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WMU's Food Marketing Conference celebrates 50th anniversary
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… "State of the Food Industry: What is Keeping Retailers Up at Night." A conference favorite, the "Executive Forum" … in the industry. The conference is a nonprofit event that supports scholarships and programs for unique educational …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/22121
WMU boosts need-based aid for 10 top incoming students
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… contributions to society. These new scholarships were designed to provide a foundation that ensures such students … automatically be added to the candidate pool if they've signified financial need by having an approved fee waiver … a selection committee will narrow the pool to a smaller group of semifinalists. Those students will be invited to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20296
Speaking the language of success
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… in helping refugees find their voice. Toker, who grew up in Turkey, developed an interest in languages early on. … with the representative from WMU at first. But a couple of years later, as political turmoil gripped Turkey, … and Literacy Studies in the fall of 2017. He says the support he received from faculty members immediately made WMU …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53035
Western students gain leadership experience at ROTC camp
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… climbs under barbed wire on the obstacle course. Ben Higgins, holding his squad's flag, is an incoming first-year … a scenario on the leadership reaction course. A group of campers rests after completing a scenario on the … and the ROTC program at Western. AUGUSTA, Mich.—Suiting up in fatigues and leading teenagers through gruelling …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65148
University to honor its top four staffers for 2015-16
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… to resolve complex problems have raised WMU's image as a supportive and caring university as well as have motivated … "It does not matter where the customer started, if they end up in her office, they are taken care of at her office," … beyond to ensure that events such as CommUniverCity, the biggest and by most accounts best pre-football celebration in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34935
Mallinson Institute for Science Education celebrates 20 years of global scientific literacy
College of Arts and Sciences
… of research, education and inquiry. The institute m arked a significant milestone as it celebrated its 20th anniversary … on campus. Forward to 2002, the institute was redesigned into its current form, named in honor of the … Mallinson. “George always referred to the first group of eight graduate students in the program as our …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74440
Academic, practical knowledge are key to success for engineering student
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… practical training on assembling, welding and overall design,” says Ahrens. “Working on the shop floor offers many … good teaching moments to engineers. You may learn how to design a part with less welding, how to make bolting locations … to access or make something easier to lift. These are super important examples of basic tool and machinery …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71373
Product design alumni on leading edge of innovation
W Magazine
… Product design alumni on leading edge of innovation Submitted by Erin … Flynn on Aisha Thaj’s work on Bell’s advanced concepts group involves everything from graphic design to creating … jobs in the pet care industry. "One of the biggest takeaways that I got from the product design program …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73419
Spring 2025 student exhibit
University Libraries
… in the rotunda. Avery Mandigo Undergraduate, Graphic Design "Portraits of NYC Graphic Design" Digital illustration … by a team of graduate and undergraduate students under the supervision of Dr. Priyanka Sharma . This is a part of the … of green push against the decay. The scene is split by a jagged, torn skylight where windows once framed the sky. …
https://wmich.edu/library/news/2025/02/student-exhibit-spring-2025
WMU student invention wins $10,000 Lemelson-MIT 'Cure it!' prize
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… life-saving, low-cost invention, NeoVent, a respiratory support device designed to treat critically ill infants in developing … by the belief that invention can solve many of the biggest economic and social challenges of our time, the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24028