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Area families needed to host international visitors

News

… Area families needed to host international visitors Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Host families house guests for anywhere from one month to one year. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—If your family enjoys meeting new people, exploring new cultures and introducing American culture to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/41798

Medallion Scholar to cross ocean and cultures to continue military legacy

First-Year Faces

… to the United States to study will be a cultural shock for Molly Cochran .  “I’m an American citizen, but I was born in Sasebo, Japan,” she says. “There was a military base … on a military base only had 370 students. Western felt more personalized, and they accepted my credits.” During a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/07/68548

WMU advertising students take first place

Haworth College of Business

… first place Submitted by Amy Coughenour on A team of Haworth College of Business advertising and promotion students … National Student Advertising Competition. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—For the first time in Western Michigan University’s history, a team of 30 Haworth College of Business advertising …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68200

Holiday Schedules for 2017-18

Human Resources

… Holiday Schedules for 2017-18 Non-bargaining employees Independence Day, Tuesday, July 4, 2017 Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, … 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018 Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2018 Important notes: Employees …

https://wmich.edu/hr/holidays17-18

Giving Day

Kalamazoo Promise

… ready to join the Kalamazoo Promise Scholars Program in supporting Western Michigan University's Giving Day on April 14, … mission to improve the future of our communities and our world by preparing today’s students for extraordinary careers.  Five Things to Know About WMU …

https://wmich.edu/kalamazoopromise/givingday

An ‘open heart’ opens the mind: Students find value in giving and receiving through service learning

W Magazine

… WMU's international service-learning students meet with senior residents of Friendship Village to talk about their … School in Kalamazoo, students are on the lookout for ways to show they are good citizens. You might ask what’s motivating this good behavior? Pride—and a trip to the school store stocked with all …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69884

WMU partners with local tribes to create tribal governance graduate certificate

College of Arts and Sciences

… of Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior Bryan Newland. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Long before it housed lecture halls and textbooks, the land where … the University's identity today. A deep reverence for this ancestral heritage has led the University on a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73676

Professor, institute director Perryman-Clark leads national convention

College of Arts and Sciences

… Professor, institute director Perryman-Clark leads national convention Submitted by … writing instruction. Dr. Staci Perryman-Clark , professor of English and African American studies and director of Western's Institute for Intercultural and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67526

Business professor secures Fulbright award

Haworth College of Business

… Business professor secures Fulbright award Submitted by Stacey Lowis on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Tim Palmer , professor of management and director of the Center for Sustainable Business Practices , has …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60350

National organization recognizes WMU advertising and promotion students

Haworth College of Business

… National organization recognizes WMU advertising and promotion … the American Advertising Federation to participate in the organization's Most Promising Multicultural Students Program for 2018. This is the third consecutive year that WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/45004