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Black mason broke barriers, laid first building blocks for learning at Western

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… conditions—degradation, the worst human atrocity—could rise up and build the first building on a college campus, one he … texts and pictures of the neighborhood. "I just wanted to go back in time, as far back as I could go, where there were photos that talked about the different …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74599

Partnership between Western, Gun Lake Tribe promotes suicide prevention

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… on youth and young adults and having conversations about why suicide is disproportionate in our communities." One … is related to boarding schools—residential institutions set up across the United States in the mid-1800s to assimilate … Gun Lake Tribe Public Safety Department has also undergone QPR Gatekeeper Training specific to law enformcement, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66452

Fall 2025 student exhibit

University Libraries

… originally created for the 2022 'These Hallowed Walls’ group art show at the Move With Joy Studio in Kalamazoo. … minerals (think salt precipitated at the bottom of a cup). This project focuses on Michigan's St. Peter Sandstone, … accuracy and the potential for overreliance. The study suggests that AI chatbots can serve as effective academic …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2025/11/student-exhibit-fall-2025

Ingenious invention gives plant lovers a green thumb and wins Bronco Pitch

Haworth College of Business

… hypothetical investors. Besides the $6,500 in prize money up for grabs, teams who participate benefit from the … looking at what was feasible and also unique. We wanted to go bold and do something that pushed us out of our comfort … anyone with a business idea to take the chance and go for it saying, “If you have an idea, do your research …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71591

Annual food marketing conference features industry leaders

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… by Cindy Wagner on Lempert KALAMAZOO—NBC's "Today" show supermarket guru, Phil Lempert , will join a list of top food … shopper behavior study in his presentation "Reality TV Goes In-store: Tracking the Path-to-Purchase"; and Tom … from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, including the following: "The Why Behind the Buy," Colin Stewart, senior vice president of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5472

Sales students continue to take high honors in national competitions

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… the two took top honors in the individual speed-selling category at a national sales competition, continuing a run of … and meet individually with executives as they highlight why the executives should hire them. She also placed fourth … only one week away, I fell into a slump, but with the support of our awesome faculty and fellow peers, when it came …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3385

WMU student among 10 nationwide to win coveted scholarship

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… awarded by the Richter Foundation and the Institute for Supply Management's Richter Scholarship Fund. Hanna Downs , … Western Michigan University at the conference. It is going to be a great opportunity for me to expand my … I need to make a good impression at the conference and show why Western is such an outstanding institution." Downs is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6466

From frontline worker to a future in HR: Jessica Robach has found her purpose

Haworth College of Business

… of positive relationships and empathy. As she finishes up her final year at Western Michigan University, she is … says. “My experience in manufacturing helped me develop my ‘why’ in pursuing an HR major. Front-line workers are the … these workers gives me a sense of purpose and commitment.” Upon her start at MANN+HUMMEL, Robach quickly learned how …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73614

Intrigued by a good mystery, Western student decodes path in cybersecurity

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Intrigued by a good mystery, Western student decodes path in cybersecurity … cybersecurity and potentially learning how to hack. That is why I chose cybersecurity as my major.” With the employment … terrible and being afraid of heights didn’t help. It ended up being one of my favorite classes during that semester and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70195

Western's Racial Justice Advisory Committee will update campus on progress

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… Western's Racial Justice Advisory Committee will update campus on progress Submitted by Erin Flynn on … Michigan University. One year after President Edward Montgomery charged Dr. Candy McCorkle , vice president for … of education; and that's where I want to see us. That's why the folks on this committee have put so much into this." …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65616