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Funding awards help small businesses hire summer interns

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… relevant to students," says Lisa Garcia , director of WMU's Business Connection, an office dedicated to … funding for up to two interns from either one or two MCRN schools. However, the maximum award for a company is $3,500 from each school providing an intern. Garcia says WMU has $35,000 to …

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

WMU student team wins national Wege sustainability prize

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… Ramon Roberts-Perazza, Josh Shultz. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A team of five Western Michigan University students has won the … Prize, besting teams from around the nation in the eyes of an international panel of judges whose task was to assess … Valley State University (four teams), Kendall School of Art and Design, Hope College, University of

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22739

WMU Signature awarded for outstanding innovation

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… co-curricular designation on their diplomas signifying one of nine pathways they can choose to focus on: civic … stand out when they're applying for jobs or graduate school," Heiser says. "Getting engaged on campus helps to … it's at a level that they can talk about it at a graduate school or job interview," Heiser says. "Leadership, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56585

WMU’s MBA program celebrates 50 years in Grand Rapids

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… community, as well as faculty, staff, students and alumni of Western Michigan University's Master of Business … were held in the Lear Siegler plant and Godwin Heights High School. Once WMU invested in a regional site in Grand … AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business—since 1970 for its undergraduate …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18266

Dr. Jennifer Machiorlatti Receives Gender Scholar Award

School of Communication

… Receives Gender Scholar Award Dr. Jennifer Machiorlatti, professor of communication in the School of Communication at Western Michigan University, is …

https://wmich.edu/communication/gender-scholar-award

CAMP, family science alum prepares for career in bilingual childcare with El Concilio

College of Education and Human Development

… on Joana Zuniga KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Joana Zuniga , a graduate of Western Michigan University's child and family … of her role, Zuniga will be assisting in their bilingual preschool developing the academic, emotional and social skills … in the region with events, programming and through their preschool, Escuelita Nuevo Horizonte. However, Zuniga's first …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2024/08/family-science-camp-alum-internship-kalamazoo-elconcilio-preschool

Alfred K. Ho obituary

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Ho Dr. Alfred K. Ho , professor emeritus of economics at Western Michigan University, died Jan. 26 in … courses and taught Chinese at the U.S. Army Language School in Monterey until 1957. He went on to teach economics …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15847

Talk on Leopold's land ethic to launch ethics center's spring season

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… Leopold's land ethic environmental philosophy will kick off the Western Michigan University Center for the Study of Ethics in Society's spring season. Andy Sanford , a WMU … master's in philosophy at WMU in 2013. Before returning to school in 2008, he served in the U.S. Army during the early …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12811

A crucial assist: HR majors gain business experience and captain WMU women’s basketball

Business Magazine

… and captain WMU women’s basketball Being the best version of yourself. It’s challenging and exciting. It offers the opportunity for you to grow, finding an … find as you are considering your options at different schools. The academic reputation of the Haworth College of

https://wmich.edu/businessmagazine/crucial-assist2025

Trustees adopt 2020-21 budget reflecting better-than-projected shortfall, enrollment

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees passed a balanced 2020-21 general fund budget … better than projected in May. Enrollment proved to be one of the better-than-expected elements in this year's budget … to prevail against the pandemic-generated headwinds of high school graduates taking gap years, limitations on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61258