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WMU Department of Statistics becomes NISS affiliate

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… WMU Department of Statistics becomes NISS affiliate Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) … statistical and data science community. The program brings together statistical and data science professionals from all … monitor what skills employers list in job announcements and where our graduates are hired," she says. "WMU prepares …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44978

Finding fun in Sydney Wade’s future

Haworth College of Business

… Sydney Wade , from West Bloomfield, Michigan, was born to make math fun. As she studies finance and accounting at … lessons she learned from her youth into the classroom.  “ I come from a family of entrepreneurs and have been surrounded … the most fun in. I could get real results and see the areas where I excelled in or failed at, which pushed me to always …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70155

Building student success center of fall career fair lineup, including new health care job fair

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… in biomedical, environmental, health care, laboratory, pharmaceutical, research and sustainable brewing … of employers about their hiring needs that lead to thousands of full- and part-time internships and jobs posted to the online career site Handshake . Thinking ahead Job seekers …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69104

South Haven lighthouse logbooks shed light on 1800s coastal life

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Student assistant Lawrence Stout works on digitizing the South Haven lighthouse logbook … The team of library science professionals also is adding complementary metadata to the three-book collection to aid … logbook collections to be publicly available online anywhere. The images bring to scholars and history buffs alike …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23022

Greenhouse staff pushes past glass ceiling for Alice the Agave plant

College of Arts and Sciences

… the roof of Finch Greenhouse once the plant's buds begin to bloom. As she blooms, Alice will develop light green … the icy grip of winter, Alice the Agave americana plant commands attention as she readies herself for her grand … until she began to bloom.  “It’s not rare for it to flower where it’s native,” says Jackson. “But at this latitude, due …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71874

Environmentally-focused student reels in internship with Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

College of Arts and Sciences

… with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services where she engages directly with local fishers, anglers and river goers to promote the Eat Safe Fish Program, educating the community on healthy fish consumption and mitigating health …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/07/75928

Arizona author hosts free reading at Bernhard Center

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Cully KALAMAZOO--An accomplished poet from Arizona is coming to town next month to take part in the Western Michigan … others from Kore Press, "Shoreline Series" and "That Place Where." A new collection, "Under the Hours," is forthcoming …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/281

Studying with Dalai Lama caps off global studies degree program

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… the Dalai Lama. Shumake is in the back row directly next to the Dalai Lama on his left side. Not many people can say … her group, and she quickly learned what it is like to live where electric and water service are sporadic and air … them questions about Buddhism. The courses I took perfectly complemented the studying I did at WMU in political science …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2013/02/studying-dalai-lama

Thousands gather for the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies

College of Arts and Sciences

… meeting of the International Congress on Medieval Studies, where more than 2,000 medieval scholars from around the world are expected to attend.  "For the 60th Congress, the Medieval Institute … the WMU Medieval Institute. Those attending will receive a commemorative pin, specially designed to celebrate the 60th …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/06/magazine-medieval

Celebrating the Power of Reading: Sculpting in Nigeria

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Albert LaVergne will begin in August 2016. WMU Sculptor Albert LaVergne working in Nigeria on "The Gift." … of Reading." He also plans to build a fabricated steel composition depicting an over-life-sized family unit … as a graduate student at University of California-Berkeley, where he discovered he enjoyed working in large scale, which …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2016/06/lavergne-sculpture-nigeria