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WMU researcher finds little connection between violence, video games
News
… make people violent, or do violent people just gravitate toward violent video games? His research shows it's the … Their findings have been published in a number of leading scientific journals and online, including in the Journal of … other controls." Better predictors DeCamp found that what was going on in the home was a better predictor of violent …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36296
Campus team assisting in revising University Strategic Plan
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… Association and Graduate Student Association. Known as The Gold Standard, the University Strategic Plan first went into … involved in the strategic planning process in a variety of ways, including by: Participating in a Universitywide survey …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28336
CELCIS one of six programs worldwide to reach accreditation milestone
International Student and Scholar Services
… language instruction at WMU since 1975. The WMU program was initially accredited by CEA in 2000. It was one of the first programs in the Midwest to earn the … only in the U.S. but all over the world. It is the gold standard recognized by students, faculty and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26532
The rise of women’s sports—triumphs, challenges and the road ahead
W Magazine
… volleyball setter KALAMAZOO, Mich.—"This is the first time watching college basketball where I know more girls than … is … electric. It is blowing the guy’s game out of the water.” Though Garnett’s comment referred to the NCAA … Alice Coachman , the first African American woman to win a gold medal in 1948, to Wilma Rudolph ’s record-breaking …
https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/rise-womens-sports-wmu-coaches-athletes-weigh
WMU students place first in high-profile national sales competition
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… high-profile national sales competition Submitted by Cindy Wagner on State Farm Competition winners Burnham (left) and … team of two WMU sales and business marketing students was named the overall winner at this year’s State Farm … a doubt, we would not have been able to bring home the gold for WMU without her support." Teammate Burnham says …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20223
Prof writes book on legendary health pioneer, John Harvey Kellogg
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… the older brother of cereal magnate W.K. Kellogg. He was interested in writing about the religious history of Battle Creek, which was founded as a Quaker town and became a hotbed for … and activist, albeit one constrained by the cultural and scientific horizons of the period just after the Civil War," …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/19089
WMU and KCC announce major transfer agreement
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… President Mark O'Connell said. "Never before have the pathways from KCC to WMU been better designed, and never before … that every class taken advances the student along a pathway to success," said Dr. Susan Stapleton , WMU's interim … how such changes impact our students." Macy Hancock , a KCC Gold Key Scholarship recipient who is graduating with an …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46804
Western's Graduate College honors Broncos who served in World War II
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… Graduate College honors Broncos who served in World War II Submitted by Erin Flynn on A memorial in Walwood Hall honors more than 1,400 Western students, … in place. Warner then ordered wooden stars to replace gold stickers that had marked Broncos killed or missing in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69830
Why I give: Bill Thompson
W Magazine
… of Bronco football practice with head coach Tim Lester at Waldo Stadium. Staunch. Ardent. Fierce. Any of these words … nearly 40 years. So, there's no doubt he bleeds brown and gold. "There are many things to love about WMU, starting … accomplishments." Thompson has fond memories of attending Waldo Stadium to watch the freshman football team on …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68998
Expect festivities and finances to be top of mind as holidays approach
Haworth College of Business
… Home for the holidays, food and gatherings Dr. Russell Zwanka, associate professor of marketing and director of WMU food marketing program Dr. Russell Zwanka “The key to the holidays for food is to remember food … people, and the holidays connect people,” says Dr. Russell Zwanka , associate professor of marketing and director of the …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/11/festivities-finances-2024