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New WMU summer youth camps focus on entrepreneurship, finance

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… Michigan University camps this summer will introduce high school students to the intricacies of starting a business as well as learning about the stock … growing quickly, and we wanted to reach out to local high school students who may be thinking of taking an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30386

WMU grad and instructor is named state's top teacher

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… verified) on Chang KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The state Department of Education announced May 18 that Laura Chang is the … Year . Chang is a second-grade teacher at Sunset Elementary School in Vicksburg and a part-time instructor of special … Alles while Alles was in Vicksburg May 18 to highlight the school's academic success. "Educators like Ms. Chang are key …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47497

Career Cruising with Kurt Kraczon – Laying the Foundation for a Successful Career in Aviation Management and Operations

College of Aviation

… on Like for many Americans, Covid 19 did a pretty good job of "taketh away" for Kurt Kraczon, but it also did a bit of … Kraczon had most of his junior and senior years in high school impacted by the pandemic.  But instead of sitting on … Kraczon had the foresight during his days at Portland High School (Class of 2021) to take part in an early-college …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/12/kraczon

Football Broncos beat Toledo 55-35 to claim MAC West Championship

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… for the first time since 2000. Under the direction of head coach P.J. Fleck , the Broncos are now 12-0 and 8-0 in the MAC. A crowd of 24,191 gathered to cheer the Broncos to their first … broadcast from the campus of WMU—just the second MAC school ever to be featured on College GameDay. The WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36632

WMU Ethics Center marks 30th year with conference, salute to founder

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… and dinner. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University is … by staging a new bioethics conference and a salute to one of its founders. A tribute to Dr. Michael Pritchard , WMU … accreditation application of the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. "We firmly believe that ethics is an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30814

Top seniors to be honored as 2015 Presidential Scholars

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… the most outstanding senior in their various academic schools, departments and programs to represent their units … This year, 46 scholars were chosen from a senior class of more than 6,000 students. The Presidential Scholar … nursing major with 10 children, who are juggling family and school. Presidential Scholars for 2015 Accountancy— Haley J. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22459

From Kent (WA) to Kalamazoo (MI), Jennifer Nguyen’s Medallion Journey Takes Flight

College of Aviation

… grandparents and immediate family were on the wrong side of the Vietnam War, which forced many of their peers to … to chase.”  Because she was dual enrolled at Kentridge High School and Green River College, her K-12 diploma, and an … didn’t allow myself to explore aviation as a career in high school,” she says, “because I had a major fear of failing,” …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/04/nguyen

Flying Frisbees, Planes, and Fish: Scott Lands at Western Michigan University

College of Aviation

… -- whose aerial dogfights in World War II were its version of medieval jousts with fatal consequences.    He has a hero … and reach its -- and our -- goals."    Fish, a 2018 high-school graduate, hails from Sun Prairie, Wis., a suburb of … many years ago."    "Learn more" equated to taking his high school's lone introduction-to-aviation course.  Checking out …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/09/fish

Summer camp opportunities abound at WMU

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… abound at WMU Submitted by Deanne Puca on Summer camp offering range from athletics to aviation. … July and August— Bronco athletics sports camps for high-school-age and younger students interested in a variety of … Laptop Orchestra, July 21-25. An additional class for high school seniors, Writing the College Admissions Essay, will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14527

Cousins and Petcovic named to arts and sciences leadership positions

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… new appointments to the Western Michigan University College of Arts and Sciences leadership team have been announced by … Jan. 1 . Dr. James P. Cousins has been named associate dean of the college after serving in the position on an interim … National Science Foundation Teaching Fellow in the Portland school system. She earned a bachelor's degree at Smith …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/37028