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Business mentors partner with WMU entrepreneurs to pitch products at Innovation Expo
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… on WMU students Anthony Huberty and Emily Ekkens work on the Get-A-Grip rock climbing training device for the … familiarity to emerging talent, a clear understanding of what skills the students are developing and supporting a new generation of talent is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/62845
With rural and small clinics in mind, professor uses COVID-19 grant to create low-cost respiratory device
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… than $150. He aims to make it widely available for merely the price of parts, manufacturing and shipping so smaller clinics and rural areas in Michigan can have access to this technology. … in these areas,” Danna-dos-Santos explains. “I understand what buttons to push.” He learned to push those buttons as …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60231
Ethics Center announces book clubs for spring 2024
Study of Ethics in Society
… regarding body size, plagiarism, cancel culture and the place of the virtues in living a good life are all topics for this spring's Center for the Study of … be in Room 3120 of Sangren Hall on Mondays, Jan. 29, Feb. 5 and 12, from 6 to 7 p.m. The book is the Reading Together …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74500
WMU supply chain student one of six to receive national scholarship
Haworth College of Business
… Lake Orion, Michigan, is among six students from across the country to receive a nationwide business scholarship … States, provides up to $15,000 toward tuition. Recipients are determined based upon a submitted essay, cumulative … to take on new challenges. All of this has prepared me for what’s ahead. I’ve gained the skills, experience and mindset …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/06/richter-scholarship-nicole-sherman
Brush Ease wins first place at Bronco Pitch Competition
Haworth College of Business
… Competition Submitted by Abbie Griffith on Brush Ease was the winning team at this year's Bronco Pitch Competition. Left to right are team members Teh Ang Qi, Bhairavi Patel, Sophie Nguyen … and objectivity about their product and communicated what they had learned during the competition. Nguyen adds, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75711
Autism-related master's program coming to metro Detroit
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… for individuals who work with people with autism and other developmental disabilities will be offered in metropolitan Detroit starting in 2015. At the start of the upcoming spring semester, which … related disciplines who seek certification or meaningful careers working with people with developmental disabilities. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20142
Mindfulness and the long road to stroke recovery
College of Health and Human Services
… Mindfulness and the long road to stroke recovery Submitted by Jillian Fraze on KALAMAZOO, Mich—Dr. Lori Gray, associate professor and program director in Holistic Health and … As a stroke survivor and mindfulness professor, Dr. Gray shares her personal journey of recovery following a …
https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/06/lori-gray-stroke-recovery
Construction near Sangren Hall triggers major traffic changes
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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Artist's rending of the new West Michigan Avenue pedestrian mall and water feature. KALAMAZOO--The fenced construction area around the new Sangren Hall will be dramatically … be disruptions." Major roadways and parking areas closed. What to look for when walking and driving Foot and vehicular …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/356
Teacher, influencer joins Grow Your Own program to support multilingual students
College of Education and Human Development
… friends!" says Western Michigan University's Kim Huls at the start of every video. A Grow Your Own (GYO) student in … explains Huls. "During the first few years of my career, I would try to do weekly vlogs to recap what I was doing in the classroom. It was a really honest …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75881
Investment, pandemic pivot spur success for genomics company
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… surge in business due to COVID-19 testing. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The expansion of COVID-19 testing, while playing a large … initially formed a solid foundation in the skin care industry before diversifying into clinical genetic … surging in the spring of 2020. "We really wanted to help in whatever way we could," says Mike Getz , Genemarkers chief …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64148