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Update: Aerial mosquito treatment canceled for WMU campus area

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… Update: Aerial mosquito treatment canceled for WMU campus area Submitted by Erin Flynn on 9/30/19 Update: The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department has announced that it will no longer conduct aerial insecticide treatments anywhere in the county. This is due to the number of opt-out …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55656

Bronco-turned-NFL star Sam Beal tackles Alzheimer's awareness in national campaign

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… Submitted by Erin Flynn on Sam Beal takes part in a photo shoot for the Alzheimer's Association's #ENDALZ campaign. … to end the disease. Beal grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he watched his mother work as a caregiver for elderly … important," Lester says. "Our players are all required to complete community service. Most of them meet that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53687

Sales students place first at National Sales Challenge

Haworth College of Business

… Michigan University sales students continued a winning competition season at the National Sales Challenge hosted by … in its 17 th year. After several previous finishes in the top ten, this year’s team was ecstatic to emerge victorious … that sales is what I’m meant to do and that I was exactly where I needed to be.”  Both Tungate and Farrell enjoyed the …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/12/national-sales-challenge-farrell-tungate

Geared Up and Getting it Done: Garrett Williams Climbs into His First Aviation Job – Flight Instructing at WMU

College of Aviation

… Geared Up and Getting it Done: Garrett Williams Climbs into His First Aviation Job – Flight Instructing at WMU … on Garrett Williams is at the point in his aviation pathway where hundreds of WMU College of Aviation alumni launched … training after graduating in 2018 from Zionsville Community High School in central Indiana.  Zionsville's …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/05/williams

Speaking the language of success

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… the language of success Submitted by Erin Flynn on Deniz Toker teaches English to refugee students. KALAMAZOO, … learn the language at a private high school. That's where he first learned about Western Michigan University. … to be one of them," says Toker. "I was in charge of welcoming and hosting representatives." Toker says he didn't …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53035

Kalamazoo Beer Exchange awards WMU-KVCC brewing scholarship

College of Arts and Sciences

… year at Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Valley Community College, area businesses are doing their part to ensure that future brewers have ample opportunity to hone … right here in Kalamazoo, we immediately said, 'that's where we want this scholarship to go.'" Flora said his …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/36701

48 seniors earn WMU’s highest undergraduate honor as 2026 Presidential Scholars

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… Faculty members from nearly 50 academic units selected the top students from a senior class of 4,442 .   The … have strengthened our University and will strengthen the communities they go on to serve.   “We also are grateful to …   For more WMU news, arts and events , visit WMU News online. …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/03/seniors-earn-highest-undergraduate-honor-2026-presidential-scholars

WMU professor advises on internationalization initiatives in Brazil

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… a Fulbright Specialist Award. Butterfield was invited to work on a project titled “Strategic Planning for … Brazilian Federal Agency CAPES and the Brazilian Fulbright Commission and led by the University of Santa Catarina. Dr. … “My first specialist award was in Russia in 2014 where I spent two weeks giving lectures on various aspects …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2018/12/butterfield-fulbright-brazil

New federal grant will help WMU meet critical need for early childhood special education professionals

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… University is launching a new, collaborative program to meet the growing demand for professionals equipped to help young children with severe communication and behavioral needs reach their full … information about the program and how to apply is available online. For more WMU news, arts and events , visit WMU News …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/11/project-shine-federal-grant-early-childhood-special-education-professionals

Better buildings through innovation and problem-solving

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… the environment and building and construction. In addition to her studies, internships and work in the WMU Office of … construction led her to study civil engineering, adding the component of a climate change minor to pursue her dreams.   … most fits her goals. “My first two internships were not where I saw myself continuing, but the benefit of that alone …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73180