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WMU to break ground on economic-development engine

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… vice president for community outreach. It also will support research, economic development and new student … and Research Park 1, a 256-acre complex with similar goals. BTR 1 is home to approximately 40 companies that … on-site, and great care will be taken to ensure the illness does not spread. The portion of the Asylum Lake Preserve …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50722

Students Engage with Honor Credit Union’s Community Connection Center

College of Health and Human Services

… University’s macro social work class, SWRK 4010 Task Groups and Organizations, visited Honor Credit Union’s … experience. The visit aligned with the course’s overarching goal: to explore the intricate relationships between task …  Highlighted the center’s mission and its commitment to going above and beyond for the community. Justin Tabanguil, …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/01/honorcu

'Queer Voices in Hip Hop: Cultures, Communities and Contemporary Performance'

W Magazine

… and rapping about riding down an "Old Town Road'' on primetime television. Dr. Lauron Kehrer , assistant professor of … on that so we can better understand our present moment and what's happening in the genre." The culmination of more than … culture from voguing dance trends to Beyoncé's music to "RuPaul's Drag Race." "They're not newly emerging phenomenons. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69856

Gilman Scholarship allows criminal justice major to study abroad

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… selected to receive the Gilman Scholarship. It provides up to $5,000 for American students to pursue overseas study … who study abroad and the countries and regions where they go. It is administered by the Institute of International … their international studies are important to our country in times of conflict as well as times of peace." Assistance …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/20824

Homeless to college grad: Business student beats odds to create his own success

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… it's a dream, to be honest." It's a reality that 10 years ago seemed impossible. Just 9 years old when his mother died, … just two years older, began dealing drugs and ended up in jail, leaving him to care for his little sister. His … get to school some days, but I would still maintain good grades," he says, participating in as many …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62477

New WMU Web presence ready for rollout

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… with a dramatic revision of University websites set to go live July 28 . The most noticeable changes to wmich.edu … design was introduced to a number of campus leadership groups earlier this summer, and feedback from those groups … of language and navigation choices. "This is Phase I of what has been designed as a process to continually improve …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25718

WMU Ethics Center announces lecture series for spring 2023

Study of Ethics in Society

… and Plastic Trees: Working Toward a Future Ecology Next up is “ Grasslands, Garbage Islands and Plastic Trees: … argues that traditional ecology must be abandoned, and what replaces it must be future-oriented. Instead of attempting to recreate the image of what an environment looked like before human contact, we …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70568

Summer construction to cause few traffic disruptions on campus

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… Summer construction to cause few traffic disruptions on campus Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … through September . For up-to-date information, go to the list of statewide lane closures at michigan.gov/drive or follow MDOT's Southwest Region on Twitter at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16683

Kalamazoo Beer Exchange awards WMU-KVCC brewing scholarship

College of Arts and Sciences

… awarded its annual Beer Week scholarship for the first time to a Western Michigan University student. The KBE, a … immediately said, 'that's where we want this scholarship to go.'" Flora said his company established the scholarship … because you have to adjust your processes. If something doesn't work, you build new parts." King, who will finish …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/36701

Ryan Rubarth races into his finance future

Haworth College of Business

… throughout my college career, and WMU Haworth did a good job of exposing me to both. Finance is a field where … motorsport industries, Rubarth set out as a finance and supply chain intern. He says, “The opportunity to contribute … customers. During the early part of my internship, I spent time gathering data and learning the pain points of the …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/09/finance-ryanrubarth-internship