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WMU alumni entrepreneurs reveal how they built their businesses

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… how they built their businesses Submitted by Paula M. Davis on Read more stories about Bronco entrepreneurs in the … or learning new production techniques, and really learning what it is you want in your business. Even hiring people … As with many entrepreneurs, Brandon Zavala's first and biggest pivot was leaving a steady job to pursue his startup. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/47050

Alumna awarded Pulitzer Prize for poetry

W Magazine

… Her subjects include the early loss of her father, being raised by a single mother, her son’s drug addiction and living … and an incredible gift,” Seuss says. “This is never what I expected of life when I was growing up in a rural, … Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA program. Seuss was a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow and a recipient of the 2021 John Updike …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69081

Dietician offers natural ways to boost immunity

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… by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Right now the world is in the middle of a health crisis. A novel virus—one that has not been identified in … and Drug Administration, which means there’s no guarantee what’s listed on the bottle is actually included in its …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59065

Business students clinch victories at sales competition

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… on WMU business students Gabe Pelak, left. and Trevor Bageris, right KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University … role-play competition. " On short notice, the team took what they learn every day in WMU's sales and business … "It felt great to win. It’s just more affirmation that what we're being taught through the WMU sales and business …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56440

Career Pathways

Haworth College of Business

… Career Pathways This list of career pathways at the Haworth College of … these fields.  FOCUS™2 This assessment tool helps you find what occupations align with your personal interests, work … The catalog includes a breakdown by program to help find what is most unique to your path. Learn more Handshake …

https://wmich.edu/business/career/career-pathways

Faculty experts give free science talks to boost research awareness

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… physical movement stimulates the nervous system, does exercise make you smarter? Will studying the mathematical … of tic-tac-toe give you a better chance of winning? Why and what cause explosions in space? These and other scientific … butterflies and clean water. "We just like talking about what we do, and all of our speakers are specialists in their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55183

Western students partnering with MDOT on pioneering bridge project

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… Dr. Upul Attanayake, Abul Mazumder and Harsha Amunugama visit the bridge construction site in Detroit. DETROIT—The … how closely these assumptions represent the reality and what the real condition is at the end of construction. Then … the magnitude of load that they can put on the bridge and what kind of maintenance they need to do based on the sensor …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66486

New education program awards credit for students' prior learning

College of Education and Human Development

… and experiences for various programs within CEHD. This is a great opportunity for nontraditional students to … prior learning assessment, students must demonstrate that what they have already known or been able to do is equivalent to what they would have learned in an equivalent academic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66459

Food marketing students clinch second place at national university case competition

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… Paciorek of Grand Rapids and Erin Richter of Gurney, Illinois, took second place at the 2021 National Grocers … to share about growing up with local products and what they meant to us. We knew if we let our personal … stories came through," Samples says. "That is part of what sets Western’s program apart—students and educators …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63778

Loving Strangers

Study of Ethics in Society

… prevailing approach in moral theory treats good samaritanism and attendant concepts such as supererogation as issues within duty-based ethics. A samaritan is someone who “goes above and beyond” what a duty of beneficence requires to aid a stranger. This

https://wmich.edu/events/74484