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Student designs sales tool to help boost Stryker profits

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… Student designs sales tool to help boost Stryker profits Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Simic … see in the tool. Simic worked closely with Chicago-based software company SAVO and painstakingly designed the product … a week, making it the best it can be, while also going to school full time. The site provides a one-stop shop for …

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

Alumna preserving the past while creating her own legacy

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… on February is Black History Month, an annual celebration of achievements and a time to recognize the important role … as the first history teacher of Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis—a school created in 1927 by the Ku Klux Klan to keep Black …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67068

Building a cultural bridge, engineering students teach refugees about science, math

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… raises his hand during a presentation by the WMU chapter of Engineers without Borders. KENTWOOD, Mich.—Kids bursting with energy from a long school day dart back and forth across a room. They gather in … as a team and create something, they are learning the valuable skills of creativity, collaboration, communication, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54203

Funding awards help small businesses hire summer interns

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… relevant to students," says Lisa Garcia , director of WMU's Business Connection. "The funds are provided … for funding for up to two interns from either one or two schools in the Michigan Corporate Relations Network. … the maximum award for a company is $3,500 from each school providing an intern. WMU has $35,000 to disperse this …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21580

Supply chain student awarded national scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… Mich.—Western Michigan University senior Ally Resa of Fenton, Michigan, is a supply chain superstar being … her leadership in the supply chain field as a developing professional. The scholarship was created in 2013 to provide … Western’s General Motors/Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business Supply Chain Case Competition team this …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71589

WMU now offering a bachelor’s degree in event management; accepting students this fall

College of Education and Human Development

… WMU now offering a bachelor’s degree in event management; accepting … by Chris Hybels on WMU students at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts's fair.  WMU students at downtown Kalamazoo's Annual … Department of Human Performance and Health Education, the School of Communication, and the Haworth College of Business …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71572

WMU lauded again with Washington Monthly top-100 ranking

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… has once again ranked Western Michigan University as one of the nation's top-100 universities for producing graduates … on such input measures as wealth, fame and exclusivity, schools are rated based on their contribution to the public … how likely it is that students are able to pay down school loans and the percentage of first-generation students …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42194

Romanian scholar to discuss climate change and water resources

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… scholar speaks at Western Michigan University as part of the Visiting Scholars and Artists Program. Dr. Liliana Zaharia , professor of meteorology and hydrology and director of the … series, a member of the director's council of the Doctoral School Simion Mehedinti and a member of the director's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35792

Why I Give: The Arnson Family

W Magazine

… their mother and proud Bronco alumna, Fritzie, with news of a named scholarship this past June. KALAMAZOO, … by working during the summers,” he says. “She was so proud of her social work degree, especially since she was able to … , in Muskegon. Don was a teacher and coach at Muskegon High School and the couple married in December 1950. Their five …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/why-i-give-arnson-family

WMU honors students shine in STAR Awards

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… service to others in the greater Kalamazoo community. Nonprofit staff, volunteers and community members come together … for their three-year mentoring project with Milwood Middle School students, Future Leaders of Kalamazoo, through Communities in Schools. The scholars have focused on engendering a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39986