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‘An exciting time’: WMU to build new residence hall for first-year students

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… ‘An exciting time’: WMU to build new residence hall for first-year students … residence hall complex, together known as Valley 3, was built in 1965. Valley 3 is located just behind the … on living options for upper-level and graduate students near the new student center and dining facility. To ensure …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74307

First of community input sessions for East Hall renovation set

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… on KALAMAZOO— Two public sessions , planned to provide members of the campus and extended communities the … the Little Theatre and across Oakland Drive and adjacent to Walwood Hall in WMU Parking Lot No. 1. Preliminary design … historic conservation facility that WMU has just built near the corner of Oakland Drive and Howard Street. That …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/9035

WMU to confer nearly 1,900 degrees during fall commencement

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… WMU to confer nearly 1,900 degrees during fall commencement Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on President … three fall ceremonies last about two hours and are geared toward students who are graduating from a particular set of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11936

WMU new economic development park honored for cleanup, sustainable use of land

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… WMU new economic development park honored for cleanup, sustainable use of land … between Parkview Avenue and Stadium Drive and is the northward expansion of Western's original business park that is located nearby in the Parkview Avenue Campus. KALAMAZOO, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67442

WMU students moved to retirement home as part of intergenerational study

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… WMU students moved to retirement home as part of intergenerational study Submitted by … dorm—single rooms, common areas for socializing and a dining center under one roof.  But, in this case, the … or visitor in assisted-living and nursing homes.  “But this was very unique,” she says. “I wasn’t volunteering and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46636

New drone program takes aviation offerings to new heights

W Magazine

… takes aviation offerings to new heights Submitted by Megan Looker on David Kemp, left, works with Jake Atkins, an … College of Aviation. From delivering goods and surveying disaster zones to mapping critical infrastructure and … with the very basic things, such as manual flying all the way to autonomy. Then we might roll some computer science …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/new-drone-program-takes-aviation-offerings-new-heights

Student, actor, advocate: Margaux Wellman takes leading role in breaking down barriers for people with disabilities

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… Student, actor, advocate: Margaux Wellman takes leading role in breaking down barriers for people with … is excited to play Puck in Western's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Puck is a chaotic force … that I have cerebral palsy, and the first person they see walk on stage is me—whoa! What does that do?" Wellman says. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64331

Local brewery next up in entrepreneurship speaker series

Haworth College of Business

… were making for themselves, Grantier and Davis decided it was time to open a brewery of their own. Grantier and Davis, who … The brewing company, located in Springfield, Michigan, near Battle Creek, offers the German-style lagers and ales …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43377

Educational leadership alum wins grant from the Dominican Republic to analyze cultural identity in visual arts

College of Education and Human Development

… arts Submitted by Chris Hybels on Dr. Julia Virginia Pimentel Jiménez KALAMAZOO, Mich.—For many visual artists, … Science and Technology's  Fund for the Incentive of Scientific and Technological Research  (FONDOCyT). Her project was one of the winning research proposals selected by the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74388

Geosciences researcher elected 2016 AAAS Fellows

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… a professor of geosciences at Western Michigan University, was recently elected a Fellow of the American Association … who received the honor for 2016 "because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance … A nonprofit organization open to all, AAAS includes nearly 250 affiliated societies and academies of science and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37476