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Funding awards help small businesses hire summer interns
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… seventh consecutive year, small businesses in West Michigan can apply for matching funds to help them hire Western … hour. She adds that there are few restrictions on who can apply, but the MCRN funding is targeted toward companies … should be emailed by March 1 to Lisa Garcia. She can be reached by email at lisa.garcia@wmich.edu or by phone …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45200
In the heart of Samburu
College of Arts and Sciences
… seen pumping water at a well. In Samburu, water collection can differ by region — some areas have access to nearby …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-samburu
Learning across the globe in WMU's College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
… participating in the Quito program arrive in the South American nation with a WMU professor who helps students orient … peoples and cultures, more compassionate about their struggles, more sensitive to other people’s needs.” With these … Gate, one of the city’s most important monuments. Dominican Republic: Students Brady Handley, Connor Van Avery and …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-studyabroad
Esports summer camp at WMU lets youth hone skills, explore growing industry
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… campers are eager to learn and improve their craft so they can go back to their school and start their own team. "We … of stuff," he says. "We live in a different time where you can do so much with this knowledge." Esports also open up … skills, so it's very physical. It's not just anybody who can do it and pick it up and go." As with athletes in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54279
Author, film critic and New Yorker staff member David Denby to visit campus
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… humanities and serious reading at all levels of education can counteract political opportunism in discourse. The event … Up: One Reporter, Three Schools, Twenty-Four Books That Can Change Lives" examines the value of reading and how …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45089
WMU's nonprofit leadership program named best in nation
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… School of Public Affairs and Administration. The video can be viewed at nlsawmu.org . Among best practices … the school and have raised an additional $2,000 so they can award $15,000 to community organizations in spring 2015. … nonprofit sector leaders. In 2010, the program won the American Humanics Program Excellence Award, which is a forerunner …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/20904
Nine incoming students earn $60,000 Foundation Scholarships
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… scholarship winners were selected from a pool of 50 applicants. To be eligible for the award, they had to have a high … from WMU during the 2020-21 academic year. The applicants not awarded a Foundation Scholarship who met academic … provide a financial "foundation" to the recipients so they can focus on their academic studies. In addition to the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42170
Michigan businesses invited to free printed electronics session at WMU
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… to get the conversation moving and determine ways we can work together to shorten the pathway to … to be developed." WMU is the only place in the state that can fully print flexible electronic devices, and one of only … identity suppliers, manufacturers and Michigan experts who can assist them in adopting the technology. The rapidly …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15651
WMU, Cooley Law School formally ink long-discussed affiliation accord
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… areas of potential in which an affiliation could have the biggest impact. "I've been tremendously excited about the … seen a growing realization on both sides that, together, we can develop the nation's most comprehensive integration of … future planning. Before any of the items under discussion can be fully decided upon and planned, there must be a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9428
Human diversity celebrated during International Education Week
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… The week also will feature events during which attendees can learn about preparing traditional foods and the everyday … Other events will turn the spotlight on China, the Dominican Republic, India, Japan and Malaysia. International … of efforts to promote programs that not only prepare Americans for a global environment, but also attract future …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/11011