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Associate athletic director honored by professional organization

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… Submitted by Deanne Puca on Corbin KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dennis Corbin , associate athletic director for medical and … Trainers Society Hall of Fame recently and recognized for his activities, contributions and service that contribute to … Luncheon June 6 in Ypsilanti. He also received the MATS Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award in 2009. Dennis Corbin …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16887

WMU board to welcome new trustees, elect leadership Thursday

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… Mich.−The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees is set to welcome new trustees with a swearing-in ceremony … governing board by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer earlier this month, James L. Liggins Jr. of Kalamazoo and Kara Wood of Grand Rapids will be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74450

Greek Festival features Sugar Ray, Locash Cowboys

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… Festival Place. Gates open at 11 a.m. each day, and admission is free until 4 p.m. Admission Thursday, $7 from 4 to 10:30 p.m. Friday and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15844

New scholarship honors WMU graduate's life-changing mentor

College of Arts and Sciences

… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—If not for a special person in his life, Dr. Hashem Akhavan-Tafti would have never ended up … at Western Michigan University, a move that he says "saved his life." Now, Akhavan-Tafti and his wife, SuzAnne, have … Akhavan-Tafti ended up at a school in Indiana, where he struggled to acclimate to his new surroundings. He contacted …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36667

Student awarded prestigious study abroad scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University junior Alexis Lenderman , of Flint, is among just 1,000 undergraduate students across the … major, plans to use her scholarship money to study Spanish in Quito, Ecuador, this summer. The Gilman Program …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46935

Jazz Orchestra wins perfect score at Notre Dame collegiate fest

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… and pocketed Outstanding Band and four Outstanding Soloist awards at the 56th annual University of Notre Dame … . The festival, held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28-March 1, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious collegiate … of music and orchestra director. "He basically verbally hugged the band for 15 minutes and concluded with, 'It was a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14317

Rachel Kushner's Frostic Reading Series appearance rescheduled

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… on Kushner KALAMAZOO—An author who has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award has rescheduled her reading … Thursday, Feb. 20 , in the Little Theatre. Her appearance is free and open to the public. Rachel Kushner In addition … Award nominations, Kushner is the recipient of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship. Her fiction and essays appear regularly …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13354

Western professor’s book on the Great Lakes honored in 2023 Indie Book Awards

College of Arts and Sciences

… Dr. Lynne Heasley (with illustrations by acclaimed artist Glenn Wolff ), has been named a top indie book by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group. The book received one of three … Dr. Lynne Heasley (with illustrations by acclaimed artist Glenn Wolff), has been named a top indie book by the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71845

Sales students shine during two national competitions

Haworth College of Business

… place team honors at the competition. WMU students also finished strong in the State Farm Marketing and Sales … experience for our students," says Dr. Kelley O'Reilly , assistant professor of marketing. "Our students represent the … adrenaline and confidence happening all at the once is something I will never forget. It was definitely …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/28900

Student designs sales tool to help boost Stryker profits

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… has designed a website and mobile application that is helping the company's national sales force close deals … for the company's neuro, spine, ears, nose and throat division. Simic, who graduates in spring 2014, was asked to … what I needed to add, certain types of videos and other suggestions." Simic also had to work with regulatory …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6422