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Glasser, Quada win Distinguished Service awards

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… University efforts to serve military veterans are winners of WMU's 2014-15 Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Harold … in Military Times EDGE magazine, and as a Military Friendly School. In addition, the University became one of only three schools in Michigan and one of 20 in the nation to be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18458

100 years later, WMU's famed 'Black Ghost' remembered

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… WMU's first black student-athlete, fought racism on and off the field. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—One hundred years ago, Sam … with seven scored in one 1916 game. The Benton Harbor High School football star was originally recruited by the … Western if Dunlap took the field. Waldo told Dunlap the school would support the player if he chose to play, but …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41428

Getting off the couch: Counselors that meet you where you are

W Magazine

… Getting off the couch: Counselors that meet you where you are … outpatient. Therapists also work with corporations and schools on wellness initiatives for their staff and … to find a new purpose. She found that at Western's School of Social Work where instructors encouraged her to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66667

Football Broncos earn first ever national ranking

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… Trophy for the third straight time was just the start of the Western Michigan University Broncos' Oct. 1-2 … just the fourth time in Mid-American Conference history a school has beaten two Big 10 opponents in the same season. … tied WMU great and former NFL star Greg Jennings for the school record with 39 career TD receptions. Overall, Davis …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35536

Meeting set for WMU softball walk-on tryouts

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… Meeting set for WMU softball walk-on tryouts Submitted by Deanne Puca on Students planning to try out for the softball team must attend the Sept. 4 meeting. KALAMAZOO, … mandatory meeting regarding walk-on tryouts for the 2014-15 school year at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 , on the third floor …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/18344

WMU Career Services works to connect graduates to employers in new (remote) world

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… graduate missing out on information or experiences because of the obstacles of distance learning,” says Molly Sell , a … in a virtual education job fair featuring more than 200 school districts from across the country. WMU's CSES team … are building "power skills" to position themselves as valuable assets for companies looking to weather the storm. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59795

First-generation WMU graduate adapts to changing career outlook

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… and operations graduate PLAINFIELD, Ill.—In a time of rushes on toilet paper and concerned shoppers hoarding … fell in love with campus, and it just felt like the right school for me. I wanted an out-of-state experience, while … with very few resources and not much education after middle school, my graduation from WMU is something extraordinary to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59302

Business student awarded patent for speaking device

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… process two years ago. "This patent validates the design of my product and my hard work to this point," says Floyd. … and began developing the speech aid when he was in high school. Last year, he participated in WMU's student business … to share my ideas with other entrepreneurs and obtain valuable feedback," says Floyd. "I would like to thank Dean Kay …

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

Drs. Chad and Autumn Edwards are Western’s own dynamic duo

College of Arts and Sciences

… Anonymous (not verified) on Drs. Autumn and Chad Edwards, professors in Western's School of Communication and creators of the Social Robotics … offer, and they’ve been here ever since, professors in the School of Communication.  We should get a robot The Drs. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69149

U-C Davis economist to deliver Sichel talk on 'awakened China'

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… (not verified) on Woo KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An economics professor at the University of California at Davis will speak … chair of Chinese International Affairs in the graduate school of International Relations and Pacific Studies, … Melvin A Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27281