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Bronco Buds program to welcome hundreds of Kalamazoo high schoolers to WMU campus

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… Cheatham; Dr. Darrin Slade , KPS superintendent; and Von Washington Jr. , CEO of The Kalamazoo Promise, as well as … academic colleges and learn about the programs available. After the pep rally, students will enjoy lunch at Valley … careers will get to see the College of Health and Human Services and interact with faculty there, for example, while …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/11/bronco-buds-fall-2025-kalamazoo-public-schools-college-prep

From WMU Ambassador to Aviation Analyst – Karen Kropornicki Sets the Gold Standard

College of Aviation

… that lie in one's future. Karen Kropornicki thought she was destined to fly for Delta Air Lines, and some day she … But instead, she has found herself employed in public service -- with a federal agency that only the rarest of … to get a job with NGA as an aeronautical analyst shortly after graduation," Karen says.  "Like most people, I had …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/03/kropornicki

Investment, pandemic pivot spur success for genomics company

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… cases began surging in the spring of 2020. "We really wanted to help in whatever way we could," says Mike Getz , … officer of Genemarkers. She launched the company in 2007 after working as a genomics consultant for Pfizer and an … of COVID-19, Langerveld says. "The way you interact as a service with doctors and doctors' offices had been changing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64148

Researcher earns prestigious fellowship for brain cell regeneration study

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… Calvo-Ochoa is one of 40 researchers in the nation to be awarded a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship … new knowledge about how the adult brain can regain function after injury. She is exploring the process of regeneration … would read and study those every day. I did not come from a scientific family, but I knew this was what I wanted to do." …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50050

Cat Crotchett honored for achievement as Western’s distinguished faculty scholar

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… Michigan University’s Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award during a ceremony Friday, Nov. 12 . A professional … artistic, literary, philosophical, historical, technical or scientific achievement, bringing wide recognition from the … development through all levels of teaching, research and service. Her success is evident in the depth and breadth of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/10/66058

Pamela J. McElroy obituary

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… University, died May 29 surrounded by her family. She was 59. McElroy joined the WMU staff in 1988 and left the University in 1995 after nearly seven years of service to the University. While a staff member, she also …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7611

Recruiting skills and retaining connections

Haworth College of Business

… Hailing from La Grange Park, Illinois, Suttle brings human warmth to managing resources through leadership experiences … serves as an HR intern at the Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency (KRESA). Her responsibilities include … her professional outlook. “I was drawn to this internship after hearing about KRESA from my classmate who previously …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/03/human-resource-management-maddie-suttle

College of Fine Arts Names Rebecca Brienen Associate Dean

College of Fine Arts

… and founding director of the Prairie Arts Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma, has been named Associate Dean of Western … of the Department of Art, Graphic Design and Art History after a decade on the faculty of the University of Miami. … a community arts and university extension facility in Stillwater that connects OSU’s arts programming to the broader …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/news/2026/05/rebecca-brienan-associate-dean

Katrovas to combine storytelling and song in recital of Czech composers

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… on the composers' four-year friendship and the pre-World War II era they lived in. The project is under the auspices …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43299

WMU Ethics Center announces lecture series for spring 2023

Study of Ethics in Society

… in Room 208 at the Bernhard Center. This lecture by Dr. Wa’ed Alshoubaki will discuss the ethical issues that might … Grasslands, Garbage Islands and Plastic Trees: Working Toward a Future Ecology Next up is “ Grasslands, Garbage … a Health Care System Response to Dobbs,” will focus on the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70568