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Former legislator, Michigan League director to speak

News

… month as part of the Western Michigan University School of Social Work's 2013 Whitney Young Jr. Scholars Program. Gilda … will focus on the role of public policy in working on the social justice issues confronting the state of Michigan. In …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5672

Exemplars of campus engagement honored with Distinguished Service Award

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… real expertise and original insight to all his service work," says  Dr. Jesse Smith , professor of sociology.  … process, Dr. DeCamp provided hands-on experience in applied social research, bridging the gap between theoretical … Public Library, has helped to establish WMU as a valuable partner in addressing regional challenges," writes  …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/09/distinguished-service-award-2025-whitney-decamp-lori-wingate

Empowering Futures already making impact on student success

Empowering Futures

… success, listens to presentations at the Empowering Futures Work Group Kickoff Breakfast on Dec. 7. President Montgomery … importance of the Empowering Futures project with the eight work groups, who all came together for the first time at the … says. “It's about the power of education to generate social mobility; the power of education to change the …

https://wmich.edu/empowering-futures/news/2022/12/70204

College of Health and Human Services announces award recipients for 2024

College of Health and Human Services

… , Public Health Distinguished Service Leesa Jaquays , Social Work and Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Jaime Neary , … , Occupational Therapy Emerging Scholar Hyejoon Park , Social Work DEI Distinction Individual: Pamela Wadsworth, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75325

Nursing student achieves debt-free education

College of Health and Human Services

… Abigail recently completed her Honors Thesis through LHC, working closely with a committee of faculty mentors whose …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/12/abigail

WMU digital marketing students create influencer campaigns for Disney’s The Lion King

Haworth College of Business

… Disney’s The Lion King to other WMU students through social media. As part of a pilot “student influencer … the performance, students were able to devise a unique social media content strategy for The Lion King and measure … and director of the digital marketing program, who worked with Miller to create and pilot the student …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/02/lion-king-digital-marketing

Talks on community empowerment locally and in Middle East

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… The events feature Dr. James Torczyner , professor of social work at Montreal's McGill University and founder as well as … Kalamazoo City Commissioner Don Cooney, a WMU professor of social work, and sponsored by the Hispanic American Council, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/91

Food marketing student’s enthusiasm leads to early career successes

Haworth College of Business

… by Janine Adamski on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— “I’m excited to work in an industry that is always changing, but is never … the help of  the WMU Haworth Communication Center. I worked with the center’s staff to revamp my resume and make … Using the support from WMU Haworth, Shrum gained invaluable internship experience through her work as a sales and …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/11/food-marketing-leena-shrum-internship-study-abroad

Students apply real-world skills in capstone projects presented at Senior Engineering Design Conference

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… reading to learn more about some of the outstanding work these graduating Broncos have been designing, testing … and traffic movement for vehicles.    “My team and I worked hard to ensure our design was not only theoretical … development and wireless communication into a cohesive and working product,” says Jimenez. “Putting everything I’ve …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/11/fall-2025-senior-engineering-design

Professor receives international honor with prestigious Kuwait Prize

College of Arts and Sciences

… fundamental sciences, applied sciences, economics and social sciences, and arts and literature. The fifth field, … hydrological systems in climate-affected environments. His work employs advanced technologies to study hydrological … applying both computational and field methods. His work continues to inspire and influence the next generation …

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