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Governor, honorary degree recipient highlight WMU commencement

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… April 29 , when Western Michigan University grants more than 2,600 degrees during graduation exercises in Miller Auditorium. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will … has made it a practice to speak during graduation exercises at a small number of Michigan colleges and universities …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39580

New directory consolidates WMU's student success resources

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… into programs and toward services that help them flourish at the University. The 56-page, full-color directory provides overviews of more than 80 relevant programs and services and is available … efforts. Creating the directory A team headed by Monica Liggins-Abrams , Broncos FIRST associate director, spent …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40576

Martin E. Gingerich obituary

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… Dr. Martin E. Gingerich , professor emeritus of English, died Oct. 19 . He was 84. Gingerich, of Buckley, … the WMU faculty in 1968 and retired in 1990 after more than 21 years of service to the University. He conducted … in the Wales while on sabbatical leave in 1977-78. His book, W.H. Auden: A Reference Guide, was published in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43957

LHC Strategic Plan and College-Wide Student Learning Outcomes: 2024-2028

Lee Honors College

… fields that lead to the publication of an honors thesis based on students' undergraduate research or creative … funding to honors students . Recruit five new faculty thesis chairs annually.  Establish a structured faculty … was founded in 1962. The honors college now serves more than 1,900 undergraduate students and for the first time in …

https://wmich.edu/honors/planning

Kathryn Hemmen Reflects on Semester in Japan

College of Arts and Sciences

… on Semester in Japan DJ DeLong Creative writing and history major College of Arts and Sciences, Marketing and … With over 90 study abroad programs available in more than 40 countries, there is bound to be a learning experience for any student at …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/kathryn-hemmen

WMU orchestral pop ensemble sets sights on big recording project

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… residential studio in Texas. A crowdfunding campaign is now in progress to pay for the group, MNOE , to travel to … El Paso, Texas. Members of MNOE, which stands for the Mark Niskanen Orchestral Experiment, will live on-site while they … campaign has gone well, Pixley-Fink says, with more than 50 percent of the money needed to record in Texas …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32268

Broncos Lead Internship Program makes impactful debut

W Magazine

… internships for 89 Broncos at 40 employers funded by the historic Empowering Futures Gift.  "The Empowering Futures Gift is truly a gift. It's given so much more than just finances; the impact it's had on the development …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72460

Dennis R. Corbin obituary

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… Dennis R. Corbin obituary Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Dennis R. Corbin , senior associate athletic director for … never a person more true to the spirit of being a Bronco than Dennis. Dennis gave 36 years shaping the lives of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45693

Services, programs at WMU highlighted during LBGT Pride Month

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… and across the country, members and allies of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender communities recognize June as Pride Month. "Pride, to me, is the what it means to be able to live in a world that … for LGBT students to figure out their identities," says Nathan Nguyen , who directs the office. Plans are in the works …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53968

WMU Theatre kicks off 2021-22 season with focus on connection, equity

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… Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After a year and a half of isolation, adaptation and innovation, Western Michigan … that took several months. It meant that really, far more aggressively than we have done in the past, we examined show suggestions …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65062