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Public celebration set to highlight creativity, diversity and community

News

… arts-based youth development program created by WMU's Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations … mission that focuses on engaging in applied research and service to make southwest Michigan communities more … basketball, computer games to 4-H and hunting to hip-hop. After completing the workshops, the young artists had …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/16145

WMU food marketing students strike gold at national case competition

Haworth College of Business

… Dehn WMU shared first place with St. Joseph’s University after judges determined there was a tie after the final round of presentations. Distinct … represented are affiliated associations, manufacturers and service suppliers, as well as other entrepreneurial …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38530

Latest sales win makes WMU most victorious university in national competition's history

News

… with one student taking top honors in the customer service role-play category. This victory brings WMU’s … appointment-setting phone call where the agent’s objective was to get the prospect into their office to review options. … their six-month auto insurance premium in full. The goal was for the agent to start a conversation about renters …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57501

Where Aviation Meets Ambition: A Career That Has Taken Reina Cooke Global

College of Aviation

… we mean all of them.  The latest being Antarctica, reached after a cruise from Argentina.   Request College of Aviation … opportunities exist in aviation."   Frosting on the cake was the fact that her recruitment duties took her three … and her WMU Aviation Summer Camp colleagues in 2014 Cooke was raised in Monroe, a community of about 21,000 on the …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2026/02/cooke

Get Up and Gokey: Garrett Marches His Way to Delta

College of Aviation

… Get Up and Gokey: Garrett Marches His Way to Delta Submitted by Tom Thinnes on For a long time, … the Western Michigan University College of Aviation was music to the ears of Garrett Gokey.  Once enrolled, the same … -- just west of Western's home campus in Kalamazoo.  Right after his 2008 graduation from Paw Paw High School , he …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/gokey

Libraries awards two ‘KARE’ awards to library employees

University Libraries

… Libraries awards two ‘KARE’ awards to library employees Submitted by Angela Brcka on KARE … recognized two library employees for outstanding customer service to the Western Michigan University community. …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2024/09/kare-awards

Advertising professor wins national teaching excellence award

Haworth College of Business

… Advertising professor wins national teaching excellence award Submitted by Amy Coughenour on Dr. Karen M. … contributions to teaching advertising; the award is named after Charles H. Sandage , who is widely hailed as the … Teaching Award and the 2012 Haworth College of Business Service Award. Since 2015, Lancendorfer has also been the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68199

WMU Music Professor Emerita Phyllis Rappeport, 90, passes away

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… WMU Music Professor Emerita Phyllis Rappeport, 90, passes away Submitted by David Bernard on Phyllis Joan Rappeport was … of Arts Award, and in 1995 she received the Distinguished Service Award from the College of Fine Arts. On a broader … as the Physicians for Social Responsibility. More recently, after Kalamazoo’s Sarkozy Bakery burned in 2012, she …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57511

Three professors to be honored with Distinguished Teaching Awards

News

… Three professors to be honored with Distinguished Teaching Awards Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western … Faculty Scholar as well as winners of the Distinguished Service and Make a Difference awards. As Distinguished … who joined the Spanish faculty full time in fall 2004, after teaching Spanish at WMU on a part-time basis for four …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/48800

WMU departments collaborate to advance addiction prevention and care

College of Health and Human Services

… and guide patients from emergency care into outpatient services. This work directly supports hospital efforts to … WMU Public Health and WMed are creating sustainable pathways to reduce harm and expand access to addiction treatment …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2026/02/phwmed