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Student hits high note with national young jazz composer award

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… band on tour. He's got the chops, and now he has the ears of the national jazz community. Eddie Codrington plays … recognizes the most promising jazz artists under the age of 30 from across the country. Only 18 musicians were … and I was focused on that." After the concert, the gravity of the award sunk in. "I was like, 'Oh my goodness, this is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52685

WMU finance students gain new tools through Bloomberg partnership

Haworth College of Business

… theory with practice," says Dr. Matt Ross , assistant professor of finance. "Our students begin using the Bloomberg … Trust Trading Room, located in the Haworth College of Business, with an additional terminal available in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52733

WMU senior engineering students solve problems facing business, industry and people

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… but with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the cancelation of large group events, students presented their work online … to solve problems facing business and industry. A list of all the projects, many of which are sponsored by southwest Michigan companies, is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58984

WMU historian awarded National Humanities Center fellowship for early Supreme Court book

College of Arts and Sciences

… history herself. Dr. Sally Hadden Dr. Sally Hadden , a professor in the Department of History , earned a prestigious one-year fellowship from … the fellowship. This recognition comes in acknowledgment of her collaborative efforts on the book "One Supreme …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72562

Pandemic didn’t swallow restaurant industry’s appetite for innovation

W Magazine

… times, the pandemic has pushed the traditional boundaries of the restaurant industry. "The food world has had to adapt … Business Development Center , hosted at Haworth College of Business. “Restaurants have done their best to be agile … have been able to operate “normally,” a roller coaster of restrictions left the industry scrambling for recipes to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63904

Trustees approve new three-year AFSCME contract

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… meeting Aug. 10, Western Michigan University's Board of Trustees approved a new three-year contract with Local 1668 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 25 and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1238

Integrated supply chain students recognized at national conference

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… undergraduate students are among those from a small group of the nation's top supply chain management programs who … integrated supply management. Student honorees Dylan Green of Livonia, Mich. Ross Hughes of Commerce Township, Mich. David Lipowski of Mattawan, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3835

Get moving, gamers!

W Magazine

… and overall performance, according to a recent study. “Get off the couch and get active”—it's not the typical advice an … in competitive esports. Dr. Nicholas Hanson , associate professor of exercise science and 2022 Emerging Scholar Award …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69851

WMU commercialization center invests in nervous system breakthrough

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… nervous systems. The BRCC award to Axonia Medical is part of $2 million in seed financing the company recently … "The technology Axonia is developing is precisely the kind of innovative, early-stage work our center is designed to support," says Stephen J. Haakenson, executive director of the BRCC. "This is technology developed in a university …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/555

WMU alum and veteran journalist to deliver annual peace lecture

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… writing from Columbia College in 1995. A poet and proponent of the human potential movement, he has taken restorative … first newspaper job was at the Plainwell Enterprise, north of Kalamazoo, where he laid out copy, sold ads and did … a dozen years at the Lerner Newspaper chain, covering much of the North Side of Chicago, a pulsating, complex …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1877