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Fifty seniors receive WMU's top undergraduate honor

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… Presidential Scholar. The annual Presidential Scholar designation is the highest honor WMU can bestow on an … S. Berning is the Presidential Scholar in Integrated Supply Management. Berning is from Battle Creek, Michigan, … in WMU's Richmond Center for Visual Arts and has been a freelance and portrait photographer for the past five years. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/31959

USWNT's equal pay fight echoes challenges of female sports pioneers

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… the headlines after winning its second consecutive World Cup, with a 2-0 route of the Netherlands in the championship … Borish. "The women had to wear skirts. They had to wear makeup. They were playing baseball but had to be very much the … or in other areas of the workplace." There are encouraging signs, Borish says, that change is coming. In 2007, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54379

Roads closed Homecoming Saturday for 5K Campus Classic

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… Oct. 6 7 a.m. —Race-day registration and packet pickup at the Student Recreation Center indoor tennis courts … , including online race registration, signing up as a race volunteer and a map of the 5K course. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1354

WMU alumnus breaks new ground with unique flooring business

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… University in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in industrial design and started his company shortly after. In his … when you had the time. I feel like this is one of the biggest lessons for starting a business. What's the biggest … have to be willing to put in the effort, sometimes giving up a lot in life. I always relate building a company to an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48159

WMU Sky Broncos qualify for national competition

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… Sky Bronco Head Coach Ryan Seiler, this year's team is made up largely of new pilots, having lost to graduation numerous … the regional event included a Top-Scoring Male Contestant designation won by Joseph Batchelder of Grand Haven and second …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2312

Food marketing students soar to second place at national university case competition

Haworth College of Business

… business case for the competition focused on Stepherson's Superlo, an independent grocer in Memphis, Tennessee, that … Once the presenters began practicing, it was up to the larger research and preparation team to give … are affiliated associations, manufacturers and service suppliers, as well as other entrepreneurial companies. For …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52530

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute appoints new director

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… which is a University-based, community volunteer program designed for learners age 50 and above. Dr. Toni … replaces the retiring Shirley Swanson who is wrapping up a five-year term as director. Swanson's leadership played … had two separate stints as the director for Upward Bound at WMU with time between the two spent as a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52789

Unmasking the stigma surrounding face coverings

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… swing state … and this is going to be very politicized." Digging below the surface politics of mask-wearing, a much … The immediate inconvenience masks can create—fogging up glasses and making breathing and speaking incrementally … Allhoff takes that thinking a step farther. "The one freedom you don't have is to negligently infect other …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59906

Mentorship and externship in the era of COVID-19

Haworth College of Business

… a peer mentor involved much more communication with my group of externs,” says James Rubio , a senior from Canton, … to talk any time made them feel more comfortable and supported.” Khansa Shaikh Organization and balance has helped … resilience as we emerge from COVID-19. This extern group is actually quite lucky because they may have more …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59337

Western students call virtual study abroad programs 'a great escape'

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… experience." "COVID-19 has shown us that we are all bound up in each other globally. Right now, both the United States … of various speaker sessions, an international group project and additional culture videos. These have helped … culture to life and have helped us enjoy some of the biggest benefits of studying abroad: relationship building and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63298