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Resilience, hope fuel athletic training grad's drive for success
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… for patients in need. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Taylor Gaines is no stranger to hard work. Since she was old enough to be employed, she's been bringing home paychecks, … and eventually help families and children who were also struggling. She'll take a giant step toward that goal, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66430
Getting career-ready during a pandemic
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… do you prepare for your career when in-person contact is no longer an option? That is a question that many students … of uncertainty. “Lately, things have have felt anything but normal,” says first-year business student Jacob Myers . “I … around its Business Externship Program—one of the single biggest career exploration opportunities that students early …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58851
Town hall meeting, letters to homes key parts of compensation rollout
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… to homes key parts of compensation rollout Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Campuswide town hall … letters will outline the individual's annual salary or hourly pay rate, job title and pay grade in the new …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23700
Efforts to boost registration, early voting ramping up on WMU campus
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… vote early. That’s the message from WeVote , a nonpartisan organization at Western Michigan University … 2018 midterm elections, for instance, WMU student-voter turnout was 34.5% among those registered . WeVote hopes to … there are these barriers about address and registering and knowing how that process works and sort of getting in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61321
Cooley Law is now Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
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… Cooley Law is now Western Michigan University Cooley Law School Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Both schools' accrediting bodies … areas of potential in which an affiliation could have the biggest impact. Preliminary discussions have revealed a number …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/18003
Global water supply crisis informs research of WMU professor named American Association of Geographers Fellow
School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability
… American Association of Geographers Fellow Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Dr. Chansheng He KALAMAZOO, Mich.—There’s … by his experiences in the field, where he found people struggling to find clean water in both regions of China and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/66997
Social work grad empowered to uplift migrant and Latinx communities
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… has blossomed at Western Michigan University. "I don't know what my life would have been like if I didn't have the … experience with already volunteering with El Concilio, a nonprofit organization in Kalamazoo serving the Hispanic … relate to those students because I was a student who struggled. I was in the bottom 10% of my class through …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67907
New name, enhanced mission: WMUx fosters innovative next-level learning
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… New name, enhanced mission: WMUx fosters innovative next-level learning Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Western Michigan University faculty and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58331
Duo leading new venture and supporting students along the way
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… Sciences. The type of product made at Tight Line did not exist until about 2013. It’s in the relatively new field of carbon fiber pultrusion, a field filled with innovation and development in designing and manufacturing … a second facility and are on pace to produce a few thousand miles of pultruded plate in 2022. Watching our …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67020
Business college receives naming gift for sales, negotiation and leadership lab
Haworth College of Business
… Corporation, based in Troy. The gift funds the renovation and expansion of the college's sales lab facility. … major. At the program's inception, there were 49 majors. Now, 18 years later, enrollment has topped 320 students, … Improvements will include: Doubling the square footage. Renovating existing meeting spaces and role-playing facilities …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45696