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When opportunity knocks: Alum’s business acquisition funded by Sleeping Giant Capital

Haworth College of Business

… schools have a responsibility to not only develop students for future careers but to create opportunities that impact the world. The Center for Principled Leadership and Business Strategy at Western … Hall as a student, he saw opportunity at every turn—in the sales and business marketing program, in leadership …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64373

Bronco fall spirit events scheduled

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… capture the excitement of the fall season we're all hungry for while showing off our beautiful campus to alumni and the … parade (c. 1980-81) The event will kick off with a performance from the Bronco Marching Band before participants drive around Ring Road, on WMU’s main …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61460

WMU board approves 2020-21 on-campus apartments rates

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… Michigan University Board of Trustees approved rates for on-campus apartments and apartment-style residential … alignment with the surrounding community, per-person rates for existing unfurnished units will rise between $4 and $26 a month. New rates will allow for continued maintenance and improvements to existing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/57019

WMU-related travel to China prohibited

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… by the State Department. This is in addition to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's highest warning, Level … advance, will not be approved. Personally incurred expenses for travel to China will not be reimbursed. The University … and Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services guidance for containing the spread of the respiratory illness. Such …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57804

Webinars explore WMU research regarding social consequences and response to COVID-19

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… social implications. Studies related to driving factors for shelter-in-place orders, mental health during isolation, … This webinar examines American federalism in action, for better or for worse. Thursday, Oct. 15, at noon . Watch … and professor of comparative religion, and Dr. Diane Riggs , faculty specialist II of comparative religion. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61262

Wrongful Conviction Program changing one life at a time

College of Arts and Sciences

… , director of the Wrongful Conviction Program and professor for the course. So she and her students work diligently to … exonerate the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reform the criminal justice system to prevent future … Douglas AJ Ennis Kate Fournier Alexandra Houtman James Hurley Marilyn Laski Ryan Less Kate Marshall Joe McGrath …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/34861

Love on the ice: A Lawson romance comes full circle

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… Emily Wheelright stand with son Lawson. Emily Wheelright performs with the synchronized skating team. Emily and Doug … as a student employee at the rink, feeding his passion for hockey while pursuing a degree in food and consumer … remembers Doug. "I finally got the courage to ask her for her phone number." Once he broke the ice, the pair hit …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63180

Public health students reflect on year since Western shifted to distance learning

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… in China in late January 2020. At the time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised the risk of the … University in a lot of ways," Bensley says. Opportunities for his students to get involved snowballed from there. … Along with the University's Medical Director, Dr. Gayle Ruggiero , Bott and Proudfoot co-chaired the WMU COVID-19 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63591

Big changes unfold at WMU Pilot Plants

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… celebrated the startup of technology that will allow for the development and testing of new paper types, as well … named in honor of alumnus Charles Klass , who worked for more than five decades in the pulp and paper industry. … from around the world, the WMU operation provides an outlet for companies to test new paper types, fibers, chemistries …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52982

WMU expanded aviation center to meet needs of growing industry

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… Aviation Education Center will provide additional space for the College of Aviation's soaring enrollment, fueled by demand for pilots and aviation mechanics. Groundbreaking for the … 67,000-square-foot instructional facility at the W.K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek May 10 drew praise by local …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53381