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Celebration planned for 2024 Experience-Driven Learning Grant awardees

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… is ramping up the impact of experiential education with the new Experience-Driven Learning Grant program. The … 9 , from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the WMU Student Center ballroom with brief remarks followed by a reception and opportunity to speak with project team members. Comprising collaborators from a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75272

Ribfest comes to Kalamazoo

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… for Kalamazoo nonprofit Community Advocates for people with developmental disabilities. Gates open at 11 a.m. each … or with an adult to enter after 7 p.m.
 Children 12 and younger are admitted free. Entertainment Thursday, Aug. 2 … with a limit of 24 contestants. It is free to enter. Applicants register at Park Street Market, 512 N. Park St. Daily …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/1068

WMU among earliest schools to award Mandela honorary degree

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… degree resolution to WMU's Board of Trustees in June 1988. With the board's approval, an honorary doctor of humanities … business community allied, at the time, with the South African government that had imprisoned Mandela, the decision was … of others above his own personal freedom. His personal struggle has raised the fundamental concern for individual …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11944

Returning to hometown leads grad student to find missing puzzle piece

Haworth College of Business

… what was missing and take the next step in her education.  With an extensive background in business, Williams wanted to … Williams has already realized that the MBA aligns perfectly with her natural abilities and interests. She says, “I … business.” As a contemporary student, Williams is pleased with how naturally she’s adapted to being in school again. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74252

ExpressJet, Delta put aviation students on career pathway

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… will prepare them for and guarantee jobs as first officers with ExpressJet. Successfully meeting all the screening … impressed with our level of training and the quality of young pilots we produce, but they were blown away by the … aviation program has operated since 1997 from the W.K. Kellogg Airfield in Battle Creek. Contact: Charyl Roland February …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/148

Veteran paper researcher, WMU prof to lead paper course in July

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO—A longtime veteran with more than 50 years experience in the paper industry and … a faculty member, she is acknowledged to have made a significant contribution to the paper industry as a research … and Paper Industry, or TAPPI, Phi Lambda Upsilon, the American Chemical Society, Society of Rheology and International …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6683

WMU receives $1.4 million to start transportation research center

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… Technology Administration, or RITA, is for year one with the possibility of renewal for three additional years. … strategy and to developing a professional workforce with the expertise and knowledge to tackle the challenges of … enhancing transportation accessibility for children, people with disabilities, older adults and lower-income …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10797

Updated WMU post-grad data shows 92 percent find immediate success

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… 2015-16 alumni were employed or in graduate school within three months of commencement, new data compiled by … in the next steps of their professional development within three months of graduation. Those counted as actively … of WMU are eager to learn and share their ideas and suggestions to challenge the status quo by offering new and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37696

Why I give: Bill Thompson

W Magazine

… BBA '65, celebrates the return of Bronco football practice with head coach Tim Lester at Waldo Stadium. Staunch. … trips include Western's football team winning the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship and playing in the Cotton … he worked for Ernst & Ernst CPA firm (today's Ernst & Young) for almost three years as an auditor. "The education, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68998

Western students roll out 'Wild Wheels' for wheelchair users to express themselves

Disability Services and Adult Wellness Programs

… Occupational therapy doctoral student Alexis Bailey works with participants from the Center for Disability Services to … for program participants. Senior Steven Lopez lends a hand with Alexis Bailey's Wild Wheel project with participants from the Center for Disability Services. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74885