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Kalamazoo couple supports product design program with $3 million gift

News

… rapid prototyping, 3D printing, and woodworking and metalworking. Architectural work is already underway and the goal is to begin construction in spring 2017 and … is a well-known Kalamazoo area artist. His medium is scrap metal, found objects and wood gathered from unlikely …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36937

Celebrating the Power of Reading: Sculpting in Nigeria

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… on the technical skills and safety practices of his unique metal fabrication techniques. This is LaVargne’s second Fulbright award to make art in Nigeria. With his first award in 2012, LaVergne designed and built a 14-foot …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2016/06/lavergne-sculpture-nigeria

Free at-home COVID-19 test kits distributed throughout campus

Sindecuse Health Center

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69214

Recognizing a nearly 30-year, distinguished partnership

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… of Toyota—in a partnership that is advancing the science of metal casting. And the importance of metal casting cannot be … and global researcher. In 1992, Ramrattan met Richard Stewart , then president of Michigan-based Roberts Sinto. This … he began annual visits to Sinto’s headquarters in Toyokawa, Japan. “The primary goal of our collaboration is to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/73461

Global community of medieval scholars converges on WMU for annual international congress

News

… locations , including the WMU Student Center, Sangren Hall, Waldo Library, Kanley Chapel and Gilmore Theatre Complex. … both on campus and online. “We are very much looking forward to continuing the spirit of friendship and … of medieval objects, including pottery, textiles and metal tools, in the lobby of Sangren Hall during the …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/04/annual-international-medieval-congress-2026-preview

Shannon Carpenter Fine Tunes Her Time in Aviation Technical Operations

College of Aviation

… any and all of that at the College of Aviation, she has a warm spot in her tool box for faculty specialist Dr. Gail …  "I liked the pace of them," she says, "and that each step was hands-on.  You had to right your own mistake on the … and you could see the final product of your efforts in metal bending, composites, riveting, and the like." Aviation …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/09/shannon-carpenter

Doctoral student's work recognized at international conference

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… recognized at international conference Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Clifford Mensah KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan … , M.S.’24, received an Outstanding Student Paper Award at the annual Institute of Industrial and Systems … Atlanta. Aidoo-Mensah’s research presents a guide for the metal sand casting industry to move toward economically …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/07/clifford-mensah-best-paper-award

Gaining Altitude with Guadalupe Guzman Ramos – Current WMU Aviation Flight Science Student and Future Professional Pilot

College of Aviation

… in southern Florida harvesting bumper crops of tomatoes and watermelons, an occupation the now-U.S. citizen still … a flight from nearby Fort Myers to Dallas, Texas -- and he was dragged into that 2009 experience almost kicking and … me," he wrote years later in a scholarship application.  "I was very nervous as I boarded the plane with my mother, and …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/03/guzmanramos

A Flying Fish: David Fish takes Tech Ops to Army Air School

College of Aviation

… Ops to Army Air School Submitted by Tom Thinnes on When he was a student at Marshall High School at the dawn of the millennium, there was a pretty good chance that David Fish could not eye a … technology , Fish was trained to make certain that those metal birds could fly almost all the time.  Today, as a test …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/davidfish

Souder Soars: How Aviation Tech Ops has Transformed Tom

College of Aviation

… hand to those who come after you. Souder admits that it wasn't easy for the Stillwater, Minn., native to add his name to the roster of … and "a better mechanic," whether the skill was sheet-metal bending, riveting, or interpreting maintenance …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/11/souder