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WMU receives $2 million grant to assist farmworker community

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… who are migrant or seasonal farmworkers, or the children of such workers. The U.S. Department of Education and its Office of Migrant Education awarded the … participants with the comprehensive academic, financial, school-transition and other support services they need to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42667

Reach for the most and find the best

College of Arts and Sciences

… I had the great opportunity to attend Western in the fall of 1974. I grew up in Albuquerque, NM, and at 18, wanted … and planned on majoring in education. But in the spring of 1973 I applied and was awarded a scholarship from the … instrumental in keeping my spirits up and keeping me in school. Today I live in Dallas, Texas, and am involved in …

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

WMU to host conference on health IT innovation and cybersecurity

Haworth College of Business

… lunch on Friday. The event is hosted by WMU's Department of Business Information Systems and the Center for Health … Dr. Joe Adams Dr. Joe Adams is the vice president of research and cybersecurity at Merit Network Inc. Retired … health sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School. Previously he was the founding director for the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43116

WMU and KCC announce major transfer agreement

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… articulation agreement signed by representatives of KCC and WMU facilitates the transfer of students who … The agreement, which outlines how credits earned at one school will transfer to another, helps students save time … of a comprehensive articulation agreement between the schools. The KCC-WMU institutional articulation agreement is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46804

Portuguese scholar to lead WMU's international initiatives

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… associate provost for Global Century Education and director of the Global Engagement Office at the University of Montana, will take the reins of … in 2004 from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He went on to earn a doctoral degree …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41172

Water quality research and engineering firm is newest BTR Park partner

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… and environmental restoration and is based in two of the nation's most water-dominated states is the newest … Business Technology and Research Park. The Michigan office of Drummond Carpenter is now housed in the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Innovation Center, located at the BTR …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43452

Immigration at the forefront in 2016-17 Sichel Series

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… with Dr. Steve Trejo on long-term socioeconomic integration of U.S. immigrant groups. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Just as the … months when they visit Western Michigan University as part of the 2016-17 Sichel Lecture Series. This year's series … 28: Dr. Hillel Rapoport , professor of economics, Paris School of Economics, "Tradable Refugee-Admission Quotas and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34946

Former U.S. congressmen and elections director will lead 'Protecting Democracy' discussion

We Talk

… by Cheng Kidd Sun on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—In the midst of an intense presidential election, a bipartisan panel that … the Western Michigan University Student Center. Co-sponsors of the event include the Michigan nonprofit corporation … says  Scott Schrum , Citizens Rising organizer. “From school board members and public health officials to election …

https://wmich.edu/wetalk/news/2024/09/wetalk-wevote-protecting-democracy-panel-discussion

WMU's new physical therapy department names founding chair, director

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… full steam ahead with plans to open its new Department of Physical Therapy with the hire of a founding chair and program director. Dr. Stacie J. … since 2005. She also has served as chair of the Krannert School of Physical Therapy and director of the Doctor of

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/33780

George M. Dennison obituary

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… , a former Western Michigan University provost and one of the most impactful educators in the history of the state of Montana, died Jan. 3 due to complications … Institute for Water Sciences, Division of Minority Affairs, School of Community Health Services, and position of

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37202