Network teams will work to transform the culture of campus and institutional practices through events, monthly gatherings and collaboration with leaders.

When a century plant grows 3.5 inches daily, it's quite the sight to behold! Meet Alice, the Agave americana plant at Western Michigan University, which is preparing to bloom. But with its spike already surpassing the top of the greenhouse, Finch Greenhouse specialist Chris Jackson has to be creative to help Alice reach the end of its life cycle.

Daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 12; classes resume beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, March 13.

Western's Food Marketing and Supply Chain Conference returns to downtown Kalamazoo March 15 and 16, bringing a new format, new sessions in supply chain management and an all-star lineup of speakers with deep knowledge about food and consumer packaged goods.

This is the fifth time in recent history that the University has closed for consecutive days, and the first time since 2019.

Torrey Cookman is finding his footing both in the Western world and at the end of the luge track. The first-year mechanical engineering student just competed in the World Cup series in Europe, setting a record for Team USA.

The state-of-the-art technology is one of only three machines in the United States.

Except for essential services, WMU will close and classes will be canceled starting at 1 p.m. today.

The biometric, touchless entry system is considered more sanitary, secure and convenient.

The Ebony Vision Dance Ensemble has three performances planned for its annual showcase: Friday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Dalton Center.

Six WMU doctoral students in the counseling psychology program received internship matches during the first phase of the highly competitive process.

There are out-of-state students in the WMU College of Aviation, and there are some far-out-of-state enrollees. Like Joshua Yoweni, who, if he goes home, travels to Jayapura, Papua -- Indonesia's largest province on the northern coast of Western New Guinea.  For the geographically challenged, that's on the other side of the planet from Western's Kalamazoo campus. Nobody has a story like Yoweni's regarding how he got to Southwest Michigan from southeast Asia.  It involves a side trip to and a variety of experiences in -- not Japan, Hong Kong,  or even Mexico.  Try Germany!  We'll get to that a little later. 

Dr. Ann Veeck has taught Food Marketing Analytics since its inaugural class in spring 2018. As she prepared for her fall class, she recognized there was a unique opportunity for her current students to learn from alumni and invited many of them back to judge the final presentations.

Western senior Madie Gracey from Ann Arbor, Michigan, is eager to own a business of her own someday and help others along the way. Studying entrepreneurship, she is learning how to grow her community.

Western’s educational and instructional technology program has been ranked as one of the nation’s best online master’s programs in education. Just 6% of regionally accredited postsecondary institutions earned a ranking position.

We caught up with Jason Tedrow, B.S.E.’97, president and CEO of InProduction, the largest provider of temporary seating, staging, structures and scenic production for the U.S. event industry.

Danny Martinez, B.S.’91, oversees one of the largest cotton classing facilities in the United States.

Dr. Shameek Bhattacharjee envisions a time when emergencies and cyber threats in infrastructures such as city transportation systems or electricity service distribution systems are detected and reported to responders almost immediately, resulting in better service and lower costs.

Dr. Bob Tuttle replicates the foundry in the classroom so students get the experience of the workplace.

From roundabouts and bike lanes to the increase in e-scooters and e-bikes to commuter updates going directly to your smartphone, a quiet revolution is occurring across the United States in an effort to craft safer and more mobile cities. At the center of much of this work is WMU’s Dr. Valerian Kwigizile, associate professor of civil and construction engineering and co-director of the Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities.

Former NASA chief scientist and current undersecretary for science and research at the Smithsonian, Dr. Ellen Stofan, says that one of the best-kept secrets is that those working in STEM have all the fun.

Dr. Tianshu Liu, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering is Western Michigan University’s first John O. Hallquist Endowed Professor. 

Climate Emergency Month will feature a variety of programming throughout March designed to engage the campus and local community, from lectures and discussion panels to mediation sessions, vegan cooking classes, sustainable craft workshops and even an electric vehicle show.

As part of a testing project at Boeing, Anne Saad, B.S.'06, attributes her persistence in her work to her time at Western. “My years at WMU taught me to keep to it even if you are struggling. Showing up every day and being persistent has been a theme throughout my career.”

Hundreds of students, faculty and staff gathered together Wednesday for a candlelight vigil in the Bernhard Center in the wake of a violent attack at Michigan State University that left three students dead and five others with critical injuries.

This project replicates and expands on the most comprehensive study of community college trustees to date, the last of which was conducted more than 25 years ago.

Airlines that want their chief pilots to be able to "parlez-vous francais" on their flights to Paris or the Riviera should consider hiring Becca Lowe. In addition to majoring in aviation flight science at the Western Michigan University College of Aviation, she's a French minor who is fluent in the language and in all the wonderful, creative aspects of that nation's culture

Karleigh Pleyer and Mitch Whitcomb have experienced parallel flight plans so far in their lives. 

• They both graduated from high school in 2014.
• They enrolled in the Western Michigan University College of Aviation that fall.
• Until recently, they both worked as certified fight instructors for Superior Aviation Gateway, which is based at the executive airport serving the Tampa, Fla., region.
• Having both finished their training as first officers, the newly appointed FOs will be heading to Republic Airways, a regional carrier headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind.

Like most of Western's aviation majors, Doug Stutzman thought he was initially on a path to work for an airline. The detour happened in his senior year at Western at a college event -- Aviation Outlook Day. In an exchange with an Army recruiter, he was encouraged to explore an opportunity that he had never considered before. To boost his bid for acceptance in the Army's flight-training program for warrant officers, Capt. Dave Powell, dean of the College of Aviation, and former instructor Felix Esquibel penned letters of recommendation.