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Fashion startup focused on sustainability wins WMU's business pitch competition
Haworth College of Business
… company focused on sustainable fashion won first place at Western Michigan University’s seventh annual K.C. O'Shaughnessy Business Pitch Competition and Showcase held on campus Feb. 15 . Rose Soma , a junior … trash bags and leakage using a portable sensor and built-in springs. ABOUT THE COMPETITION More than 31 individuals and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52258
Gov. Snyder announces new teaching fellows
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… Fellows KALAMAZOO--An engineer who holds 55 patents and a professional pilot with experience as a veterinary … people pursuing a specially designed master's degree at Western Michigan University to prepare them for careers as science and math teachers in high-need public schools. Each of the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/779
Annual Bee to bring young geography whizzes to campus
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… geography whizzes will gather Friday, April 5 , at Western Michigan University's Fetzer Center Kirsch … Bee. Participants will test their knowledge of the world and complete to win a trip to Washington, D.C. for the U.S. … This is the National Geographic Bee's 25th anniversary and the sixth time WMU has been host to the Michigan …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6134
Longtime employees to be inducted into 25 Year Club
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… total of 53 people, all but one who began their service to Western Michigan University in 1989, will be inducted into … in place, the 25 Year Club includes 471 active employees and 731 retired employees for a total of 1,202 members. The … . This year's inductees Joyce A. Alexander , finance assistant, payroll and disbursements Ronald …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20077
Breneman tapped to lead WMU government relations
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… , a veteran government-affairs professional, will join Western Michigan University as vice president for government … Trustees next meet Wednesday, June 26 . Breneman, president and founder of the Kalamazoo-based Spectrum Public Affairs, … research as well as grant support for WMU's first wireless campus initiative. After departing WMU in the early …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53922
Trustees approve retirements of 11 faculty, 14 staff members
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… on KALAMAZOO—The retirements of 11 faculty members and 14 staff members were approved by the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees at its Feb. 27 … status. Their names, positions, years of continuous service and effective dates of retirement are: Dr. Bassam E. Harik, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5432
Two to receive WMU's Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award
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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University will present its 2014-15 … Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award to Dr. E. Rozanne Elder and Dr. John Jellies . The honor is the highest annual award … wrote. "She has been a central link in establishing at Western what is unique in academic life in North America: an …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19495
Walk-on tryouts for men's soccer scheduled
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… out must attend the Sept. 1 meeting. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's men's soccer program will hold … try out for varsity Bronco athletic teams. There will be a mandatory meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 1 , in the W …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/18005
Geoffrey A. Smith obituary
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… , a former dean of the Division of Continuing Education at Western Michigan University, died March 1 . He was 84. … in February 1978 as associate dean of continuing education and was promoted to dean in 1988. The unit is now named … Smith was responsible for the off-campus credit courses and degree programs offered through WMU's six regional …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46238
GVSU-WMU survey shows value of family businesses
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… to the state, with more than 90 percent producing products and services within the state, according to survey results released by Grand Valley State University and Western Michigan University. The Family Owned Business …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18128