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WMU MBA students advance in new strategic case competition

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… Strategic Management Case Competition. KALAMAZOO—A panel of top executives from the likes of Meijer, Stryker Corp., Dow Chemical Co. and Ernst & Young … March 29 , narrowing 11 teams to an elite "final four" of strategists. The teams presented their strategies for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14869

Researchers snag prestigious National Science Foundation prize

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… research and education and to lead advances in the missions of their departments or organizations, according to the NSF. … is investigating the impressive regenerative abilities of planarian flatworms. People and planarians both have … their brain and nervous system, explains Beane, assistant professor of biological sciences. Humans possess some limited …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43181

WMU closes all campuses, cancels classes for second day due to ice storm

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… will continue as planned or is canceled. WMU Department of Public Safety advised anyone on or near campus to limit … Feb. 2—A widespread snowstorm closed WMU and many others schools around the state. 2016, Feb. 25—In an otherwise mild … 2019, Jan. 23—A mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow closed schools throughout the region. 2019, Jan. 28—A snowstorm …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70876

Interim campuswide policy on sexual misconduct now in effect

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… on the interim policy. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After months of analysis and measuring federal guidelines against current … a seamless reporting and support experience for members of the campus community who believe they've been the victims of sexual misconduct. The WMU Sexual and Gender-Based …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21036

James W. Dempsey obituary

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…   Jim Dempsey James "Jim" W. Dempsey , emeritus coordinator of transfer relations and a former acting director of the Office of Admissions at Western Michigan University, died …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28449

Drive-thru COVID-19 testing event offered as students return to campus

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… Drive-thru COVID-19 testing event offered as students return to campus Submitted by Erin Flynn on A medical professional administers a COVID-19 test to a driver through … a mass COVID-19 testing event aims to mitigate the spread of the virus. "It's a chance to start afresh and make sure …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62769

'The goat ate my homework,' conservation management students say

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… work earlier this fall on the humans and goats segment of BIOS 4970's savanna site. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Figuring out better ways to bring distressed plots of land back to their natural state is one goal behind a new course at Western Michigan University, and members of the public are invited to hear the latest thinking on the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43969

British author, adventurer to take WMU audience on a journey

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… to faraway places when she speaks later this month as part of the University Center for the Humanities spring series at … Western Michigan University. Victoria Finlay , the author of three popular non-fiction books, will speak at 7 p.m. … open to the public. Finlay From the ultramarine mountains of Afghanistan to the sacred ocher mines of Australia, via …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38802

WMU students awarded more than $40,000 toward sustainability projects

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… to sustainability and environmental issues. Awardees of the Student Sustainability Grants were notified this past December by the Office for Sustainability, in collaboration with the Western Student Association and the Office of Student Engagement, of the grants totaling  …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57454

Concerts in the Park schedule announced

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… Bronson Park KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Concerts in the Park, one of Kalamazoo's long-standing traditions offered Sundays in June, July and August in Bronson Park, delivers a unique offering of music genres—jazz, big band, bluegrass, American …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24852