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Dolly Xtractor grabs first place at second annual Pitch competition

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… Michigan University student was awarded the top prize of $1,500 at a competition for innovative business ideas by … opportunity and allowing us to share our ideas and gain valuable feedback on our businesses." The second- and … business community come together to give our students invaluable feedback." …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15088

Advertising students place third in regional competition

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… Wagner on WMU's case competition team KALAMAZOO—A team of nine Western Michigan University advertising and … students took third place in a regional competition of an important and very competitive national advertising … Students competed in the the district competition of the 2014 American Advertising Federation's National …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15118

Still time to give to campus United Way, book drive

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… campus United Way campaign reached close to 45 percent of its $200,000 goal during the first few weeks after its launch, gaining almost $89,000. Just 11 percent of employee pledge forms have been returned. This year's … over last year's campaign, which tallied 32 percent of employee forms returned. WMU retirees have returned …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43489

Grants to WMU soar past $3.7 million mark in April, May

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… grants from the National Science Foundation topped the list of research grants, with the largest grant totaling $621,851 and going to Dr. Laura R. Van Zoest , WMU professor of mathematics. That grant will fund MOSTs—Mathematical …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40865

WMU alumnus breaks new ground with unique flooring business

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… verified) on WMU alumnus August Jacobson, founding partner of Carpeturn.com, says there are many under-the-radar … story highlights August Jacobson , founding partner of Carpeturn.com . Jacobson graduated from Western Michigan … statements, rate installers and more. What was the most valuable part of your WMU experience? Being a former athlete, I …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48159

Grant puts rare Latin manuscript into WMU's collection

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… verified) on Rare 12-century Latin manuscript is a copy of "De Corpore et Sanguine Domini" KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A rare 12th-century manuscript that is a copy of a work first produced some 300 years earlier is now at … France between 831 and 833, the original text was the work of Paschasius Radbertus, a Benedictine abbot later made a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36070

Kalamazoo Beer Exchange awards WMU-KVCC brewing scholarship

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… ample opportunity to hone their craft. At the forefront of that effort is the Kalamazoo Beer Exchange, which awarded … was invited to ring the KBE opening bell amidst a crowd of friends, WMU faculty and alumni, and KBE staff and … The WMU and KVCC brewing program was developed by the two schools working in close coordination with the industry. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/36701

WMU trustees schedule special board meeting

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will meet in special formal session to consider … in 201 Bernhard Center. Trustees will consider approval of a new three-year contract with Local 1668, which is the WMU chapter of AFSCME—the American Federation of State, County and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26131

WMU's 'living, learning laboratory' models sustainability

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… seven-layer perennial "food forest" on the west side of WMU's Gibbs House property is a complex ecosystem, though still in its infancy. Much of the fledgling forest was last year the unpaved driveway … different trophic levels." A 'living laboratory' This area of knee- and shoulder-high trees along with other plantings …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28342

Seven to be feted as top staffers for fall 2016

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… attend the event, which recognizes the fall 2016 recipients of the Semiannual Make a Difference Award. The recipients … recipients Andrew Bachmann , police sergeant, Department of Public Safety Adrienne D. Fraaza , Fall Welcome program … Amber L. Hutson , administrative assistant I, Department of Psychology Walter T. Malone , Alpha Program manager, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36753