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Motorsports business to be the next topic at community breakfast series

Haworth College of Business

… York, as well as insurance companies, real estate holdings, warranty companies and e-commerce companies. The company is … of the board for the Michigan Accelerator Fund. Zeigler was honored as the 2015 Michigan EY Entrepreneur of the Year. The Zeigler family received the Outstanding Service Award from the Haworth College of Business in 2013. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43064

Ethics Center speakers tackle politics, robot rights and more

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… Nov. 22 , Room 157, Bernhard Center, Dr. Saba Bazargan-Forward , associate professor of philosophy, University of … August 1985, the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society was created after WMU faculty across the curriculum met to discuss their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54876

Lending a hacking hand: ambitious students create real-world cybersecurity RSO

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Mich.—A Western Michigan University residence hall was the birthplace of several ideas for cybersecurity … to future goals at the University, McElroy and Burns were always thinking of unique ways to make the most of their first … WRAVEN gained access to its own nonprofit benefits to offer services to small businesses.   “We help local small …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/09/wraven-cybersecurity-rso

Theatre student gives back to hometown with youth summer program

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… Company , coaching 40 kids to learn a full-length Broadway production from scratch in just two weeks. "I'm doing … amazing and supportive and encouraging—everything that I want to be as a theatre educator as well." Full circle … for that at a community level is very rewarding—especially after just a year of doing this," Austin says. Austin …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/08/jack-austin-youth-theatre-summer-program

Date sugar is the winning ingredient for nutrition and dietetics students

College of Education and Human Development

… Mich.—Nutrition and dietetic students baked their way to success at the Michigan Academy of Nutrition and … Dosher , Derek Fischer and Natalia Yuen  won first place after they presented their poster on the research they've … date sugar as an alternative sweetener in baking.   "Being awarded the top prize in the student poster contest is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71622

Help select WMU's top four staffers for 2017

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… Michigan University's 2017 Make a Difference Annual Award. The 17 candidates are recipients of the 2016-17 fall and spring semiannual awards through the Make a Difference program. As such, they … O'Keefe , School of Music. Thomas K. Ramsdell , Logistical Services. Carol A. Reid , College of Education and Human …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39877

Two faculty honored with Fulbright opportunities

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… stigmas—can lead to a limited education and, ultimately, waning tolerance of the people who speak them. Western … as the recipient of a highly competitive Fulbright Scholar Award from the U.S Department of State and the J. William … impressions and familiarity of specific dialects before and after the intervention. They also will be evaluated on their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64292

WMU students moved to retirement home as part of intergenerational study

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… or visitor in assisted-living and nursing homes.  “But this was very unique,” she says. “I wasn’t volunteering and leaving. This was my home. I was … Lake, a retirement community in suburban Grand Rapids. After learning from a previous Clark administrator that the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46636

CAMP, family science alum prepares for career in bilingual childcare with El Concilio

College of Education and Human Development

… Nuevo Horizonte. However, Zuniga's first experience was as a volunteer in their after-school program with her sorority, Kappa Delta Chi.  "I … opportunity as a learning experience for myself because I wanted to work with children," explains Zuniga. "I was …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2024/08/family-science-camp-alum-internship-kalamazoo-elconcilio-preschool

Join local events to honor legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

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… Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—"The time is always right to do what is right" is the theme of this year's … more information . Monday, Jan. 17 Communitywide Day of Service is sponsored by the city of Kalamazoo and the … Place. There will be a ceremony at MLK Memorial Park in the afternoon; T-shirts and lunch vouchers will be available at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66702