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Business student earns national social impact scholarship
Haworth College of Business
… Association’s Social Impact Scholarship, which is awarded to student members of AMA chapters who make a … nationally. Lemus, a senior majoring in marketing, was recognized for how she has used her marketing skills in … where Lemus met new people on campus and took part in service projects such as volunteering at local shelters for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53545
Future Broncos use talents to help frontline health care workers
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… Barker , a Wisconsin high school senior. Both he and Michael Mills , who is set to graduate high school soon in … much of his free time the past four years to community service. Currently, Barker can produce about 30 masks per … per day. “With the COVID-19 outbreak, everything that I was used to be doing on a daily basis came to an end. I …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59007
Lester F. Baird Jr. obituary
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… Hot Rod" Baird , a former pipefitter in the maintenance services unit of the Department of Facilities Management at Western Michigan University, died Aug. 20 . He was 66. Baird joined the WMU staff in 1987 and retired … and doing welding as assigned. Earlier in his career, he was a boilermaker who built nuclear and conventional power …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26492
M. Noreen VanderBeek obituary
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… Western Michigan University, died June 1 , in Jackson. She was 96. VanderBeek joined the WMU staff in 1970 and retired in 1986 after 16 years of service to the University. She was a staff member in the University's business and finance …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26326
Alumni spotlight: Phindi’s journey through WMU’s IHS Ph.D. program
College of Health and Human Services
… nonmedical vaccine exemptions. Her motivation for the topic was personal—navigating conflicting information about … development. From her first visit to campus, she knew she wanted to work with Dr. Kieran Fogarty . His global health … epidemiology. Today, she serves as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and …
https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/12/phindi
WMU students demonstrate superior sales skills in competition
Haworth College of Business
… included sales role-play and elevator pitch tracks and was open to undergraduate students from universities across … and sell vehicles. In round one, students pitched the service as a solution to dealership inventory issues with … second round of competition. “T he competition preparation was extensive,” says McHugh, who placed second in role-play. …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/12/steel-city-sales-challenge
Ethics Center announces lecture series for fall 2025
Study of Ethics in Society
… Families and Children in the College of Health and Human Services. On Oct. 3 , Dr. Kevin Timpe , William H. Jellema … Valley Community College. There will be a discussion afterward with special guest Shukurani Nsengiyumva, program … August 1985, the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society was created after WMU faculty across the curriculum met to …
https://wmich.edu/ethics/news/2025/09/fall-25-lectures
WMU educators recognized for excellence in teaching and student engagement
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… of health communication or preparing future public service leaders with hands-on evaluation experience, Dr. … have been named recipients of WMU’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the University’s highest honor for teaching … excellence. They will be formally recognized at the Fall Awards Celebration alongside recipients of other prestigious …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/09/distinguished-teaching-awards-2025-julie-apker-daniela-schroter
Keith Bailey obituary
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… , a Western Michigan University emeritus, died June 22 . He was 91. Bailey, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU faculty in 1955 and retired in 1989 after 34 years of service to the University. He was an assistant professor of education and professional …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48243
Kalamazoo Arts Council grant takes WMU dancer to Panama
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… in that Central American capital city. Upon her return she wants to start a chapter of Movement Exchange at WMU. Class … all the work I put into our class assignment grant, it was really quite simple to turn it in for real," says Mills. … entertaining the idea of combining my passions of dance and service," she says. "I love the service aspect of the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24066