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Students learning to navigate, adapt to challenges of remote education

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… the classes active by using chat functions. Grace Dybing works on her computer alongside her dog, Zeke. "My … But my professors have lots of ideas on how to make it work." Dybing, who graduates this semester, found software … minor inconvenience," Dybing says. "I think the faculty are working really hard to give us the best education they can, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58706

Duo leading new venture and supporting students along the way

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… had in the past.” Friends Bevins (left) and McKenzie both worked in a variety of industries before teaming up in the … carbon fiber composites. McKenzie and Bevins met in 1992 working for an industrial paint contractor. They were both … in process engineering and plant leadership, including work as a project engineer, corporate continuous improvement …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67020

Business college receives naming gift for sales, negotiation and leadership lab

Haworth College of Business

… the best sales program in the country." The lab is an invaluable tool for delivering the renowned experiential … a degree in industrial marketing in 1978, Kaiser went on to work in the family business. In 1984, he began competitive …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45696

'Sweet Magnolias' star shares how she planted seeds of success at Western

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… until Christmas (to see it)!" It's Elliott's first time working with Lifetime since "Drop Dead Diva" ended in 2014. … She starred in the show and won several awards for her work. "A Country Christmas Harmony" will also be Elliott's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67412

Graduate students take their turn to help raise awareness of ALS

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… that students learn not only about collaboration and teamwork but also about informal and emergent leadership. We … grade or other extrinsic rewards, realizing how satisfying working with a purpose can be." McIver’s approach is … intention that it be a sustainable, annual event. Students worked on every aspect of the event from logistics, to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40842

Enterprising alumna finds herself in fashion

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… want to wear and be who you want to be," she says. Ware's work is almost as she envisioned it years ago as an … years studying teaching to her early professional life working in youth-related programming at nonprofits. A home … fellow, also at WMU. In the decade that followed, she worked in the nonprofit sector for the W.K. Kellogg …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37905

Trustees approve next step in establishing a Florida presence

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… a list of four appropriate honorary degree types and the work for which they will be conferred. Honorary degrees, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27594

Kalamazoo to be home to nation's first sustainable brewing degree

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… starting in fall 2015, were developed by the two schools working in close coordination with the industry. The … Department of Agriculture. At WMU, the interdisciplinary work will involve more than a dozen departments across three …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21143

WMU celebrates opening of Business Technology and Research Park North, Ascension Borgess Cancer Center

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… park's development. This new offshoot, which crews began work on in 2019, is designed to continue the success story …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65768

Student helps theater launch program for visually impaired patrons

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… when they bring us ideas. "We would love to continue working with WMU students as audio descriptionists." Tongue … the world. Since 1961, it has been preparing students for work in the growing fields of rehabilitation teaching, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52232