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Why I give: Bill Thompson
W Magazine
… of Bronco football practice with head coach Tim Lester at Waldo Stadium. Staunch. Ardent. Fierce. Any of these words … accomplishments." Thompson has fond memories of attending Waldo Stadium to watch the freshman football team on … accounting from what's now the Haworth College of Business. After graduation, he worked for Ernst & Ernst CPA firm …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68998
New Broncos Lead Internship Program will benefit students, Kalamazoo community
News
… to do with a college student with a brilliant idea who wanted to try it out," adds Michael Evans , executive … 4.5 times more likely to have a job related to their degree after graduation and twice as likely to feel prepared for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71129
WMU student studies the effectiveness of corporate pizza parties using Reddit memes
College of Education and Human Development
… increase employee retention, but are they effective? This was the question Vanessa Hills , a Western Michigan … have an organizational pizza party," says Hills. Codebook After the merger of several codes, five codes were used: … with academic departments. The institute provides support services for international students, including counseling …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73148
Artificial Intelligence in Business is latest course offered at WMU Haworth
Haworth College of Business
… professor of computer information systems. “A systematic way of learning from WMU Haworth faculty who have research … this year, Chen and a group of engineering faculty were awarded a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to study … an applicant’s opportunity for interview,” says Chen. “After learning the detection technique, students will be …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74228
Sky Broncos finish fourth in national collegiate championship
News
… place as the top-scoring contestant at the competition, and was second place as the event's overall top pilot. He is a … team advanced to the national championship competition after winning NIFA's Region III competition in Ohio during … Western Michigan Christian High School in 2009. Batchelder was part of the 11th place navigation team and placed 13th …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/581
WMU Sky Broncos takes top spot at regionals, advances to national competition
News
… and exceeded our expectations. It has been a ton of fun watching this group go from almost zero experience to … of classes, flight training, jobs and other commitments. After spending so much time together practicing, it was very rewarding to see how many of them placed well in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73192
Alumni classnotes, fall 2023
W Magazine
… WMU Foundation, were recipients of the Michigan Women Forward’s 2023 Women of Courage and Achievement Award. Thomas Tytar , BS ‘71, MA ‘76, of Grand Rapids, … corporate office. Barry Z. Roberts , BS ‘84, retired after working for 34 years at the Warren (Michigan) …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73618
From grading to wading, student finds success shifting academic focus to follow passion
News
… From grading to wading, student finds success shifting academic focus to follow passion Submitted by Erin Flynn on Adam Austin wades through a wetland while conducting field research. … her wetland research. With G.I. Bill funds still available after finishing up his English degree and earning a second …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/60045
A winning combination: Natalie Samdal masters finance and golf
Haworth College of Business
… Natalie Samdal masters finance and golf Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Natalie Samdal is a graduate student in the … to pursue both goals. “As a student-athlete, I’m not always able to control when I will be out of class,” says … role as a finance intern. Using her golf connections after moving to Kalamazoo from Grand Rapids to find …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70503
Bronco Marching Band: An instrumental part of Western history
W Magazine
… on Bronco Marching Band members charge onto the field at Waldo Stadium. As her parents revealed long ago, Bronco … members in the 1980s. “That's the big joke … because dad was in finance and my mom was a communications major. So, … as drum major. James and Carrie Hill met on the band’s bus after performing at an away game. "The rest, as they say, is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68141