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Effort to help WMU students in need sees exponential growth, support

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… Student Connection has set up shop to offer daily assistance. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Five months ago, as signs of the … Vargo . "My vision for the organization is to be literally what the name says, that community-student connection," she says. "What I'm looking at is how can we keep this momentum going? …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/08/60524

Returning to Congo, fashion student seams learning with experience

College of Education and Human Development

… student seams learning with experience Submitted by Chris Hybels on Anaia Kassenda walks the runway during MODA's … of the customer. "They're very extravagant; they're not what you will wear on a daily basis," says Kassenda.  Beyond … the fashion program is that classes get you through knowing what you're doing, but the internship makes you understand …

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

Martin Luther King Jr. remembered with virtual events, community read

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… Monday, Jan. 18 , and continuing throughout the month. This year's theme is "None of Us is Free Until All of Us Are Free." Along with … work that has been transpiring in the Kalamazoo community, what Racial Healing Circles and Virtual Healing Experiences …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62609

Finding fun in Sydney Wade’s future

Haworth College of Business

… finance and accounting at Western Michigan University, Wade is bringing the lessons she learned from her youth into the … from her family and educators, Wade has been able to find what brings her joy and what motivates her to continue learning.     “ I feel a …

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

Engineering grad manufacturing a successful career

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… a successful career Submitted by Erin Flynn on John Goheen is graduating with a bachelor's degree in manufacturing … is huge here in Michigan. Finding enjoyment in what I do has always been my main motivation. I could end up … (before graduation) has changed the direction of what I thought I would end up doing and made me realize what

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73693

Computer engineering grad programmed a path to success at Western

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… internships that prepared him to hit the ground running in his career. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Mind-controlled prosthetic limbs … to succeed Engineering has always fascinated Ruiz. It's what drew the Fenton, Michigan, native to Western in the … printed circuit boards (PCBs) and testing and debugging, making sure software worked that I developed for …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/12/computer-engineering-fall-2024-graduate-camryn-ruiz

Keith Watkins

First-Year Faces

… by Megan Looker on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—For a teen who spent his entire life tearing apart cars and anything he could get … effective ideas?” he says. “I found out that marketing is what’s behind that and it just really interested me. That’s … over any of the other colleges I was looking at.” THE BIGGER PICTURE Watkins’ career aspirations extend far beyond …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59543

Student designs sales tool to help boost Stryker profits

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… has designed a website and mobile application that is helping the company's national sales force close deals … to land a coveted internship with Stryker. But it's what she did with that rare opportunity that set her apart. … what I needed to add, certain types of videos and other suggestions." Simic also had to work with regulatory …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6422

Breyana Wilson

First-Year Faces

… by Megan Looker on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Sometimes all it takes is one person to make a difference. For incoming Western … day walking in, she always has that rockstar energy—that’s what I call it. She’s always on top of it, always 100 … that, but to give to other students. And that’s kind of what pushed me in the direction of wanting to become a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59317

Climate change disinformation poses increasing threat, says WMU history professor

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… Climate change disinformation poses increasing threat, says WMU history … are threatening the future of the planet. "If you look at what is most interesting to anyone on any topic, it is the fringes, the controversy, the conflict—that's what people gravitate toward. So those are the voices that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66880