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Hockey-loving exercise science grad nets experience-driven hat trick through internship, campus work and RSOs

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… experience-driven hat trick through internship, campus work and RSOs Submitted by Erin Flynn on Ariana Burgeson spent … hours in Lawson Ice Arena as a student athletic trainer for Western's national champion hockey team. KALAMAZOO, … Mich.—As  Ariana Burgeson , B.S.'25, proudly displays her Western Michigan University diploma, ornate nails decorated …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/graduate-success-exercise-science-wmu-hockey-trainer-ariana-burgeson

Student group once again recognized by leading human resource association

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… Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Chapter of the Society for … for Human Resource Management for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its members. The society … way for SHRM to recognize and celebrate the big steps the Western Michigan University student chapter has taken this …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54130

Registration open for new lifelong learning classes, trips

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Western Michigan University will offer nearly 70 courses, trips, lectures and special programs during its ambitious winter-spring session. To find out about these upcoming activities, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44416

WMU alumna Anika Johnson threads sustainability into Kalamazoo with secondhand boutiques

College of Education and Human Development

… Johnson threads sustainability into Kalamazoo with secondhand boutiques Submitted by Chris Hybels on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Anika Johnson (BS '17, textile and apparel studies: merchandising) has continued to bring … Kalamazoo area, but she is also a reoccurring partner of Western Michigan University's fashion program and registered …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2023/02/anika-johnson

Three engineering students receive $3,000 scholarships from Institute for Transportation Engineers

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Transportation Engineers, Tim Haagsma, director of traffic and safety for the Kent County (Michigan) Road Commission, … Sam Hall, Haagsma and Stiven Reci. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Three Western Michigan University students have each been awarded … State University, Michigan Technological University and Western. WMU students received three of the six scholarships …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70702

Expanding global educations while empowering future leaders

College of Arts and Sciences

… Expanding global educations while empowering future leaders … for high school students to earn college credit, Western Michigan University continues to expand … students to Panama for a homestay in 2023, and during spring break of 2025, she took 12 students to Mexico, where …

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

WMU, WMU Cooley ink new agreements as Kalamazoo law classes begin

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on From left: LeDuc and Dunn KALAMAZOO, Mich.—With the first two law classes now underway on the Kalamazoo campus, Western Michigan University and WMU Cooley Law School … that will be team-taught by faculty at both schools. About Western Michigan University Cooley Law School WMU Cooley Law …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29804

Engineering students’ project designed to improve clinic’s efficiency wins national acclaim

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… clinic identify avenues to improve efficiency amid the pandemic could win a team of Western Michigan University industrial and entrepreneurial … advisor. “They viewed the challenges that spring 2020 presented as an opportunity to show their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61515

Major construction projects underway aim to redefine WMU campus experience

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A season of transformation is underway at Western Michigan University as three major construction … each designed to enhance student well-being, sustainability and community connection. From a cutting-edge residence hall … because of their time living on campus.” The project is Western’s first large-scale design-build effort and its …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/2025-summer-construction-projects-underway-redefine-campus-experience

Savings add up for students under Libraries' grants for free online textbooks

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… by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—More than 1,400 Western Michigan University students are expected to save a total of nearly $164,000 on the cost of textbooks and course enrollment in 2021 through a grant program for … to an OER became an unexpected blessing during the spring 2020 semester when the University transitioned to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63257