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Sweet success: Food marketing student cooks up skills to help business thrive

W Magazine

… up cupcakes from Layla's Cool Pops, a bakery she launched at 10 years old and continues to successfully run with a … and even studying abroad with Zwanka in summer 2024 on the first ever “Food Marketing in Ireland” course. She … so much in just the first year of being at Western, and I can already see the things I’ve been taught have helped me …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/layla-wallace-food-marketing-student-leads-kalamazoo-business

WMU is part of 13-university EPA research effort on climate, air quality

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… WMU is part of 13-university EPA research effort on climate, air quality Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … is one of 13 top research universities around the nation tapped to conduct a multiyear $4.3 million research … project are being loaded onto a common website so the data can be seen by all of the scientists involved. That data …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7530

Dedication scheduled for new main campus icon

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… Dedication scheduled for new main campus icon Submitted by … on Rendering of the icon with finished landscape and water feature KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Efforts are in full swing to … main campus that will be dedicated at 11 a.m. Friday, April 24 . The icon, a representation of the WMU seal, stands …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23020

Libraries awards nine Open Educational Resources Grants

University Libraries

… Libraries awards nine Open Educational Resources Grants Submitted by Sara Volmering on … Because OER have open licenses, anyone in the world can access, use and adapt the materials for educational … Libraries published seven grant-funded  open textbooks in 2024 and 2025, and initial data indicates use both on campus …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2025/12/libraries-award-nine-open-educational-resources-grants-december-2025

Pivot from final exams leads to increase in organizational change leadership research

College of Education and Human Development

… Pivot from final exams leads to increase in organizational change leadership research Submitted by Chris Hybels … Mich.—"The biggest benefit I get out of presenting at a conference is learning what other scholars are working on and checking how my own …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73220

Engineering students design concussion sensor for football helmets

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… the sensor on the SafeSense helmet. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—At a time when football concussions are triggering lawsuits … Western Michigan University have come up with a device that can be implanted in a football helmet to monitor the … the University of Michigan in which the students received training for young entrepreneurs. More than 300 teams …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17339

Football Broncos suffer first loss of season in Cotton Bowl

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… (not verified) on Graphic courtesy of WMU Intercollegiate Athletics KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The No. 15-ranked Western … record-breaking season came to an end Monday with a 16-24 loss to No. 8 Wisconsin in the Cotton Bowl Classic at … game after beating Ohio University 29-23 in the Mid-American Conference Championship game Dec. 2. WMU's Cotton Bowl …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37130

In Tempo: Vocal music alumni making their mark

W Magazine

… by Deanne Puca on Jazz vocalist released new single at live concert Faith Quashie , BM ’22, has released a new single, a Great American Songbook classic called “The Masquerade is Over,” with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72488

Snyder picks William F. Pickard to fill out term as WMU trustee

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… Mich.—Michigan Gov. Rick Snyde r announced June 22 that he has appointed Dr. William F. Pickard of Bloomfield … serve through 2020, finishing out the eight-year term now vacant due to the death June 1 of Ronald E. Hall of Detroit. … of civic, community and business organizations. In 2010, Hour Detroit Magazine honored him as a Detroiter of the Year …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33143

Two Broncos earn preseason All-MAC volleyball honors

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… University volleyball team earned preseason All Mid-American Conference honors. Brown and Norris enter 2012 as … Team All-MAC selections, and they are the only pair of teammates named to the six-player Preseason All-MAC West roster. … Broncos open their 2012 season Friday and Saturday, Aug. 24-25, when they compete at the Oklahoma Nike Invitational …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1310