Search

Impact of record gift total lauded as trustees see year-end reports

News

… to Western Michigan University during the 2012-13 fiscal year surpassed $64 million, as private donors … Trustees learned at its July 18 meeting. During the last fiscal year, which ended June 30, nearly 22,000 private … to look for ways to thank our donors and show them just what their gifts have allowed us to do."  Contact: Cheryl …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/07/8241

Triple major undergraduate takes on the world

College of Arts and Sciences

… it. It felt like I’d made all the right choices.”  Kostbade is spending the summer in Gainesville, Florida, before heading to Dakar, Senegal, in the fall. As a distinguished Boren Scholar, Kostbade is immersing herself in … a word she was saying,” says Kostbade. “Not knowing what was going on around me made me realize the importance …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/07/72069

Western hosts national college dodgeball tournament

News

… Center on campus. "Western being selected to host is an amazing opportunity for our club to grow and become … a baby club with four members to a competitive club that is able to host this tournament in (such a short) time—in … "While most people have a very oversimplified idea of what dodgeball is, there is a lot of strategy that goes into …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67740

WMU sales students take third at national sales competition

News

… Anonymous (not verified) on From left: Kirk, Eckert and Kobliska KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A team of sales students from Western … national sales competition, with one WMU student finishing second overall. This marks the eighth top-10 finish … in on their own.  "Ted and Steve could not have represented what selling the WMU way is all about any better," Eckert …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23291

Tobacco whistleblower to speak as part of Ethics Center series

News

… Tobacco whistleblower to speak as part of Ethics Center series … pitted an ordinary man against the tobacco industry and dragged two people into the fight of their lives after Wigand's … scientist at Brown & Williamson, Wigand went public with what he knew about the tobacco industry to the FDA, the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/22713

Dorothy L. Franzen obituary

News

… Saturday, May 9, in Kalamazoo. She was 91. Franzen joined what was then the College of Education in 1968 and retired …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25426

Kristina Pierce awarded SHRM Foundation national scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… Kristina Pierce awarded SHRM Foundation national scholarship Submitted by Janine Adamski on KALAMAZOO, MI— Kristina Pierce of Fairfax, Virginia, a senior human resource … development.” Pierce’s own personal experience is what shaped her goals as she found her fit in the human …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/10/humanresourcesmanagement-shrm-scholarship-kristinapierce

WMU and KCC announce major transfer agreement

News

… on BATTLE CREEK, Mich.—Western Michigan University and Kellogg Community College have signed a major agreement that will … the loss of credits and duplication of coursework. "This partnership between two robust institutions is a victory … The agreement between KCC and WMU is a solution locally for what is a national challenge. According to a U.S. Government …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46804

Occupational therapy grad focused on uplifting community

News

… focused on uplifting community Submitted by Erin Flynn on Luis Angel Morales is ready to start his career as an occupational therapist. … out those who can't afford the services, because I know what it's like to not be able to afford those services," …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68336

Future Broncos use talents to help frontline health care workers

News

… for health care professionals across the country. “My goal is to do as much as I can to help people in need,” says Ryan … face masks until there’s no longer a need for them. Whatever money is not used to produce masks will be donated … of us safe and healthy,” he says. “I just wanted to see what I could do for my community.” At his house in Sarasota, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59007