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Recruiting skills and retaining connections

Haworth College of Business

… Hailing from La Grange Park, Illinois, Suttle brings human warmth to managing resources through leadership experiences … serves as an HR intern at the Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency (KRESA). Her responsibilities include … all of which have widened her professional outlook. “I was drawn to this internship after hearing about KRESA from …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/03/human-resource-management-maddie-suttle

Professors get $2.6 million to train English as second language learners

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… of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition has awarded a $2.6 million grant to a team of Western Michigan … WMU is the only university in Michigan among this year's awardees to obtain funding. About the project Piazza Drs. … comprehensive professional development program for both pre-service and in-service teachers. WMU pre-service teachers …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43139

Alumna is advancing medicine with mathematical modeling

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… medicine with mathematical modeling Submitted by Cindy Wagner on If we have an accurate model of how a disease … mathematical models to explain and predict biology and I was hooked. In my undergrad and master’s programs, I used … her Ph.D. in brain and cognitive sciences at MIT where she was a McGovern Institute for Brain Research fellow and was …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/11/alex-ferguson-mathematical-modeling

Kirk D. Arnold obituary

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… Western Michigan University staff member, died Oct. 3 . He was 58. Arnold, of Delton, Mich., was a custodian in building custodial and support services. He was hired in 1981 and had worked at WMU for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2226

Charlene R. Bennett obituary

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… Western Michigan University staff member, died June 9. She was 88. A former administrative assistant for more than 16 … University Programs, Bennett retired from WMU in 1979. Services There will be no service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/1039

Academic achievement: Dean Lillian Smith’s collaborative research published in scholarly journal

College of Health and Human Services

… Dr. Lillian Smith , Dean of the College of Health and Human Services, and her co-authors recently had an article …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/08/dean-smith-published

Student group earns recognition for superior efforts

Haworth College of Business

… been recognized for its dedication to professional and service activities, as well as projects that involved … of a significant number of professional and community service hours," says Dawn Mason , faculty specialist in … students in the Gamma Rho chapter for their commitment to service and excellence." The WMU chapter is active on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54398

Robert 'Rob' E. Fedorchak obituary

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… on  Robert "Rob" E. Fedorchak , a former maintenance services staff member at Western Michigan University, died April 14 . He was 69. Fedorchak was a millwright/maintenance mechanic in the Department of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31797

Elevating his manufacturing engineering education through Argonne internships

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… and development center in Lemont, Ill. In 2024 and 2025, he was a manufacturing engineering intern. As an intern, he … three have helped Funk shape his future. “Joe’s goal has always been to be a hands-on engineer working on advanced … science.” His success at Argonne is rooted in the way he pursues excellence in all of his academic work, …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/12/joe-funk-manufacturing-engineering

Gov. Whitmer appoints Jon Hoadley to WMU Board of Trustees

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… Board of Trustees Submitted by Megan Looker on Jon Hoadley was appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to fill the vacant … . “Jon has a long record of distinguished leadership and service statewide and locally,” says WMU President Edward Montgomery . “We look forward to working with him to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67181