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WMU students encouraged to seek campus sustainability grant funding

Sustainability

… Grant competition, which supports student research, projects and initiatives that have the potential to advance … cycle are due on Thursday, Nov. 18, by 11:59 p.m. Awards will be announced by mid-December 2021. Collaborators … and the Western Herald: ▪ Automated hydroponics in Finch Greenhouse ▪ Aerated composting at the Gibbs House …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/10/65899

Sweet success: Food marketing student cooks up skills to help business thrive

W Magazine

… to help business thrive Submitted by Erin Flynn on Layla Wallace, a sophomore food marketing major, serves up … the moments before she hits her stride, accelerating toward takeoff, Bronco long jumper Layla Wallace gets in the … Layla’s Cool Pops was born from a fourth grade economics project in 2015. Students were challenged to create …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/layla-wallace-food-marketing-student-leads-kalamazoo-business

Powerful piece wins WMU dance student prestigious choreography award

News

… piece wins WMU dance student prestigious choreography award Submitted by Erin Flynn on Midea KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A prestigious award could help a Western Michigan University dance student … Parkinson's disease is also the inspiration for her next project. Senior Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates choreograph …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/56188

Senior engineering students showcase projects at design conference

News

… Senior engineering students showcase projects at design conference Submitted by Deanne Puca on … on Senior Engineering and Design features 96 capstone projects by 290 seniors from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the College … with YWCA teachers, staff and volunteers, equipment was built for the new children's play and garden area. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52842

Work experiences shape student's future in public policy

News

… future in public policy Submitted by Erin Flynn on Li Cheng WASHINGTON, D.C.—Graduates thrive in their fields because of … applied what they were learning in the classroom. Li Cheng was already working at the American Academy of Child & … on campus. She worked on a federally-funded research project during a doctoral research associateship in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53043

WMU establishes interdisciplinary energy center with grant from U.S. Department of Energy

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… the center is initially focused on grid integration of renewable energy, cybersecurity of the smart grid and … of Arts and Sciences. The team is working together toward the collective goal of advancing energy technology to … are integral to the Western experience.” Involved in the project are Gomez from the Department of Electrical and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/07/72154

Educator honored with Emerging Scholar Award for impactful research

News

… Educator honored with Emerging Scholar Award for impactful research Submitted by Deanne Puca on … Macfarlane will receive the Emerging Scholar Award during the Fall Awards Celebration on  Friday, Oct. 11 … Canadian court cases concerning the impacts of hydropower projects on Indigenous communities. Macfarlane has published …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/daniel-macfarlane-honored-2024-emerging-scholar-award

WMU trustees approve naming BTR road for the late Robert Jones

News

… Board of Trustees unanimously approved naming a new roadway in phase two of the Business Technology and Research … of the late community leader Robert B. Jones . Robert Jones Way will be the name of the loop road scheduled to be … was the mayor of Kalamazoo and a strong advocate for the project, which ultimately led to the generation of more than …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44980

Yukiko Murakami, 50 years later - Tragic loss of Japanese alumna continues to give life to WMU’s strongest exchange program

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… abroad—39 WMU students and 50 Keio students have received awards since the scholarship's inception. The service took … at the site of a memorial plaque in Murakami's honor that was installed Aug. 17, 2004, near Wood Hall, and was … $140,000 grant from the Japan Foundation's Institutional Project Support Program was recently received by WMU, which …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2013/11/yukiko-murakami-memorial-50

Center for Fostering Success announces new partner, transition plans

News

… the organizational structure under which the University's award-winning Seita Scholars Program and a statewide college … The decision to recast the organizational structure was triggered by several factors, according to WMU's Dr. … professionals and key stakeholders. WMU's Karie Ward , project coordinator for the statewide network, will step up …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/47347