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Business college receives naming gift for financial wellness center

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… long needed programs focused on teaching financial skill sets at all levels of the educational spectrum in order to … literacy: Fewer than 50 percent of individuals have set aside three months of living expenses in case of … financial planning, corporate employee benefits and asset management. Sanford, with his team, sets the course for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44734

Forever brown and gold: September Buys

College of Fine Arts

… your best work if you do a job that makes you happy." With awards and accolades including    National Art Education … ART ROOM CULTURE By September Buys It can happen.  If you set up the culture of your classroom just right, you CAN … are thinking! I have never been let down by a student who wanted to take something in their own direction. It's about …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/blog/2016/09/forever-brown-gold-september-buys

Generous gift expands University art collection

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… art collection Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Walking between rows of paintings and sketches sprawled out … to be staying blocks from the home where the collection was located. "The work is incredible," says Lācis, who excitedly set the ball in motion with Dan Guyette , dean of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63282

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. prepares to celebrate 60 years at Western

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… Xi chapter during Western Homecoming 2022 festivities, was the first Black Greek organization established on campus. Initially founded in 1935 at what was then Western State Teachers College, the Beta Iota … Alpha brothers. "I'm very proud of the foundation that we set and the open arms that we had," he says. "The young men …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69476

Sisters of the Skies: WMU aviation alumni help dreams take flight for young women of color

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… sees her childhood dreams realized on a daily basis. She’s wanted to be a pilot ever since she boarded her first plane … little girl. “I remember then thinking, this is something I want to do,” she says, intrigued by the science behind … prospect of traveling the world. Little did she know, she’d set off on a trailblazing path, and decades later she’d …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/62257

Summer Camp Forms - Minors

Fort St. Joseph Archaelogical Project

… box) Middle School High School Experienced Learner Waiver, Release, and Indemnification Agreement  I, … hereby acknowledged, I agree as follows:  I represent and warrant that the Student will be covered throughout the Dig … gender, age, or ethnic background. I will follow rules set forth by the university and instructor.  Participant's …

https://wmich.edu/fortstjoseph/scformsminor-0

College of Arts and Sciences faculty earn coveted rotations with federal programs

College of Arts and Sciences

… mission. Bautista will be based at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. where he will be "managing their science … Engineering and Medicine. Bautista is most looking forward to gaining a broader perspective of the astrophysics … who plans to make an effort to carry that collegial mindset with him back at WMU. He was made a faculty fellow in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68126

Pitch competition helps tee engineering grad up for business success

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… dad bought him a 3D printer for Christmas. "He knew I was into that type of stuff. So I used it for knickknacks … and there and just made random stuff," he says. Fast forward several years to college, when Rochowiak was a member … of a year prototyping, failing and trying again. Using the set of skills and knowledge base he built in his academic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68053

Juggling knives, flying and a busy academic schedule, aviation grad has big things on horizon

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… future is up in the air, and he wouldn't have it any other way. He's been enamored by flying since he was little. "It's kind of in my blood," says Albrecht, who … some lessons from a juggler to help bolster her own skill set, he decided to give it a try. "It was the summer of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67823

Learning and Leading: Global Leaders use their skills to help refugees

W Magazine

… Dykstra, left, and Haley Ritsema explored the desert in Wadi Rum, Jordan, during their study abroad experience with … the Global Leaders program. Surrounded by the crystal blue waters of the Aegean Sea, the Greek island of Lesvos is … stretched beyond the people Echols and her classmates set out to help. "It's always valuable for the refugees …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57378