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Engineering grad manufacturing a successful career
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… loves to work with his hands; it's in his blood. Growing up around his family's farm in Sandusky, Michigan, which … engineering before switching his major to engineering design. Two years into the program, he adjusted his plan again … Working for Odyssey Tool in Detroit in manufacturing and design. Working in the foundry at Brembo North America, in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73693
Kalamazoo Promise comes full circle as Western education grad prepares for KPS career
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… Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS)—the same district she grew up in. "It is very cool that I'm able to come back to KPS as … because of the Kalamazoo Promise , a program that provides up to full tuition for all KPS graduates at any Michigan … K-12 teachers, human service professionals, innovative designers, and health and wellness specialists. Explore …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67863
Bronco Spotlight: Karl Backhaus
Career and Student Employment Services
… the ground and geophysics/lab work to determine what makes up these materials. The final maps are submitted to both the … the locations of subsurface aquifers with clean water and aggregate resource exploration to help rebuild the roads in … job allows me to interact with the public and school groups to help educate and answer questions on how the …
https://wmich.edu/career/karlbackhaus
International students lead effort to share cultures with community
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… president. The International Bazaar, which is also being supported by the Haenicke Institute for Global Education and … (RSOs) will be represented at the event, dishing up delectable delicacies such as African jollof rice, Middle … opportunity to feel at home." A number of groups have also signed up to perform, from the Korean Club's K-pop dancers …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/74993
Meet Ari: Exercise science
College of Education and Human Development
… my love of exercise with anatomy and physiology. Growing up I knew I wanted to go into medicine, and as I progressed … Other schools had one-track degrees that did not set you up for anything specific. WMU, however, created different … pathways within the degree that better sets the student up for success post-graduation, whether going straight into …
https://wmich.edu/education/spotlight-ari
Free football rally in Grand Rapids for Bronco fans
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… beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29 , to help gear up for the Broncos’ football season opener at the University … in Champaign, Ill. To kick off the rally, the Blues Man Group will take the stage at 5 p.m. at the B.O.B, or Big Old … other representatives from WMU will be on hand to fire up rally participants during the evening, including WMU …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1305
Local chocolatier to speak as part of Entrepreneurship Forum
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… was often not enough to penetrate the barriers commonly put up by the youth he worked with each day. With that in mind, … purchasing a box of artisanal chocolates, Anderson came up with a sweet idea: open his own chocolate shop where he …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12371
Board approves 2018-19 apartment rental rates
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… the surrounding community, with rates for fall 2018 going up between $8 and $19 per month. The board action was taken … cost. WMU Apartments are currently at 94 percent occupancy. Operating at 98 percent occupancy, Western View apartment-style residences continue to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44221
Learning Curves
Study Abroad
… that a whole portion of the class period would be taken up with an explanation of what historical events inspired … a bit about the English Civil War in particular to keep up. I guess I’d never really thought about stuff like that … where my tutor mentioned old money versus new money in the upper classes and referred to a book that wasn’t the Great …
https://wmich.edu/studyabroad/blog/2020/01/learningcurves
FAQs
Sindecuse Health Center
… with all our patients—whether their goal is to run a 5K, go up a flight of stairs or to lift a child. We're here to help … to see a WMU sports medicine physician? No. You may set up an appointment to see one of our specialists without … Treatment by a physical therapist: Yes, you need a signed prescription from your physician. In Michigan that …
https://wmich.edu/healthcenter/sportsmedicine/faq