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From music to cybersecurity, Nick Ford is making an impact
Cybersecurity
… lounge. Nick Ford, cybersecurity student KALAMAZOO, Mich. —Western Michigan University is filled with opportunities for exploring interests and finding support for student success. Just ask Nick Ford … his success. Initially, Ford, who plays the guitar, came to Western to study music. “Western’s music program was one of …
https://wmich.edu/cybersecurity/news/2024/09/cybersecurity-nick-ford-making-impact
Gala celebration to mark 75 years of aviation education at WMU
News
… aviation education KALAMAZOO, Mich.—For the past 75 years, Western Michigan University has played a leading role in training thousands of fighter pilots, airliner captains, airport executives, and the technicians who ensure that planes take off, fly and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19708
WMU congress puts focus of world's medieval scholars on Kalamazoo
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… scholars on all topics medieval will converge on the Western Michigan University campus for an annual meeting … will be scholars from 47 states, the District of Columbia and 34 nations. They include faculty members, museum curators and independent scholars, ranging from faculty members at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39837
WMU food marketing program wins industry award
Haworth College of Business
… teaching WMU food marketing students KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University food marketing program is being … by Progressive Grocer . The organization highlights outstanding grocers, suppliers, service providers and … and governance (ESG) actions with their Impact Awards. Western’s food marketing program received the 2024 Impact …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/12/progressive-grocer-impact-award
WMU video wins viewer support competition hosted by Planet Forward
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… Climate Leadership Award winners will be announced this spring. KALAMAZOO—Second Nature and Planet Forward announced April 21 that Western Michigan University's submission was the top …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15427
Three accountancy students receive $15,000 scholarship
Haworth College of Business
… by Stacey Lowis on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Three students from Western Michigan University received a competitive $15,000 … Michigan, Ebony Faye Simpson from Allegan, Michigan, and Mary Welk from Battle Creek, Michigan, have earned the … recognizing the dedication and potential of outstanding Western accounting students,” says Dr. Jim Penner, chair of …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/01/pcaob-scholarship
Grant puts rare Latin manuscript into WMU's collection
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… first produced some 300 years earlier is now at home in Western Michigan University's Special Collections and Rare Book Department, thanks to a grant from the New … Foundation. Written in northern France between 831 and 833, the original text was the work of Paschasius …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36070
Graduate students take their turn to help raise awareness of ALS
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… turns: it is a concept that we learn very early in life, and it forms the basis of many of our relationships. It is a … Nancy Frates , co-founder of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and mother of a son with ALS, who told him that the disease … ALS awareness. Taking their turn Enter Dr. Derrick McIver , Western Michigan University assistant professor of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40842
Walker Institute holding community forums on unequal justice
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… verified) on Forman KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Starting this month, Western Michigan University's Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations is launching a free series of community forums called "Unequal Justice: Race, Class and the Criminal Justice System." Leading off the series is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22694
Event to showcase global engagement opportunities
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… valuable cross-cultural experience. KALAMAZOO—Students and others can learn how to globalize their degrees and advance the interpersonal skills most desired by many of … employers by attending the Study and Intern Abroad Fair at Western Michigan University. The free fair is set for noon …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1798