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Broncoland video game released during student orientation
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… 2013 new student orientation. The Broncoland Game is built on the same technology and 3D depiction of the WMU … ago. That site—the Broncoland Tour—now attracts some 1,000 visitors monthly. The video game allows players to connect … by students for students Abbott and a team of more than a dozen students did the programming; art, visual and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7508
Broncos gather near and far to experience total solar eclipse
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… eclipse Submitted by Erin Flynn on Lee Honors College distributed some eclipse glasses to students during a watch … solos silenced. Lectures lulled. Presentations paused. Dissertations diverged for a moment as 3 p.m. approached on … kind of cool to just sit there while it happened. I can see why in old times they thought it was the end of the world or …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75385
Top teacher award goes to another WMU grad
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… at Stoney Creek High School in Rochester Hills, was surprised May 8 when Interim State Superintendent Sheila Alles … with those around her, whether it's students in her English class, or college students she's mentoring to become our … life to helping our students get ahead. Throughout her more than two decades of teaching, she has touched countless …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53382
WMU launches online cybersecurity undergraduate degree
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… graduates and organizations in multiple ways. Enrollment is now open for the four-year degree program designed to … the increasing workforce demand for digital security specialists in areas ranging from government defense to supply … invaluable skills that extend beyond the screen. Rather than developing curricula solely from a computer science …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59452
Student entrepreneur wins award for sustainable clothing company
Haworth College of Business
… the Brian Patrick Thomas Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. This award is given annually to recognize students in Starting … solid financial standing and the ability to create bigger and better opportunities. It will also put the company in a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/07/68618
Food marketing student first to complete advanced category management certification
Haworth College of Business
… majoring in food and consumer package goods marketing, is the first individual in the industry to complete the … Management Certification. Katelyn Wandel The certification is intended to provide additional education to further … beverage industry and how strategies may need to shift to better impact the business,” Wandel says. “This …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70932
Newell Rubbermaid to build at BTR Park
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… to have a Kalamazoo employee base of up to 100. The firm is the corporate umbrella for such well-known brands as … Calphalon®, Paper Mate® and Irwin®. The company's move is being assisted with a $2 million award from the Michigan … and create plans for future products for the more than 40 brands that are part of the company's global …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/6076
Jazz students continue winning streak in DownBeat competition
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… magazine's 41st annual Student Music Awards. In what is regarded as the most comprehensive competition for … WMU students earned two awards, placing among the top 10 finishers in the international music competition. No other … the globe, with the competition going international more than 10 years ago. "WMU's jazz studies program has been …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47375
Business professor earns second prestigious Fulbright award
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… has earned a highly competitive Fulbright Specialist Award from the U.S. Department of State and the J. … Board. Since the inception of the Fulbright Specialist Program in 2001, faculty from the Haworth College of … the Haworth College of Business. He has also received more than 10 research and teaching awards from multiple …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58788
New campus emergency communication system in place
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… to alert students and employees when a critical situation is unfolding on campus. The new product, which is scheduled … the person answering the phone will no longer need to trigger that message by speaking into the receiver. Vossen says … on their office, home or cell phones now stands at more than more than 14,000. The Reverse 911 system will remain in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7554