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Updated: Precautionary boil water advisory in effect for three campus buildings
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… Updated: Precautionary boil water advisory in effect for … main break. The duration of the outage is not known at this time. When the water is turned back on, a precautionary boil … the Seelye Center and Spindler Hall until further notice. What you should and shouldn't do This boil water advisory …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4142
Internship proves fruitful for business student
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… education from Western Michigan University, she has to be good. That's what Smucker's decided after getting a taste of Erika Hejl's … an internship in the summer of 2018. She'll become a full-time category analyst in May. "The experience last summer …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53041
Something old, new in Gold Company's Lincoln Center show
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… Something old, new in Gold Company's Lincoln Center show Submitted by Anonymous … done it before. But not quite like this. For the second time in the past year, Western Michigan's acclaimed vocal … are going to be at Jazz at Lincoln Center. I really dig what you guys are doing.' I said, 'Great. Do you want to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/179
Effort to help WMU students in need sees exponential growth, support
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… of our philosophies is we never say ‘no’ to a problem. That doesn't mean we're going to solve every problem, but we at … Vargo . "My vision for the organization is to be literally what the name says, that community-student connection," she … in a matter of 24 hours. "Within a very short amount of time this student, who was under an enormous amount of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/08/60524
Alumna uses equine therapy to help patients overcome physical and emotional barriers
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… Zander to climb aboard Adele KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two years ago, 6-year-old Zander Tewksbury could not take a single … place When she started at WMU in 2002, Sumpter didn't know what degree to pursue. Engineering was a thought; she … in 2007, she returned to the Detroit area and worked part-time in an outpatient treatment center and part-time at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47690
Steven Widger: Growth through connections
Haworth College of Business
… MI—For Kalamazoo, Michigan native Steven Widger , his time at Western Michigan University has paved the way for his professional path. The senior studying supply chain management and business analytics at the Haworth … resources and developed connections to help him achieve his goals. Having already completed two internships by the …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/10/supplychainmanagement-stevenwidger-growth-connections
WMU nursing program students, faculty are pandemic prepared
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… at Western Michigan University “It is heartbreaking to see what is happening in the world,” says WMU student and U.S. … students for work during one of the most challenging times in health care. According to school's director, Dr. … are essential, Sypniewski has discovered. “My family does a Zoom call every Sunday with about 25 of us. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58985
A new hub for belonging and connection
W Magazine
… I’m getting really choked up right now, and this is not the time for me to cry,’” remembers Dr. Diane Anderson , vice … do something like this by yourself,” she says. “But it does feel good to see it finished. Sometimes people wanted … on other campuses so they could start thinking about what they might like at Western. She also began searching …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73398
Accountancy professor finds formula for connecting with students
Haworth College of Business
… a passion for connecting with her students and setting them up for professional success. She created a check-in system … the semester to see if students are meeting their personal goals. “Throughout the semester, typically after exams, I … and brought it up to her one day before class. She took the time to pull up the financial statement of the company and …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/11/accounting-connections-brittani-shantel-jackson
Empowered by freedom after years in refugee camps, Medallion Scholar ready to change the world
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… who arrived in the United States just two years ago. "It's an opportunity that I never dreamed of," he says. … more challenges than many people will see in their lifetime. "Kids in Afghanistan don't have childhoods," he says. … a family who was always asking her mom, 'When we go back, what happens?' And I knew the answer was they were never …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64194