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World hunger relief nonprofit is subject of next Entrepreneurship Forum

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… solutions to hunger. The organization also is devoted to awareness; Foods Resource Bank brings visitors from its … their stories and often takes visitors and U.S. farmers to Washington, D.C., to influence policy on sustainability and … the recipient of the Portage Rotary Club Annual Community Service Award, which recognizes the many years of volunteer …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19610

Longtime WMU music professor, internationally known composer dies

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… for 43 years, died Oct. 10 at his home in Kalamazoo. He was 73. Curtis Curtis-Smith Washington native Curtis-Smith joined the faculty in 1968 as … Gilmore International Keyboard Festival is named. Memorial service details are pending. For more news, arts and events, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19619

Bronco-turned-NFL star Sam Beal tackles Alzheimer's awareness in national campaign

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… Bronco-turned-NFL star Sam Beal tackles Alzheimer's awareness in national campaign Submitted by Erin Flynn on Sam … rolled out in June to coincide with Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month. He joins celebrities like actress Rita … says. "Our players are all required to complete community service. Most of them meet that requirement and quadruple …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53687

Fast-tracking dreams into reality: Urban Teacher Residency Program a ‘blessing’ for one of cohort’s first graduates

W Magazine

… Residency Program. Alumna Koretta King-Jackson looks forward to seeing the smiling faces in her kindergarten class … her local public elementary and charter schools. “My heart was in it; I wanted to do it very badly, but I didn’t have … employees like paraprofessionals, bus drivers, food service staff and custodians to earn their teacher …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69855

Aviation Management and Operations Alumnus Mitchell Carr Cruising in His Career

College of Aviation

… Cruising in His Career Submitted by Tom Thinnes on "If you want to do something in life," says Carr, "go for it … biggest critics, who will make you double-think or don't want you to move up in life, can be family or friends.  I … same period of time, Carr was part of the college's line-service team.  "I got the opportunity to tug and pull …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/01/carr

University College to become Merze Tate College, honoring legacy of trailblazing alumna

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… for exploratory majors—after the inspirational alumna who was a scholar, world traveler, journalist, author and … disarmament specialist who advised world leaders. "Dr. Tate was a bold and courageous trailblazer who explored the world … that all may learn." It is a centralized network of support services, units and departments that exist to help Broncos …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65686

OT, social work faculty earn $1.8 million behavioral health grant

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… work, received the grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. The funding will support WMU's … IPEER project connects the educational training and direct service provided through WMU's College of Health and Human … Barry, Berrien, Branch, Cass, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Ottawa, St. Joseph and Van Buren counties. Harrison says the new …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45083

Josh Blain: Networking, Navigation and his Expedition to Envoy Air

College of Aviation

… by Tom Thinnes on Josh Blain's advice to those who want to follow him into a career in aviation is to get a … United States. Blain's diploma in aviation flight science was awarded by the Western Michigan University College of … 172 and Cessna 182, Windy City offers aircraft-management services and helps companies and individuals purchase the …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/joshblain

Student earns awards from national, state recreational sports groups

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… Student earns awards from national, state recreational sports groups … verified) on Justine Morneau with her outstanding student award KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A master's degree candidate at Western … to the student who demonstrates outstanding leadership and service in MIRSA and to recreational sports in Michigan. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45587

Men's soccer captures MAC regular season title

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… Michigan University men’s soccer team defeated SIU-Edwardsville 1-0 to secure the program's first-ever regular … for them, the men are MAC champs, no one can take that away from them," says WMU head coach Chad Wiseman . "It's a … on set pieces with our size," says Wiseman. "We had a great service, and Ben did the rest." WMU possessed the ball the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43543