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Jordan university turns to WMU to build its faculty

Incoming Jordan PhD students w/ HIGE Dean

Seven of the eight Jordanian Ph.D. candidates with Dean Donald McCloud, Haenicke Institute

Headed up by a Western Michigan University alum, Tafila Technical University in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is sending graduate students to WMU to help build the faculty of this new university.

Masquerading was a ball

Masquerade Ball 2008 Ballroom and tango dancing were the lessons of the night for the more than 130 WMU students who donned formal attire and masks to attend the Masquerade Ball April 11 hosted by the International Programs Council.

Nassaney w/ grad students

Professor Michael Nassaney (far right) and WMU graduate students at an archaeological site in Quebec

There has been considerable interest in the archaeology of New France at WMU over the past few years since investigations of the Fort St. Joseph archaeological site have intensified.

Courtney Buck in Kenya Two Western Michigan University students were recently awarded highly competitive Boren awards from the National Security Education Program to conduct research in Kenya and China.

Ann with Buddha statue

Ann in front of Buddha statue, British museum, London

Immersion in the culture and language of France in college while studying abroad was the first step in a career path that led Ann Ganz to Haenicke Institute Study Abroad in September 2006.

by Katherine Peach

Bronco football kicks off the 2008 season with an away game versus the University of Nebraska in Lincoln on Aug. 30. The team's home opener is Sept. 6 against Northern Illinois University, which includes a huge pre-game tailgate party hosted by area corporations in an annual campus tradition known as CommUniverCity Night.

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Kim Cho

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