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Honoring resilience: The significance of Indigenous Peoples Day in Michigan

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… Indigenous peoples have made throughout history—in public service, entrepreneurship, scholarship, the arts and … Western's new Native American Affairs Council. The council was established to support and build upon the strengths of … celebrate the peoples and the lands upon which this country was built?" The focus of Indigenous Peoples Day is both to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/10/65903

WMU welcomes more than 50 new international students this January

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… travelers, International Student Orientation on Jan. 3 was their first introduction to higher education in the … especially in the areas of biochemistry and medicine. This was her first time going abroad. “This is a really new … The Haenicke Institute’s International Student and Scholar Services unit is responsible for international student …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/01/international-orientation-25

Nearly $5M grant will help WMU, school districts create new pipeline to fill teacher shortage

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… the districts—like paraprofessionals, bus drivers, food service staff and custodians—to earn their teacher … 10 years. So, we need to think creatively about people who want to come back to this who are in schools already in some … for human resources at Kalamazoo Public Schools. "We want to lift up our community by lifting up individuals with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/61810

Business student awarded patent for speaking device

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… Business student awarded patent for speaking device Submitted by Anonymous … creation. The WMU sophomore was born with a disorder that makes it difficult for him to … students must demonstrate a promising idea for a product or service. Starting Gate provides a fast track to business …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20784

Top seniors to be honored as 2014 Presidential Scholars

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… After each of this year's scholars are recognized and awarded certificates, a dessert buffet reception will be held … for Landscape Forms in Kalamazoo, where she has a job waiting for her after graduation. The 2014 class of … her the Michigan Campus Compact 2012-13 Outstanding Student Service Heart and Soul Award, one of this year's 10 students …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14262

WMU business professors see signs of economic recovery amid pandemic

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… in, there are signs of hope the U.S. economy is on its way to recovery. Unemployment is decreasing, jobs are being … now struggling with COVID. What happens if there's a second wave? What if vaccines don't get approved until next year? … each of those jobs accounts for about 10 jobs in the service sector. The index has been above 50 now for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/08/60747

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 … University in 2013 as a single mother in her 30s. She wasn't the typical college student, but that never worried … Labs operates. Eligible companies must work in goods or services, have been operating for one to three years and …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/01/businessnews202601tanya-thompson

Dominic Nicolai – Aviation Dynamo and WMU Faculty Member

College of Aviation

… the WMU aviation program in 1974 and logged 30 years in its service.  Ron Sackett , a 1959 WMU graduate who served as the program's chief when it was part of the College of Engineering and coordinator of … of the program from Kalamazoo to its current base at what was then the W. K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek .  WMU …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/09/nicolai

Caring cases: Luggage for Love seeking donations for foster children

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… collects suitcases for foster children in need of a way to transport their personal belongings from one foster … Mich. — Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, a noble community service project, conceived by graduate students from the … you in some sense of having been there.’” Luggage for Love was developed from an assignment for the spring course …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58665

Cruising with Captain Cooper – Heather’s Ups and Downs in Aviation

College of Aviation

… Ups and Downs in Aviation Submitted by Tom Thinnes on It was the best of times, it was the worst of times -- and WMU College of Aviation alumna … she says.  "This was my first job working for a scheduled service and I knew that's what I wanted to do for my …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/11/cooper