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Music grad found voice at Western

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… by Erin Flynn on Marcell Pierre Whitfield celebrates with family after commencement on Saturday, June 24. … he remembers, Marcell Pierre Whitfield has been enthralled with music. "My mother and my grandmother would tell … from Western Michigan University on Saturday, June 24 , with a bachelor's degree in vocal music performance, he sees …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/72011

Why I Give: The Elshafeis

W Magazine

… by Erin Flynn on Touline (Lulu) and Ramsey Elshafei with their son, Taner. CHICAGO—The adage “a picture is worth … adds. “We visited campus a few times, and I fell in love with its feel, the perfect Goldilocks size and the Bronco … exciting and natural fit for me,” he says.  Like Lulu, he juggled the responsibilities of a job along with his studies. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75870

Ethical labor, sustainable supply chain among topics tackled in second Bronco Challenge

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… Cloe Fetterolf, Victoria Loikits and Will Roosien stand with Drs. Timothy Palmer and Neil Drobny after winning first … The yearlong challenge culminated on Wednesday, April 17 , with four teams competing for thousands of dollars in … opened my aperture recently and inspired me to think bigger. This challenge was my first opportunity to do that in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/05/75531

Hands-on experiences put engineering grad in driver's seat for career opportunities

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… Submitted by Erin Flynn on Noah Gould, who is graduating with a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering … engineering technology program, his revved up resume packed with multiple internships and hands-on experience through … fueled an interest in amping up the Formula arsenal with an electric vehicle (EV). After spending several years …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75861

Western offers new course on the intersection of artificial intelligence and writing

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… This innovative offering, developed in collaboration with WMUx , provides students the chance to delve into the … generates text. This course is really a new take, with evolving technology, on a very old interaction: … will engage in targeted learning activities, experiment with different strategies and design AI-focused projects. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71959

Graduate students win leading geology awards

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… this year by the U.S. Geological Survey in collaboration with the GSA, GSA Foundation, Association of American State … of Professional Geologists, and Journal of Maps. Peggy McNeal , a doctoral student from San Diego in the … landforms. She then spent a year integrating her field data with digital topographic information and satellite imagery …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43875

Visiting artists series celebrates international diversity

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… Jan. 31, event on "Contemporary Artistic Practices Within Political and Social Realities of Oaxaca," planned by … and works in Oaxaca, Mexico, will be on campus working with students in the Frostic School of Art. León will … has received several prestigious awards, including the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Robert Helps Prize …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4297

WMU researchers creating national database of religious response to COVID-19

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… A priest delivers Easter Sunday mass via livestream with photos of parishioners in pews in South Orange, New … religion, who is leading the project alongside Dr. Diane Riggs , a faculty specialist. "(Teaching) modules will serve … our health care." A team of graduate students is working with the faculty to cast a wide net in culling material. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/60002

Landscape Services plants seeds of stewardship, innovation on WMU campus

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… in the balance in Finch Greenhouse. "Normally we'd come in with a group of people and once those seedlings come up, we … the project, eventually filling two large greenhouse rooms with transplanted seedlings. "He did it all. He transplanted … staff inside Finch Greenhouse. "It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say there were 10,000 baby plants generated …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60122

Western's own rocket man turns sci-fi dreams into reality

W Magazine

… I get to really embody my interests every day, coming up with unique solutions to very difficult problems.” Neff is … was pretty much nonexistent until I started working with (her),” says Neff. “Working with Dr. Lemmer and interning at NASA’s Glenn Research …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74822