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(Canceled) CEO of OtterBox to present business college talk

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… Thomas When Thomas joined OtterBox in 2003, the company was a niche business selling waterproof boxes, fly fishing cases and cigar travel … with at-risk students. Thomas earned a bachelor's degree in industrial marketing and manufacturing engineering …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19517

APA, PSSO set events to honor annual award winners

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… APA, PSSO set events to honor annual award winners Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … events to recognize the 2013 recipients of their annual awards. The Administrative Professional Association gathering … prizes will be drawn at 6 p.m. Along with the Tony Griffin Service Award winner, the association will announce its …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6146

Plan ahead: Here are campus office hours for Thanksgiving 2025 recess

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… days Nov. 27-28 since the University continues to provide services during Thanksgiving recess. Represented employees … ) through Nov. 30 . The pool and sauna and the climbing wall will be closed Nov. 26-30 .   Unified Clinics will … reopen for regular hours beginning at 8 a.m. on Dec. 1.   Waldo Library will close at 5 p.m. on Nov. 26 and will …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/11/thanksgiving-2025-recess-0

Ready for the spotlight: Theatre grad prepares to make the world his stage

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… his stage Submitted by Erin Flynn on Donovan Boursiquot Wade is ready to take on the world after graduating with a … butler, a hip-hop-loving best friend— Donovan Boursiquot Wade has played them all during his time at Western Michigan … major in theatre: acting and English: creative writing, Wade has a number of productions under his belt and an agent …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/12/theatre-acting-english-creative-writing-fall-2024-graduate-donovan-boursiquot

Lessons That Don’t Appear on a Checkride: Nick Garrod reflects on flying, learning, and what really matters after 20 years in aviation

College of Aviation

… in southwest Michigan, Garrod said his job "has me home way more than I'm away, and my salary pays the bills, with some money left …   "But as I got older," he says, "I never considered that was something I could do, so I pursued other interests."  …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2026/01/garrod

Football Broncos tackle tree clearing for Habitat for Humanity

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… Smolenski , director of community relations and volunteer services for Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity , who … pulls a large branch off of a tree. After an early morning wake-up call for conditioning, members of the football … and is currently pursuing his MBA. "So, this is just one way we can give back and show that we appreciate what they …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54389

From outlawed to sustainable: Fashion student's outfit from hemp to be featured in touring exhibit

College of Education and Human Development

… While commonly grown and used for centuries, the material was outlawed during the country's harsh ' War on Drugs '. So when fashion design student Sam Covell was looking for inspiration for her entry into Louisiana …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2024/09/fashion-design-student-hemp-exhibit-winner

Cheering Up a Career in Aviation Technical Operations with Katelyn Mobley

College of Aviation

… in the WMU College of Aviation, Mobley admits that she was always interested in planes and what makes them fly while … pointed her to a career choice.  As a matter of fact, she was initially attracted to the WMU campus in Kalamazoo by …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/04/mobley

Hanging out with Helen Manumbu – Traveling Down the Aviation Tech Ops Path

College of Aviation

… North Shore Agricultural and Technical High School, which was established in 2014 and offers training in 24 programs. … to the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692, but there was nothing wizardly and satanic about Manumbu's choice of study.  "I was in Essex North's engineering program for four years …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/11/manumbu

Dorothy Kaczmarek obituary

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… Western Michigan University staff member, died May 13 . She was 78. Kaczmarek joined the WMU staff in 1986 and retired in 2006 after nearly 20 years of service to the University. She was a utility food worker for Bernhard Dining Services. No …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47947