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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

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

WMU and KCC announce major transfer agreement

News

… 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

Sanford Center for Financial Planning and Wellness celebrates grand opening

News

… will serve students and community members in a variety of ways. One of those ways is through financial coaching where trained students … 6,000 advisors. A WMU Bronco at heart, he bleeds brown and gold. He has had a 35-year affiliation with WMU, including …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51014

WMU gets $3.2 million to build culture of degree completion, success

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… students. The new grant is one of a small number of awards, and the only one made in Michigan, announced Sept. 30 … to rigorous analysis and research as the project moves forward. "We had to set this up as an experiment that could … serve as director of evaluation and oversee the overall scientific conduct of the effort. To read the Department of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/19312

Speakers tackle opioid crisis, civil discourse, mass violence, more

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… Lecture, is at 6  p.m. in the Bernhard Center's Brown and Gold Room. All events are free and open to the public and … August 1985, the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society was created after WMU faculty across the curriculum met to … a wide range of ethical issues. In this and other ways, it creates interdisciplinary opportunities for the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51013

WMU professor awarded for book that peels back the curtain on Fetzer's secret life

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… WMU professor awarded for book that peels back the curtain on Fetzer's … "energy medicine" and even UFOs, Fetzer studied it all. "It was part of his life that he kept really private," says Dr. … kind of harmonious with his engineering, technological and scientific interests." In the 1970s, his financial and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58233

Generating Buzz: Regulating genetically modified mosquitoes

W Magazine

… The development and release of gene-drive mosquitoes in scientific labs has generated some controversy. In order to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/57059