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Gearing up for the grind: Skateboard-loving student ready to roll into WMU's kinetic imaging program

First-Year Faces

… his hair,  Yoyo Rodriguez-Vargas coasts through Western Michigan University’s Main Campus on his skateboard, rolling … in May from Innovation Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and just wrapped up New Student Orientation at …

https://wmich.edu/firstyearfaces/news/2025/07/class-2029-yoyo-rodriguez-vargas-kinetic-imaging

WMU students demonstrate superior sales skills in competition

Haworth College of Business

… Hope McHugh, Jocelyn Adiwinata KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University sales students posted a strong … me gain experience in all sorts of selling, but the biggest thing was that it helped me to gain confidence in my … me along the way.”  Senior Logan Stuckhardt from Portage, Michigan, was a finalist in the role-play competition, as …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/12/steel-city-sales-challenge

Light Center for Chinese Studies launches Spring Guest Lecture Series

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… by Elizabeth Braaksma on KALAMAZOO, Mich.-- Western Michigan University’s Timothy Light Center will begin its … activities to encourage a more globally engaged southwest Michigan. These initiatives include designing and promoting …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/02/china-lecture-2025-spring

Investing in opportunity: Wes Nichols’ growth at WMU Haworth

Haworth College of Business

… Mich.—For senior accounting student Wes Nichols , Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business is full of resources to achieve success. Nichols, from Port Huron, Michigan, stands out as a dedicated student and an ambitious …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/02/accountingwes-nichols-externship

A ewe-nique approach to sustainability

College of Arts and Sciences

… her flock is engaged in a long-term project with Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy, and other organizations … of geology at Grand Valley State University, was awarded a Michigan Space Grant Consortium NASA Space grant in 2024 to … get hands-on experiences like birth and labor, blood, ear-tagging, all that stuff, before they go off to veterinary …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/10/lauren-burns-tending-tilth

Broncos reach new heights in NASA Student Launch competition

News

… Mich.—"5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition!" Members of Western Michigan University's American Institute of Aeronautics and … rocket hurtled thousands of feet into the sky over Bragg Farms in Huntsville, Alabama.  The Pegasus VII rocket … , an aerospace engineering student from Grand Rapids, Michigan. "As the rocket went up, everyone was cheering, and …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/nasa-student-launch-challenge-2025-aiaa-pegasus-rocket

Child life students represent WMU with conference scholarships

College of Education and Human Development

… Nicole Variot and Stephanie Lamos  KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University graduate students Stephanie Lamos and … played a big part in why I got my practicum at the Michigan Children's Hospital. And I know in the future it …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2024/10/child-life-students-scholarship-conference-glaclp

WMU, KCC announce honors agreement for transfer students

News

… instruction. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Representatives from Western Michigan University and Kellogg Community College signed an agreement Wednesday, Oct. 1, …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/lee-honors-college-kellogg-community-college-sign-agreement

Western to host fall 2025 career fairs connecting students with leading employers

News

… Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is launching its fall 2025 career fair …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/09/western-hosts-2025-fall-career-fairs

Championing diversity and innovation

College of Arts and Sciences

… attend college, she studied Spanish and Japanese at Western Michigan University, although her mother had hoped she would … became director of government relations for the Kellogg Co., serving as assistant U.S. trade representative for … office, where I was a counselor for the MLK program and an Upward Bound counselor among other assignments. Those women …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-moore