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Maddy Woods: Real sales success

Haworth College of Business

… Western Michigan University’s Haworth College of Business, is flourishing into her future. Coming from Dearborn, … of buyers and pitching our product. Bronconess is more than just a project—it’s real-world business experience. There's no better way to gain sales experience than going out and …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/11/sales-business-marketingmaddy-woodsbronconess

Biking for Black Lives Matter: WMU vocal jazz director raising money, awareness to combat systemic racism

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… Biking for Black Lives Matter: WMU vocal jazz director raising money, awareness to combat systemic racism Submitted … meeting to listen to student concerns and learn how to do better. "It was a tough one. There were tears from a lot of … to raise awareness and have dialogue with more people than we probably would have otherwise." What he's learned on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60200

WMU alumni awarded prestigious Blue Cloud Award

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… University couple and southwest Michigan philanthropists Lynn Chen -Zhang , M.S.’91, and Charles Zhang , … and aspiration, the prestigious national award recognizes visionaries who strengthen cultural and intellectual exchange … realize their potential.    “We arrived with little more than two suitcases and a few hundred dollars, but we carried …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/lynn-chen-zhang-charles-zhang-china-institute-blue-cloud-award

From Army Skies to Life-Saving Flights: The Journey of Brian Vanderberg

College of Aviation

… down at a hospital complex and wonder who the pilot is?   Well, one of those "who's" is Brian Vanderberg, a 1991 … who happened to be participating in the WMU ROTC program suggested that Vanderberg had what it takes to join … getting them to a place that gives them a chance to have better days, while working alongside some truly dedicated …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/11/vanderberg

Education researcher to be honored as WMU emerging scholar

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… Western Michigan University education researcher who is developing resources to plan studies that better assess professional development initiatives for … researcher, noting her work has been published in more than 20 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals, and she has …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35309

WMUK announces new programming, classical FM service launch

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… today that beginning Monday, Jan. 20 , the station is expanding its schedule on 102.1 FM to include a new … entertainment and music programs will provide a better listening experience overall, according to WMUK … coverage. Listeners will continue to be the focus, which is why the station’s new visual identity will focus on "u" as a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57354

WMU program offers free tutoring, mentorship to KPS middle and high school students

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… sessions during fall semester. That number has already more than doubled since winter break. "We started with six tutors … any way we can." While the U.S. Department of Education is just beginning to assess the impact of virtual schooling … are being impacted is important so we can serve them better." While the main function of tutoring is academic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63181

Exemplars of engaging education honored with Distinguished Teaching Award

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… Exemplars of engaging education honored with Distinguished Teaching Award Submitted by Erin Flynn on … The result is a little corner of the world that is made better through his steadfast efforts." Colleagues commend … "Over the past four years, Dr. Palmer has been so much more than a professor to me and to so many other students. He is

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/whitney-decamp-timothy-palmer-dee-sherwood-named-2024-distinguished-teaching

Robust new online hub empowers WMU graduate students

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… Professionalization and Student Success (COMPASS) is an expansive collection of online resources that supplies answers and advice on what is commonly known as the “hidden curriculum” of graduate … is basically an apprenticeship, and that entails a lot more than taking classes and doing research,” says Dr. Christine …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/compass-new-online-hub-graduate-students

Student-designed neonatal ventilator wins two more prestigious awards

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… biomedical and bioengineering students. With this latest win for their invention, Joseph Barnett and Stephen John earned a $10,000 cash prize. The two will be honored at the 2015 Biomedical … Engineering Society Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida, this fall. Their invention also was recently named the U.S. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/25963