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New program helps to prepare finance students for Series 7 exam

Haworth College of Business

… by Edward Jones. The new offering provides finance students with the training required to take the licensing exam to … after being hired by a trading firm. Under the partnership with Edward Jones, WMU students will be prepared to take the … one-third of financial advisors plan to retire. To keep up with demand, the industry will need to hire more than …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30134

Education student receives achievement award from YWCA Kalamazoo

College of Education and Human Development

… was one of six recipients who won the YWCA Kalamazoo's 2023 Young Women of Achievement Award. Whitney Lewis, center, with Dr. Kristal Ehrhardt, interim dean of WMU's College of … on May 18 . She was one of six recipients who received the Young Women of Achievement Award at the YWCA Kalamazoo's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71728

WMU to host discussion on the fall and rise of income equality in the U.S.

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… League for Public Policy and he has served as a consultant with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Health and Human … for numerous major economics journals, such as American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Journal … Economics and Statistics, Journal of Pubic Economics and Scandinavian Journal of Economics. He also has done extensive …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42876

Sixth-graders get a look at college life at WMU

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… look at college life and the opportunities available with a college education through a program called Bronco … Students . Through the initiative, the University partners with KPS to encourage early middle school students to set … recipients themselves. The Bronco BUDS is reinforced with programs each year that continue as students move …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/51811

Sixth-grade students welcomed for tour and day of activities

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… look at college life and the opportunities available with a college education through a program called Bronco … Students. Through the initiative, the University partners with KPS to encourage early middle school students to set … recipients themselves. The Bronco BUDS is reinforced with programs each year that continue as students move …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45572

WMU board approves honorary degree for French composer Legrand

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… of Cherbourg," will be in Kalamazoo in May to perform with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra for the 2016 Gilmore … of his three Academy Awards in 1968, when "The Windmills of Your Mind" from "The Thomas Crown Affair" was lauded as best … has "bridged the musical styles of European classical, American jazz and popular music." "The committee believes Mr. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30243

Western Michigan University Asian Initiatives presents 2024 Spring Gala celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

International Student and Scholar Services

… presents 2024 Spring Gala celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Submitted by Erin … at 4 p.m. This vibrant event, celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, promises a diverse … elevate our Spring Gala to Miller Auditorium, aligning it with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75138

Chemistry professor is new WMU associate vice president for research

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… that focus on developing novel materials and technologies with environmental applications. In her various positions at … planning. She also has served as acting director of the Africana Studies Program. Prior to being named interim associate … 2009, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Young Observer Award in 2009, the American Competiveness and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36867

Dance emerita honored for advocacy

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… celebrates an individual who has demonstrated significant accomplishment in advancing and supporting dance in the … leadership. Cornish Cornish, who retired from WMU in 2003 with emerita status, was instrumental in shaping the … Education, and Recreation, now SHAPE Michigan; the Michigan Youth Arts Festival; and Partners in Dance.  In many cases, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45267

'Acting Against Poverty' food drive supports WMU students in need

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… WMU’s Invisible Need Project food pantry this year with its annual "Acting Against Poverty" food drive. The food drive will run in conjunction with the department’s production of "Hair" and will be open … as well as community members, are encouraged to bring canned food items and other non-perishables to the Gilmore …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20100