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Longtime WMU music professor, internationally known composer dies
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… Longtime WMU music professor, internationally known composer dies Submitted by … Curtis-Smith joined the faculty in 1968 as an assistant professor after earning both bachelor's and master's degrees … 43 years later in 2011 but remained involved with the WMU School of Music as an instructor and Composer in Residence. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19619
Broncos Lead intern pursues passion for early child development at preschool
College of Education and Human Development
… intern pursues passion for early child development at preschool Submitted by Chris Hybels on Allison Hoeksema, a … WMU's child development and services program, reads to preschoolers at Jennings Development Interplex. Hoeksema … Hoeksema helps Chance, a preschooler at JDI, cut shapes out of Play-Doh. Hoeksema voices the whale character while …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/07/72185
Bronco-turned-NFL star Sam Beal tackles Alzheimer's awareness in national campaign
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… disease. "If I can lend my image and open the eyes of my fan base to what the Alzheimer's Association is doing, it's great to be part of that," Beal says. "I would love to be that voice and be … in the NFL—he still has one more goal. "I want to finish school. I want to be that role model for my younger …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53687
Lauren Dani: Selling solutions
Haworth College of Business
… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Formative childhood experiences often stick with us and contribute to our identity. For … to gain an insider’s perspective on many aspects of the business world. “Growing up, I would go to trade … serve as the director for the WMU Sales Challenge, a high school competition that WMU Haworth hosts. “I watched and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75079
WMU receives $2 million grant to assist farmworker community
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… who are migrant or seasonal farmworkers, or the children of such workers. The U.S. Department of Education and its Office of Migrant Education awarded the … participants with the comprehensive academic, financial, school-transition and other support services they need to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42667
Freezer organizer, space optimizer claims first at Bronco Pitch Competition
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… Competition Submitted by Stacey Anderson on Dr. Laurel Ofstein welcomes participants of Western's Bronco Pitch … participants compete for cash prizes while obtaining valuable feedback about what it would take to launch their ideas. This year featured a high school showcase for the third time. 2021 Top Teams Four …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/64011
WMU to host conference on health IT innovation and cybersecurity
Haworth College of Business
… lunch on Friday. The event is hosted by WMU's Department of Business Information Systems and the Center for Health … Dr. Joe Adams Dr. Joe Adams is the vice president of research and cybersecurity at Merit Network Inc. Retired … health sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School. Previously he was the founding director for the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43116
Why I Give: David Sluyter
W Magazine
… older,” he jokes. “It was time to figure out what kind of legacy I wanted to leave,” he continues, “and supporting … are devoted kayakers. During the summer months, the couple often paddles out on Coldwater Lake in Michigan, where they … comprehensive exposure to sustainability of any business school in the state of Michigan. By leaving a legacy at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71780
Portuguese scholar to lead WMU's international initiatives
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… associate provost for Global Century Education and director of the Global Engagement Office at the University of Montana, will take the reins of … in 2004 from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He went on to earn a doctoral degree …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41172
Water quality research and engineering firm is newest BTR Park partner
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… and environmental restoration and is based in two of the nation's most water-dominated states is the newest … Business Technology and Research Park. The Michigan office of Drummond Carpenter is now housed in the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine Innovation Center, located at the BTR …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43452