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Four WMU food marketing students win industry scholarships

Haworth College of Business

… University students majoring in food marketing have been awarded scholarships from Grocery Manufacturers’ … serve as a reminder that perseverance and dedication are always worth it.”  Katie Pesola Quick credits her … has received the Food Marketing Association Distinguished Service Award. Evan Raches  is a junior from St. Joseph, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75742

Vice mayor, WMU professor to speak at next breakfast series

Haworth College of Business

… Foundation for Excellence: The City of Promise Moves Forward" at 8 a.m. Friday, April 28, in 2150 Schneider Hall. … community practice, social change, and race and culture. He was elected vice mayor in 2015 and also serves on numerous … at the County Register of Deeds Office. Shortly thereafter, Gov. Lewis Cass selected the village as the county …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39282

Solution Squad helps students solve problems, connect with resources to build success

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… hardship and overcoming. Her entire life, especially after she moved on from WMU, was about helping students, helping others. And I think … financial aid, University programming and well-being services. Simply put, whatever the student concern, the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67022

World hunger relief nonprofit is subject of next Entrepreneurship Forum

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… solutions to hunger. The organization also is devoted to awareness; Foods Resource Bank brings visitors from its … their stories and often takes visitors and U.S. farmers to Washington, D.C., to influence policy on sustainability and … the recipient of the Portage Rotary Club Annual Community Service Award, which recognizes the many years of volunteer …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19610

College of Arts and Sciences selects new associate dean

College of Arts and Sciences

… times throughout all of academia,” he says. “I look forward to helping the college continue to provide a wide … received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Oregon after receiving an Master of Arts in English from the … published many articles and essays on Mary Austin, Mark Twain, John Muir, Sinclair Lewis and Henry James; and he …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66669

Alumni competing in goalball at Paralympics in Rio

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… tournaments. John Kusku Kusku, of Commerce Township, was born with a hereditary degenerative retinal disease and … with less than one degree of vision left in each eye. He was introduced to goalball at a Sports Education Camp hosted … their own goal by carefully listening for the ball and, after successfully blocking it, try to throw it into the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34778

WMU, KVCC sign new degree completion plan for nursing students

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… top left: Terry Curran, Mary Lagerwey, Tim Greene, Earlie Washington, John M. Dunn and Dennis Bertch. KALAMAZOO, … Community College met at WMU's College of Health and Human Services Aug.  23 to witness the formal signing of a new … associate degree from Kalamazoo Valley Community College. After graduating from KVCC and attaining their registered …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34866

Redefining what it means to be a salesperson

Haworth College of Business

… the salesperson look like? Are they in suits, making their way down the streets of a big city or are they reaching out … within an organization, maintaining the relationship long after the sale,” he says. Researching different company … his own core values has been Slotwinski’s biggest takeaway from his time at WMU Haworth. His primary goal, however, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/70004

Exemplars of engaging education honored with Distinguished Teaching Award

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… of engaging education honored with Distinguished Teaching Award Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Whether … Western Michigan University's 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award honorees. The Distinguished Teaching Award is the … the  Distinguished Faculty Scholar ,  Distinguished Service ,   Emerging Scholar ,  Excellence in Diversity and …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/whitney-decamp-timothy-palmer-dee-sherwood-named-2024-distinguished-teaching

'Farewell,' exhibit curated by Don Desmett, on display at the Richmond Center

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… of Exhibitions Don Desmett . He will be retiring in June after 30 years of work in higher education and the visual … About the University Permanent Collection The collection was started by Frostic School of Art faculty emeritus Curtis … and collections at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and was the first director/curator at the Cleveland State …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31994