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WMU honors alumnus, Medal of Honor recipient at Bronco football game

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… Paula M. Davis on President Donald Trump drapes McCloughan with the Medal of Honor at the White House July 31, 2017 … ordered him aboard, McCloughan refused. "He said, 'You're going to need me here.' As Jim now says, 'I would … hard to describe, McCloughan told a television reporter. "I can tell you, I was amongst a lot of heroes in that 48 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43734

Focused on physics, engineering research, doctoral student embraces his passion for service

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… meals to area college students, completely free of charge. You just show up with your student ID and you get a free meal," says doctoral … in physics in 2018. Along with his cohort of 54 other Americans, Messecar first spent more than nine weeks learning …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/11/66266

Researchers at WMU seek solutions that could allow machine-driven systems to self-heal

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… on Dr. Sandun Kuruppu KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Imagine that your car or a manufacturing robot on a production line encounters an unexpected system failure and can resolve the issue itself—or better yet, your car or the … associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. With funding from the grant, the team   is developing …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/08/nsf-grant-wmu-electromechanical-energy-conversion-systems

WMU professor's research paves the way to improving pedestrian safety nationwide

W Magazine

… law when children were walking to and from school, along with an education campaign that highlighted the current … end of the speeding. That's what it takes to make a change. You've got to get people to believe first, because if they … to do: help people. And on the biggest possible scale I can." …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57296

‘An exciting time’ for Western students to return, live on campus for 2022-23 academic year

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… 25 . "We are excited to see so many students coming to live with us for the first time or, in many cases, living with us … the more support and services Housing and Residence Life can provide to our students to help with their transitions … toward success, such as “finding a friend group they can count on, meeting at least one of their instructors, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68816

Interest in political science brought Myanmar scholar to WMU

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Thein (left) visitng Chicago with a fellow Fulbright scholar. KALAMAZOO—Dramatic efforts … and how other countries manage their affairs at the American Center in the Embassy of the United States in Yangon. In … international students. "I enjoy living at Spindler because you can access the Internet there 24 hours a day and it is a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7139

Learning to lead from inside

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… says the program allows students to learn from and network with people who've been employed in the industry for several years. "You get to work on real business scenarios with people who … he will work on the organizational development team. "I can say with certainty the Organizational Change Leadership …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53033

WMU engineers design novel methods that could accelerate virus vaccine development

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… how they drew from nearly a decade of experience launched with a National Science Foundation grant to study … study, researchers grew crystals whose material properties can be varied predictably depending on how atoms exchanged … The amount of this “disorder” in the material, they found, can be structurally tailored with a high degree of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/60015

Anthropology professor emeritus receives State History Award for Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project

College of Arts and Sciences

… of doing just that for decades through his involvement with the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project in southwest … cultures of colonial French newcomers and the Native Americans who occupied the area for centuries before settlers … puzzle with no box to look at. It’s infinitely challenging, you never know what you’re going to find and it satisfies …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70260

Triple major undergraduate takes on the world

College of Arts and Sciences

… Kostbade’s passion and dedication has been rewarded with a highly acclaimed Boren Awards scholarship for the African Flagship Language Initiative program. “I wasn’t certain … decided she didn’t need to: Why abandon one facet of your passions, when you could embrace all three?  Now a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/07/72069