAZOO, Mich.—As a Battle Creek Central High School student, Dr. Danyelle Gregory , M.A.’14, first realized the profound benefits of college access programs through the TRiO Upward Bound …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72609

Alumni Spotlights

Trombone Program

… M.M.'15) (NEW) Meet  Dr. Joe Busuito , associate director of bands and director of athletic bands at East Carolina … enjoys a varied career as band director at Norris Middle School in Bakersfield.  Read more  about Jared Dalgleish. … chair all-state trombonist in the competitive Texas public school music scene. Following his graduation from Western, …

https://wmich.edu/trombone/spotlights

Ohio family chooses WMU to use newly raised MSA research funds

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… present a check to a WMU research team that has spent much of the past decade focusing its efforts on finding a cure … than 200 runners to Fairborn. Race organizer Doug Brandt of the Dayton Barefoot Runners group accompanied the Cervone … with researchers at Vanderbilt University's medical school and the New York Brain Bank at Columbia University. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/609

Charlene Cove Russell

College of Health and Human Services

… Russell Charlene "Char" Cove Russell influenced the lives of many with her compassion, humor, love for family and … 18-year career as a social worker for Forest Hills Public Schools in Grand Rapids. There, she specialized in helping … creating a weekly game show for autistic elementary school students called "What's My Problem." Whether teaching …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/cove-russell

Students bring the past to life during WMU History Day Competition

College of Arts and Sciences

… attend North Shore Elementary in South Haven. Hundreds of young history buffs once again descended on Western … welcomed 229 competitors from elementary, middle and high schools across southwest Michigan. Each year, after … members serve as judges and many of the students are middle schoolers visiting WMU for the first time. They get to …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/history-day-competition

Resident Assistant Search

Housing and Residence Life

… Applicant Requirements: 2.6 Cumulative GPA at the end of the fall 2018 session. Must have lived in residence halls … obtained 16 credits at a college or university by the end of the spring 2019 semester. (Credits obtained do not include AP or credits obtained while in high school). Note: If a transfer student, housing and GPA …

https://wmich.edu/housing/residentassistant

Business college receives naming gift for financial wellness center

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… Mich.—Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business has received a major naming gift from alumnus … Fostering and enhancing the financial literacy of area high school students, college students and southwest Michigan … the Dollars and Sense Summer Camp for area middle and high school students. Supporting personal finance course …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44734

WMU's Evaluation Center teams up with CDC to boost disease surveillance and response amid pandemic

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… Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— A team of evaluation experts from WMU’s Evaluation Center is … to develop a strategy that could better track the spread of COVID-19. They’re evaluating an approach to electronic … wasn’t already electronic. “Currently, it’s pretty old school. Health care providers typically share the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59912

Bronco in the Big Apple: Marketing student sees dreams come true at New York Fashion Week

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… experienced Times Square for the first time during a one-of-a-kind trip to the Big Apple for New York Fashion Week. … leaders. Morehead at New York Fashion Week. "In elementary school, I literally had a sketchbook on the playground where … sketching outfits. That is what I did for fun in elementary school," Morehead remembers. She daydreamed about the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67195