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WMU program fast-tracks student ideas to business launch
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… students must demonstrate a promising idea for a product or service, which can be launched within a short period of … first companies enrolled in Starting Gate in summer 2013. Watch Starting Gate's video Student entrepreneurs receive awards for innovation , May 13, 2020 For more WMU news, arts …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61355
Student veterans find place to grow, thrive at WMU
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… On Veterans Day, Western Michigan University honors the service of its robust military community. Currently, there … is the Office of Military and Veterans Affairs , which was established on campus in 2009 to help service members … Patrick McConnell , an electrical engineering major from Edwardsburg who served in the United States Marine Corps. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56507
Emilie A. Garrity obituary
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… Western Michigan University staff member, died Feb. 10. She was 104. Garrity, of Comstock, joined the WMU staff in 1963 and retired in 1983 after almost 20 years of service to the University. She was a utility food person in Walwood Union. Services and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30524
Shirley R. Miars obituary
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… at Western Michigan University, died Nov. 17, 2015 . She was 92. Miars was a statistician in the Registrar's Office. She joined the … in 1974 and retired in 1987 after 12 years of continuous service to the University. Previously, she had worked as a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30236
Top model, top student: WMU Medallion Scholar slays in the classroom and on the runway
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… WMU Medallion Scholar slays in the classroom and on the runway Submitted by Erin Flynn on Maya Narayan has made multiple appearances on New York Fashion Week runways. (Photo courtesy: Jabbar Walker @art_of_jabbar ) … Medallion Scholar, Narayan had the opportunity to develop a service project alongside her 2023 cohort. They launched the …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/03/music-theatre-performance-medallion-scholar-new-york-fashion-week-maya-narayan
Joseph T. MacLean obituary
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… University Bookstore, died Sept. 11, 2015 , in Novi. He was 77. MacLean joined the staff in 1970 and retired in 1992 after 22 years of service to the University. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University. He served as manager of the WSU …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29554
Elizabeth DeYoung obituary
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… custodian at Western Michigan University, died July 4 . She was 100. DeYoung, of Portage, Michigan, joined the staff in 1967 and retired in 1981 after 14 years of service to the University. Services Private services were held. Remembrances The family …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36399
WMU Trustee Dennis Archer earns national achievement award
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… WMU Trustee Dennis Archer earns national achievement award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Archer … Corporate Counsel Association's Lifetime Achievement Award at an event slated for Lincoln Center's Alice Tully … for a lifetime of wide-ranging achievements that include service as mayor of Detroit from 1994 to 2001 and being the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1531
WMU graduate students author infant foster care grant
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… will serve as the umbrella organization for a new social service program aimed at improving outcomes in infant foster … from the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. The grant proposal was authored last spring by eight WMU graduate students as … that will make this all possible. Their grant proposal was a demonstration of the perfect town-to-gown …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1512
Two local special education leaders set for Keystone talk
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… local leaders with the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency will be the November speakers for the … The state-of-the-art special education learning facility was the first of two construction projects funded by a $25.4 … County, from birth to age 26. From 2007 to 2009, Montgomery was director and supervisor of special education for the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3062