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Evaluation Center executive director honored with statewide evaluation award
The Evaluation Center
… to “an organization or individual that has made a consistent and continuing leadership contribution to the field … In announcing the award, MAE highlighted Wingate’s consistent leadership and significant contributions to the field … unique this annual opportunity is, saying, “We understand what a truly special opportunity it is for board members of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/05/75648
Undergrad experiences fuel alumna's passion for climate policy
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… Conference of Parties. ANN ARBOR, Mich.—People often discuss the world's problems. Annalisa Wilder is busy solving … starting out, I had no idea that six years later this is what I'd be doing." Finding Passion Wilder's career path … of greenhouse gases and carbon by planting those trees. "What I did for WMU Signature actually changed everything I'm …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/57475
Popular plant TikTok showcases student’s succulent humor and self care
W Magazine
… humor and self care Submitted by Megan Looker on Known by his handle @theplantprodigy, Jacob Soule educates TikTok … me a copy of Peter D’Amato’s ‘The Savage Garden’ and that’s what inspired me to buy my first carnivorous plant.” … views and 1.6 million likes. And his video montage of what to do and not do with your venus fly trap has a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71781
Several internships with same company helped alumnus land job
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… University alumnus Robert Repke had initially directed his career aspirations toward a musical field. “I was … co-op, practicum or field experience where they applied what they were learning in the classroom. Repke is now a … Professional Engineering license, says he doesn’t know yet what engineering area he’ll choose when his rotation …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58019
Standout business graduate enters workforce armed with grit, resilience
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… Elizabeth Heinz) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Leaders are forged in crisis. It comes as no surprise then that Kordell Smith … wall,” he says. “I kind of began to lose the excitement of what was a big life decision.” Smith, who grew up in … business. He had a knack for negotiating and loved to haggle for bargains at garage sales with his friends. That …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59046
Application open to incoming freshmen for study abroad programs
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… of three new 10-day, faculty-led courses that take place this August, before classes begin, and may satisfy a general education requirement. The deadline for incoming freshmen to apply is Sunday, May 6 . Faculty-led programs are hosted and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/45866
ExpressJet, Delta put aviation students on career pathway
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… merged with ExpressJet Airlines in 2011. The new ExpressJet is the world's largest regional airline, operating an … decade. Nationally and internationally, all signs point to what one aviation association executive calls "the longest … aviation program has operated since 1997 from the W.K. Kellogg Airfield in Battle Creek. Contact: Charyl Roland February …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/148
Two Broncos tapped to help address racial disparity in COVID-19 outcomes
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… Two Broncos tapped to help address racial disparity in COVID-19 outcomes Submitted by Erin Flynn on … well as higher education, she says she's honored to apply what she's learned and experienced to advance the task … for many Michiganders beyond COVID-19." One of the biggest challenges facing the task force is time. The group is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59420
New program pairs Western students with MSP to bring justice in unsolved murders
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… Michigan State Police Detective First Lieutenant Chuck Christensen, center, talks with students in a lab on campus. … alleviate some of the heavy lifting from the front end of this," says Detective First Lieutenant Chuck Christensen . … hands dirty and review it from inception all the way to what detectives were doing 20 years later that the primary …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63526
Western recognized for its support of wounded military members
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… next to a helicopter at a base in Diyarbakir, Turkey, is an Air Force veteran and Western geographic information … Operation Hat Trick (OHT) named Western as a finalist for its 2021 Excellence in Service Award and will make a … wounded service members and veterans. "I am very proud of what Western Michigan has done to support Operation Hat …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/07/64735