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St. Patrick's Day plunge benefits Special Olympics

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… competition for more than 20,600 children and adults with intellectual disabilities. This will be the fifth Polar … the students, the Polar Plunge has found a great home with the Broncos," Tom Dowdall, development manager for … Olympics Michigan explains. A swimming pool will be filled with freezing water and set up on the ice rink on a wood …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/226

Van Cooley obituary

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… on Cooley A longtime educator who worked extensively with Michigan school districts and spearheaded education … a member of the WMU faculty since 1996, was vacationing with friends in Florida when stricken. Cooley was appointed … as an assistant superintendent and superintendent. Working with teachers and administrators, Cooley developed state and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1117

Emerita receives national honor for children's theatre work

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… She has written several textbooks, including "Improvisation With Favorite Tales," which is in its 16th printing, and … Teacher," which Heinig revised three times after penning with WMU Professor Emerita of Theatre Lyda Stillwell and … She has volunteered for a string of local projects, many with public schools and youth programs. In addition, she …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1884

New entrepreneurial speaker series debuts at business college

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… kicks off at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in 2150 Schneider Hall with Jen Randall, president of the Kalamazoo-based firm … The event is free and open to the public and begins with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Reservations are required and … for Johnson and Johnson. As president, Randall works with the Maestro team to create high-impact learning …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2135

Business student wins one of six Adcraft scholarships

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… a $2,000 scholarship. She and fellow winners, along with their faculty advisors, will be honored at a luncheon … She will also be featured in The Adcrafter magazine, along with her fellow honorees. Rokicki has distinguished herself … WMU's Office of University Relations. Rokicki will intern with Burson-Marsteller in Chicago this summer and will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6880

Cheatham appointed associate provost for budget and personnel

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… staff, and collaborate in the development of budget models within academic affairs and with other vice-presidential areas. "I am delighted Chris … Jennifer P. Bott , WMU's incoming provost. "I was impressed with his background—including his thorough grounding in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47705

WMU student receives competitive $10,000 accountancy scholarship

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… students to pursue careers in audit. Hess graduated with honors in May 2021 and plans to graduate with her Master of Science in Accountancy degree from WMU … Competing on Western's women's lacrosse team. Volunteering with the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kalamazoo. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64592

Women who rise from the waters—and an author’s rising acclaim

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… of "Once Upon a River" and "Q Road.” Those works, along with the author’s short story collections—"American … Her newest must-read novel unfolds on an island nestled within the Great Massasauga Swamp, an area known as The … other characters seamlessly blend elements of fairy tales with realism. The result, says a Washington Post book …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74810

Students explore job, internship opportunities at 2023 fall career fairs

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… pursuing jobs and internships in a wide variety of fields with hiring employers at the fall 2023 lineup of career … in person, fairs begin Wednesday, Sept. 20 , and wrap up with a specialty job fair Thursday, Nov. 9. Job fairs … Oct. 4, 3 to 6 p.m. in the lobby of Miller Auditorium Speak with representatives from nearly 80 graduate and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72643

NPR host to speak as part of the Reading Together program

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… hallmarks of public radio, Gladstone tackles sticky issues with frankness and transparency. Brooke Gladstone Gladstone … National Public Radio, first as editor of "Weekend Edition with Scott Simon," then as senior editor of "All Things … awards. She describes her new book, a collaboration with cartoonist Josh Neufeld and others, as "a treatise on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5928