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Dr. JoAnn Atkin: Coaching students to success for 24 years
Haworth College of Business
… will retire this summer. Before becoming an academic, Atkin was a skilled advertising and marketing executive. She first … setting as a teenager. She began cashiering and worked her way up into store management during her undergraduate years. … vice president for external partnerships. Bronco Connect projects ranged in scope from secondary research to …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/05/joann-atkin-retirement
Michigan mom finds fix for cold, wet winters
News
… her family's winter gear. Finding that a traditional dryer wasted energy and laying winter gear on the vents took too … when her search led her right back to the same old slow or wasteful options, she decided to engineer a solution … her company, KMS Designs Inc. , and its first product, The Green Glove Dryer , were born. KMS continues to innovate, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47805
365 days of Dunbar Hall
College of Arts and Sciences
… thrive. Originally built in 1971, Willis F. Dunbar Hall was one of three buildings constructed to support a growing … the renovation, was awarded the First Place Innovative Project Award at the U.S. Green Building Council of West Michigan Annual Party and …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-dunbar-hall
Five WMU teams compete in statewide clean energy challenge
News
… five other universities across Michigan to present their green technology solutions and vie for more than $100,000 in … Technological University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. The challenge was established by U-M … students to focus on the entrepreneurial aspect of their projects in addition to clean-energy--both of which are so …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/157
Engineers Without Borders student ‘zooms in,’ leveraging technology, teamwork to make the world better
International Student and Scholar Services
… three years ago to explore her Midwestern roots. She was born in Kalamazoo ; her parents are alumni; and the school was offering her a competitive scholarship. Three years … for generations to come. The group presented their project during International Education Week 2024: …
https://wmich.edu/international/news/2024/11/globalnews-2
Heritage Hall celebration leads to new student aid opportunity
News
… future interior design majors. President and CEO Bjorn Green , of the architectural and engineering design firm … in Environmental and Energy Design system. TowerPinkster was the design firm for the renovation of the historic … He noted that while the firm's first endowed scholarship was in engineering, the interior design focus of the new …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40683
Updated WMU Mobile app available for download
News
… and other Apple mobile platforms. Version 2.0 of the app was released over the summer. WMU Mobile is available free … Student access to midterm and final grades WMU Mobile project WMU Mobile was created as a senior engineering project by six computer …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1264
Professor explores the Vietnam War through music in interdisciplinary course and Bruce Springsteen research
College of Arts and Sciences
… Professor explores the Vietnam War through music in interdisciplinary course and Bruce … that reads: “We busted out of class / Had to get away from those fools / We learned more from a three-minute … assignments inspired him to pursue his current research project: a book following the Vietnam War through a 25-song …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2026/06/vietnam-war-music
Canadian scholar wins WMU's 2018 Gründler Prize
News
… wins WMU's 2018 Gründler Prize Submitted by Deanne Puca on Green, left, and Schulman KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Canadian … Church." This year's prize, which comes with a $1,000 cash award, was announced at the 53nd International Congress on Medieval …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/47085
Building a business, one degree at a time
Haworth College of Business
… by Brooke Humphrey on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Tanya Thompson walked into her first business class at Western Michigan … of Arts and Sciences. Her husband Rory Murphy works as a project manager on campus. The family's connection to WMU … class taught techniques Thompson now uses daily in vendor contracts and lease agreements. The skills proved …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/01/businessnews202601tanya-thompson