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Students honored for entrepreneurial innovation

Haworth College of Business

… Entrepreneurial Spirit Award for his clothing company House of Pariah; and Desi Taylor , a senior from Portage majoring … in Spanish, received the first annual $5,000 Wendell Christoff Award for Cluventure, her travel agency with a twist. … student business accelerator, gives students rich and valuable resources to develop their startup companies. It is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46807

Record number of undergraduate patent applications filed at WMU

News

… Record number of undergraduate patent applications filed at WMU Submitted … pulled off this feat in the 2024-25 academic year. It's a school record, and  Dr. Remzi Seker , vice president for … Steelcase, Stryker, everything. Western is an R2 research school, so we have the resources to not only help students …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/06/record-number-undergraduate-patents-filed-wmu-richmond-institute

365 days of Dunbar Hall

College of Arts and Sciences

… 365 days of Dunbar Hall Submitted by Amelia Bodinaku on It’s been one … from private nooks to conference rooms, supporting the invaluable learning that takes place outside of the classroom. … Hall is now home to WMU’s media suite–a cornerstone for the School of Communication. The high-tech studio includes TV …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-dunbar-hall

Generational differences in the workplace next topic in community speaker series

Haworth College of Business

… in the workplace at the upcoming Mercantile Bank of Michigan Breakfast Speaker Series hosted by the Haworth … WMU's Haworth College of Business, one of the largest schools of business in the United States, is the academic … is among an elite group of fewer than 5 percent of business schools worldwide that are accredited at both the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43512

Saudi student follows a family tradition of becoming a Bronco

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Saudi student follows a family tradition of becoming a Bronco Submitted by Christie Bierlein on … leadership in April 2016. He will follow in the footsteps of his parents, who both graduated from WMU in the early …   Alashi arrived in Kalamazoo with his parents in the fall of 2011, who he said “jumped” at the chance to introduce …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2016/08/ahmed-alashi-spotlight

Yukiko Murakami, 50 years later - Tragic loss of Japanese alumna continues to give life to WMU’s strongest exchange program

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Yukiko Murakami, 50 years later - Tragic loss of Japanese alumna continues to give life to WMU’s strongest … people in Kalamazoo and Japan resulted in the establishment of an exchange program and scholarship that has made it … at WMU on July 14, 2011, marked the 50th anniversary of Murakami’s death and recognized how the scholarship …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2013/11/yukiko-murakami-memorial-50

Foods and history of Thanksgiving served at dinner for international students

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Foods and history of Thanksgiving served at dinner for international students … student working for WMU’s International Student Activities office, sat down at a coffee shop for what they thought would be a quick …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2014/11/thanksgiving-international-service

In the heart of Samburu

College of Arts and Sciences

… In the heart of Samburu Submitted by Amelia Bodinaku on In the first … family. Straight, professor of anthropology in the School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability, has … this path wasn’t particularly linear either. In grad school, she was interested in the impacts of Christianity …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-samburu

Head Banging with Helen Hoffman – Music Aficionado, Soon-To-Be Professional Pilot, and Student Extraordinaire

College of Aviation

… Head Banging with Helen Hoffman – Music Aficionado, Soon-To-Be Professional Pilot, … Aviation Information She's a 2018 graduate of Berkeley High School in her home city of Huntington Woods, Mich., which is … the best place to get something started was in her high school years. Hoffman and best friend, Naomi, at the Women's …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/02/hoffman

Social work students strengthen partnership with Honor Credit Union’s Community Connection Center

College of Health and Human Services

… to community-centered systems. Honor Credit Union: A Model of Community Investment Honor Credit Union demonstrated how … awarded and $20,000 in classroom supplies donated to local schools. Community Collaboration: Support for 489 local … Kalamazoo, the Community Connection Center remains a valuable public resource—open to everyone regardless of

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/11/honorcu2