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Student Employee Appreciation Week celebrates impact of Broncos working on campus

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… halls feel like home, serve up tasty treats in campus cafes and help keep our campus landscape beautiful; student employees are an integral part of Western Michigan University. Their impact will be celebrated … Week to recognize all of the student employees who make Western Michigan University a wonderful place to study, live …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71281

For virtual job interviews: Make a list, check your surroundings twice

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… twice Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—As Western Michigan University students prepare for virtual interviews and navigate the job market during an unprecedented … a specialized software called Big Interview , which helps Western students practice and record a trial interview. It’s …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63027

International students lead effort to share cultures with community

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… Mich.—Take a trip around the world without leaving Western Michigan University's campus! International students … (ISC), the event will feature international cuisine, handmade crafts, performances and fun activities like face … So, we really wanted to create something like that at Western," says Ean Ee Low , an advertising and promotion …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/74993

In Memoriam, winter 2024

W Magazine

… winter 2024 Submitted by Deanne Puca on The following are Western alumni and emeriti who passed away and were reported during winter … Mary Anne (Janasik) Richert , BA ‘62, MA ‘65, Nov. 1, 2023, Spring Lake, MI Dale Richard Buhr , BBA ‘62, Sept. 10, 2023, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74821

Department of Mathematics receives $7 million endowment for student scholarships

College of Arts and Sciences

… late Dr. David P. Burns , M.A.’72, Ph.D.’79, is set to fuel Western Michigan University's Department of Mathematics with new possibilities and pave the way for students to pursue their passions in … Burns, who bequeathed his entire estate upon his death to Western, attended the University in the 1970s, pursuing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73673

WMU student receives competitive $10,000 accountancy scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… Cordell KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Maddie Cordell , a student at Western Michigan University’s Haworth College of Business, … in audit. Cordell graduated with honors in April 2020 and plans to graduate with her Master of Science in … to her academic success, Cordell stays involved in both Western’s campus and the Kalamazoo community. She volunteers …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/60068

WMU partners with local tribes to create tribal governance graduate certificate

College of Arts and Sciences

… at an event with the WMU Native American Affairs Council and assistant secretary of Indian Affairs in the U.S. … it housed lecture halls and textbooks, the land where Western Michigan University now stands was home to the … celebration and respect.  As part of this journey, in 2019 Western adopted a land acknowledgement statement, prompting …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73676

Returning to Congo, fashion student seams learning with experience

College of Education and Human Development

… to complete her internship. In her last semester in Western Michigan University's fashion design and development program, she is bringing learned modern skills and techniques to her role making traditional Congolese …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2024/10/fashion-student-internship-experience-congo

Celebrate faculty, staff achievement at 2024 Fall Awards Celebration

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… Celebration Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University’s Fall Awards Celebration on  … awards for exceptional teaching, service, longtime and emerging scholarly work. The celebration begins at  11 … of the Fetzer Center. President Edward Montgomery and  Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig , provost and vice president …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/fall-awards-2024

Medieval art scholar wins WMU’s 2023 Gründler Book Prize

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… Carroll) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A medieval art historian has won Western Michigan University's Otto Gründler Book Prize for her book on the study of absences, “lacunae” and gaps in manuscripts from the Middle Ages and their … Paul J. Hallinan Professor in Catholic Studies II at Case Western Reserve University, is the winner of the 2023 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71571