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Diversity celebrated at Kalamazoo Pride
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… Diversity celebrated at Kalamazoo Pride Submitted by … organizations and businesses will have information booths set out. Food vendors include FUEL, Hickory Pit, Taco Bob's, … funds we raised at Kalamazoo Pride 2011, the organization was able to establish an equality-friendly business …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/633
WMU makes deep cuts in tuition for future nonresident undergrads
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… to cap nonresident tuition for future undergraduates in a way that will dramatically reduce the tuition bills for … rates for newly admitted nonresident students will be set at 1.25 times the rate that Michigan residents pay. That … finance. "Over time, this practice has caused an enormous disparity in the dollar amount increases for nonresident …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37694
WMU Board of Trustees to meet in formal session Thursday, Sept. 26
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… Mich.—Western Michigan University’s Board of Trustees is set to convene at noon on Thursday, Sept. 26 , in the WMU Student Center ballroom to consider several items, including WMU’s five-year capital outlay building project priority list, the University’s external audit …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/wmu-board-trustees-meet-formal-session-thursday-sept-26
WMU engineers take steel bridge, concrete canoe to competition
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… they will vie against schools from two states to earn best design honors. WMU engineering students participate each … of Steel Construction. The competition involves building a 1:10-scale bridge that is evaluated on lightness, … to show off its final product. "Our program has come a long way over the last few years," he says. “I'm excited for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31422
WMU's ROTC leadership program to be focus at breakfast series
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… titled "Leadership in Action: WMU Army ROTC—Building Our Nation's Future Leaders" at 8 a.m. Friday, … as professor of military science and leadership in 2012. He was commissioned in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers upon … U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District and design engineer, 555th EN BDE on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30988
Global firm to open North American headquarters at BTR Park
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… for North America May 1 in the BTR Park's Weidenhammer Building. The company specializes in high-quality aluminum die … industries. Major customers include Ericsson, Eaton, Borg Warner and Brose. Directing the new Kalamazoo office is Jeff … to bring client engineering teams into the development and design process for products FAiST will ultimately produce. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23569
Lemmer named John O. Hallquist Endowed Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… Sciences. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Kristina M. Lemmer , a leading researcher in plasma and electric propulsion for … Aerospace Engineering at Western Michigan University. The award recognizes her exceptional professional distinction, … for WALI, Lemmer guides students through the satellite design, build, test, launch and operations. Lemmer earned …
https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2026/06/kristina-lemmer-hallquist-endowed-professor
Sales students gain real-world experience through innovative business partnership
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… more than two years, Amin has partnered with an industry-leading plastics supplier Total Plastics, International (TPI) … with selling to a customer. In fall 2024, this product was a type of window for Amtrak trains. Students spent the … who have made the experience so rewarding." "What sets this class apart from others that I have taken is the …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/01/sales-students-gain-experience-pitching-total-plastics-international
Big changes unfold at WMU Pilot Plants
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… project "represents the best of WMU," says WMU President Edward Montgomery . "It is research that impacts the world and … Montgomery, staff and paper industry representatives dedicate new paper manufacturing and testing equipment. Dating … the newer machine has been upgraded with many pieces of modern technology to help with trial efficiency and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52982
Honors college home earns LEED silver certification as 'green' building
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… Western Michigan University's Lee Honors College has been awarded LEED silver certification by the U.S. Green Building … Council. LEED—Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design—is the national benchmark for the design, … the design, construction and operations of our building assets," says Peter J. Strazdas, WMU associate vice president …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18608