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Level up: WMU’s new esports lab signals commitment to career preparation in growing industry

College of Education and Human Development

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2025/08/new-esports-lab-education-gaming-recreation-center-students

Level Up Your Security Game with NINJIO

Information Technology

… Level Up Your Security Game with NINJIO Submitted by Gary Barton on The traditional, lengthy training format is gone. NINJIO delivers short, animated episodes that are both … short, animated stories. Think Netflix meets cybersecurity. Why are we doing this? Well, cyber threats are getting …

https://wmich.edu/it/news/2025/10/level-your-security-game-ninjio

University Libraries encourages students to go 'All In' with short story contest

University Libraries

… University Libraries encourages students to go 'All In' with short story contest Submitted by Sara … universities and other institutions around the world.   Upon submission, students will be considered for one of the … $550 to the public vote winner and $400 to the jury’s coup de cœur ( jury's favorite).   Regardless of prize money, …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2025/10/long-story-short-contest-2025

Why I Give: The Arnson Family

W Magazine

Why I Give: The Arnson Family Submitted by Megan Looker on … shares Jon, BBA ’81. “We thought it was high time we supported our mother’s alma mater.  “Mom earned her way … Arnson Fritzie first worked as a social worker with Muskegon County’s probate court, guiding children through the …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/why-i-give-arnson-family

Why I Give: The Elshafeis

W Magazine

Why I Give: The Elshafeis Submitted by Erin Flynn on Touline … (Lulu) and Ramsey Elshafei with their son, Taner. CHICAGO—The adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” radiates … size and the Bronco fever.”  Born in Syria, Lulu grew up the youngest of four in a single-mother household on the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75870

Why I Give: Barbara Rider and Fred Sammons

W Magazine

Why I Give: Barbara Rider and Fred Sammons Submitted by Amie … Rider and Sammons’ love for one another and the field of occupational therapy. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After four decades of … landed a job at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, where he went on to serve as the director of …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2025/03/why-i-give-rider-sammons

Why I give: Bill Thompson

W Magazine

Why I give: Bill Thompson Submitted by Erin Flynn on Bill … 50 years, Thompson has been giving to Western, generously supporting WMU Athletics, College of Education and Human … and counting. He also served on WMU's Grand Rapids Alumni Golf Outing Committee for nearly 40 years. So, there's no …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68998

Crypto-mining student business honored with $10,000 award

Haworth College of Business

Crypto-mining student business honored with $10,000 award … company, SHUVL SOLUTIONS LLC, with the long-term goal of becoming a major player in the industry while … others,” he says. And he found the perfect resource to support his entrepreneurial pursuits in college, WMU’s …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/72045

Why I Give: Cheryl TenBrink

W Magazine

Why I Give: Cheryl TenBrink Submitted by Erin Flynn on … of value on education, too. In fact, that is a big part of why Borton arranged for the Frey-Borton Endowed Scholarship … and she planned for everything, especially recognizing and supporting students who embodied her passion for education.” …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72480

Why I Give: Barry Zurell Roberts

W Magazine

Why I Give: Barry Zurell Roberts Submitted by Megan Looker … “I have thousands of photos from my days at WMU. I used to go to parties or social gatherings and take photos, develop … he’ll most likely be dressed in his Bronco best. “I grew up on Western’s campus,” he says. “The education I received …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74813