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Connections optimize goals and skills
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… Connections optimize goals and skills Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Aya Zahreddine (left) is president of the Society of Women Engineers and "definitely wants to always be involved with SWE both at Western and on … lab, where she is now integrating risk mapping, drones and machine learning to enhance disaster response strategies, an …
https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/03/connecting-goals-skills-zahreddin
Level up: WMU’s new esports lab signals commitment to career preparation in growing industry
College of Education and Human Development
… of University Recreation. "We have a big vision of where we want to see the esports program go from an educational … complete in the lab so they have experience with the hardware and software used by industry professionals," said Dr. … third floor of the Student Recreation Center has 10 gaming machines, a Xbox Series X, a Nintendo Switch and will show …
https://wmich.edu/education/news/2025/08/new-esports-lab-education-gaming-recreation-center-students
In Memoriam, fall 2023
W Magazine
… on The following are Western alumni and emeriti who passed away and were reported during fall 2023. Alumni Jack Leonard … May (French) Jennings , BM ‘51, June 23, 2023, Whitewater, WI Guelda Ann (Glynn) Weinert , BS ‘51, June 9, 2023, … Christine (Kraft) Mateer , BA ‘58, May 21, 2023, Kirkland, WA Charles J. Weier Jr. , BBA ’58, June 8, 2023, Bradenton, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73616
Students green up their behaviors with the Sustainable Business Broncos Challenge
Haworth College of Business
… campus, Maddy Sencaj from Granger, Indiana, found she was able to cultivate a great user experience for her fellow … with practical application.” Victor Tabuni , from Papua, Indonesia, worked on the class-wide competition that … “I collaborated with the app developers to ensure rewards and identify suitable options to attract students to …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/04/getgreen-app-project
Electric scooter company to zoom into business college for first entrepreneurship forum
Haworth College of Business
… in 2008 and quickly realized that the electric scooters he was selling in the Seattle store were not meeting his … many companies looking to purchase dozens of scooters for rental use. About the Entrepreneurship Forum The …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26239
Fine arts staff using skills for pandemic-fighting mask production
News
… me just to give to people who need one," says MacKenzie. "I was asked to make some for a few postal workers, too." This … myself, our associate professor of costume design, Kathyrn Wagner, and a handful of students make many of the costumes … Making masks gave him a chance to dust off a sewing machine that was gifted to him years ago and try his hand at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58953
New ‘RedBird’ motion simulator takes flight at Tech Lab
University Libraries
… Redbird FMX motion flight simulator is now available in Waldo Library . The College of Aviation gifted the … Libraries the Redbird to install in the Tech Lab on Waldo Library’s lower level. Western student Braedon Gatz … simulator. This simulator is a full-motion, multiengine machine designed to be an advanced aviation training device …
https://wmich.edu/library/news/2025/02/impact-report-redbird
WMU students encouraged to seek campus sustainability grant funding
Sustainability
… cycle are due on Thursday, Nov. 18, by 11:59 p.m. Awards will be announced by mid-December 2021. Collaborators expect to award up to $32,500 this fall semester. Funding is awarded … Permaculture Research & Demonstration Site ▪ Bronco Bikes rental fleet expansion (delayed due to supply chain …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/10/65899
WMU among recipients of nearly $1M NSF grant to boost women in STEM fields
News
… fields Submitted by Erin Flynn on An engineer works on a machine in an engineering workshop. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western … in collaboration with three other research institutions, was awarded a three-year, $996,000 ADVANCE grant from the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54945
WMU Ethics Center announces lecture series for spring 2023
Study of Ethics in Society
… in Room 208 at the Bernhard Center. This lecture by Dr. Wa’ed Alshoubaki will discuss the ethical issues that might … Grasslands, Garbage Islands and Plastic Trees: Working Toward a Future Ecology Next up is “ Grasslands, Garbage Islands and Plastic Trees: Working Toward a Future Ecology,” with Alec Koppers , a second-year …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70568