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Pandemic didn’t swallow restaurant industry’s appetite for innovation

W Magazine

… Pandemic didn’t swallow restaurant industry’s appetite for innovation … moved to virtual spaces. John Schmitt “(Last summer) I was walking around downtown Kalamazoo, feeling a little … out there playing music and they'd call your name when your order was ready,” recalls Schmitt. “People were socially …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63904

Flags lowered Thursday for Senior Chief Petty Officer Jason P. May

News

… Anonymous (not verified) on Jason P. May LANSING, Mich.—By order of Gov. Rick Snyder, flags on all campuses of Western … the USS Essex. The Essex, an amphibious assault ship, was deployed at sea as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. … lowered to half-staff throughout Michigan and on Michigan waters to honor Michigan servicemen and servicewomen killed …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25451

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Valley Community College and The Kalamazoo Promise receive $620,000 grant to help working-age students earn postsecondary credentials

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… Mich.—The Michigan Center for Adult College Success has awarded a grant of $620,000 to support Western Michigan … to opportunity in a knowledge-based economy. The grant was one of nine awarded through The Center’s competitive … evidence-based, innovative approaches are what we need in order to provide adults with a college environment that will …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/11/wmu-kalamazoo-valley-kalamazoo-promise-recieve-innovation-investment-award-grant

'Last Comic Standing' winner, finalists to perform at Miller Auditorium

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… are on sale now as part of a season subscription or a group order. Single tickets, as well as a limited number of VIP … comics were chosen by judges Roseanne Barr, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Russell Peters. Finalists Nikki Carr Rocky …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17772

Why I Give: Barbara Rider and Fred Sammons

W Magazine

… four decades of partnership, Barbara Rider decided it was about time she and Fred Sammons “take the plunge.” So, … one evening early last year, she popped the question. “I was cleaning something off the kitchen floor and already … for people with limited dexterity. What began as a mail order company in 1958 grew to become the “Sears catalog” for …

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

From Army Skies to Life-Saving Flights: The Journey of Brian Vanderberg

College of Aviation

… of Brian Vanderberg Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Ever watch one of those emergency helicopters sit down at a … that Vanderberg had what it takes to join the Army's Warrant Officer Flight Training initiative.  He applied and … myriad of additional duties is required to be conducted in order for the unit to be successful in the field."  And …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/11/vanderberg

Gaining his Western Wings and Finding His Way to FedEx, Jason Woo’s in Full Control of His Aviation Career

College of Aviation

… Gaining his Western Wings and Finding His Way to FedEx, Jason Woo’s in Full Control of His Aviation … 2006.  After completing a degree-partnership program at Sunway College in his home country for students bound for the … 2020 and 2021 due to the rise in e-commerce from quarantine orders worldwide, in addition to the loss of passenger …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/12/woo

Flags lowered Tuesday for fallen U.S. Army sergeant

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on LANSING, Mich.—By order of Gov. Rick Snyder, flags on all campuses of Western … Hinton, 36, died Sunday, May 14, after the vehicle he was riding in during a training exercise in Hawaii overturned. Hinton had been stationed in Hawaii as a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40270

Beatrice P. Hartman obituary

News

… at Western Michigan University, died Nov. 15 . She was 91. Hartman joined the WMU faculty in 1957 and retired … to campus a variety of notable speakers. In addition, she was a faculty advisor to numerous student organizations, … associations as well as University Professors for Academic Order, which she served as its Michigan director and as a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36674

Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in March

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… to be locally oriented and globally competent, culturally aware, and ready to contribute to world knowledge and … March 1 2017 Yomiuri Prize for Literature Reading—an awards reception —4:30 to 6 p.m. in 1035-1045 Fetzer Center, … Literature in the poetry and haiku section for his book "Watashi no Hidsuke henkosen (My International Dateline)." …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38374