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Executive director of local nonprofit to present at first Mercantile Bank of Michigan Speaker Series

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… management and leadership development as well as extensive for-profit business experience. He was selected by the Grand … Rapids Business Journal as a "40 under 40" business leader for making a significant impact in West Michigan. about the … Michigan Breakfast Speaker Series provides an opportunity for the local community to hear top business leaders and WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/54715

WMU Study Abroad offers 12 new faculty-led programs

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Study Abroad staff to  increasing educational opportunities for students and the staff's willingness to complete the … Penyak , director of Study Abroad in the Haenicke Institute for Global Education . Short-term, faculty-led study abroad … and board, and transportation. Scholarships are available for short-term study abroad programs through Study Abroad, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/50400

Funding awards help small businesses hire summer interns

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… engineering, interned at Tekna in 2017. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—For the seventh consecutive year, small businesses in West Michigan can apply for matching funds to help them hire Western Michigan … —STEM—disciplines. Businesses interested in hiring interns for this summer through the Small Company Internship Award …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45200

Nights at the museum: history student helps design Smithsonian sleepover program

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… several museums he's helping create sleepover programming for during a summer internship. WASHINGTON, D.C.—A history … the magic of the Smithsonian museums to life at night for kids from all over the world. "It's kind of a childhood … the Smithsonian Associates, helping to craft programming for sleepovers at the National Museum of Natural History and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54122

Sensory Friendly Performance

Theatre

… Sensory Friendly Performance Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher: saturday, march 11, 1p.m. WMU Theatre is proud to present for the first time an exclusive showing of Jeremy Thatcher, … imagination.  The story follows Jeremy Thatcher, who is struggling to survive bullies, crushes, and sixth grade art …

https://wmich.edu/theatre/sensoryfriendly

Campus wayfinding effort leads to new street names, building addresses

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… Campus wayfinding effort leads to new street names, building addresses Submitted … exterior signage and gateways, and new building addresses for many facilities on campus. Phase I implementation of the … street name changes and the need to have physical addresses for all buildings have led to a long list of address …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/41890

A full 91 percent of WMU grads find success within three months

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… verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—New postgraduate success data for Western Michigan University graduates shows 91 percent … three months of their graduation. The future is bright for WMU graduates. The 2016-17 version of WMU's annual … captures the fact the WMU graduates are well-prepared for future success and are in great demand by employers …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44397

WMUK schedules on-air spring membership drive

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… Awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters for local program work that was supported in part by station … service to southwest Michigan and northern Indiana for more than 65 years. Part of the station's legacy … service in 1971. Learn more about WMUK or make a donation. For more WMU news, arts and events , visit WMU News online. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45779

20 incoming students win $60,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… the names of their scholarships' donors or the individuals for whom the scholarships were established. These students were selected after competing for the awards in the 34th annual Medallion Scholarship … of the National Honor Society, Lutz has training in stage rigging, advanced sound design and stage combat and earned …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41400

Graphic design student learns art of networking at WMU

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… and Chicago, even worldwide … that was a really big pull for me to come to Western," says Strait, who was also … Scholarship —WMU's highest merit-based scholarship for undergraduates. "Choosing Western Michigan University … my life," she says. "The Frostic School of Art prepared me for a career in the real world of design and gave me …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57683