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WMU students place first at sales competition
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… Layla Jarjoura and Nicole DeFord. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A team of two students from Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business claimed first place at the University of Toledo Invitational Sales Competition. This is the sixth …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63547
New academic leadership highlights WMU innovation, expertise
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… and Dr. Steven Butt accepted new challenges with the dawn of this new Lopez academic year: Lopez as the new interim dean of the Lee Honors College and Butt as the new interim dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Lopez, during her 25-year tenure as a Spanish …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55469
Film festival, exhibit to celebrate hip-hop's role in black history
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… by Erin Flynn on Dr. Khalid el-Hakim has collected hundreds of pieces of hip-hop history. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Sugar Hill Gang. Public … Their music defined a generation. Throughout the month of February—in celebration of Black History Month—the Lewis …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57599
Advertising students take second place in national competition
Haworth College of Business
… by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A team of Western Michigan University advertising and promotion … in the competition. WMU presenters were Kiana Bailey , of Warren, who won the competition’s Best Presenter Award; Sara Buckle , of Stevensville; Alex Gutierrez-Spencer , of Monroe; and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46743
Western hosts national college dodgeball tournament
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… Recreation Center. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Heads up! Hundreds of student-athletes from across the country will take aim … to host this tournament in (such a short) time—in spite of a pandemic—speaks to our club's resiliency and dedication … "Dodgeball has been a welcomed break from studies and often a terrific stress reliever," Broe says. "The club is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67740
WMU a leader in offering learning by virtual reality
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… WMU a leader in offering learning by virtual reality Submitted by Deanne Puca on (Left to right) Sophomore Katie Fairman of Chicago, junior Therezine Corcoran, of Lapeer, Indiana, and freshman Jacob Zufall, of Portage, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50873
Interior design student helps plant shop owner grow new business
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… just really… feel warm and cozy," says Dianna Nance , owner of the new boutique home store MJ Home —sister store to … student, to help her make that vision a reality. The seeds of the partnership were planted on social media. Collins … , chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences , illuminated a new path forward. "We were talking …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68254
WMU formalizes partnership with Kalamazoo Literacy Council
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… have announced a new collaboration to improve the state of adult literacy in the region. The partnership—signed by … partnerships; and Michael Evans , executive director of the Kalamazoo Literacy Council—formalizes and strengthens … both organizations have been collaborating in a variety of areas to explore best practices for adult literacy …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/11/66279
Fashion show puts Western students' design skills, resilience on display
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… the delight she felt when her mother showed her a pair of shimmering ruby red slippers as a toddler. "I just always … age, I wanted to get into fashion." Chloe LePine A click of the heels might have landed her on a runway where she now … clothing she's dreamed up in her home studio. LePine, of Grand Ledge, Michigan, is among several Western Michigan …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63636
Nights at the museum: history student helps design Smithsonian sleepover program
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… Submitted by Erin Flynn on Tre Goodhue sits in the rotunda of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. It's one of several museums he's helping create sleepover programming …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54122