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Renowned Evaluation Center at WMU receives $4.9 million NSF grant
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… program. The University's renowned Evaluation Center is tapped by nonprofit organizations, state and federal … evaluation capacity within the ATE program. EvaluATE is currently led by three WMU researchers: principal … EvaluATE is to educate the project leaders about evaluation—why evaluation is needed, how to find and work with an …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/02/51701
Walker Institute to kick off community forums with Michael Moore talk
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… Mich.—Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore will visit Kalamazoo next month to discuss the Flint, Michigan, water crisis; disinvestment in … communities; and how we get to a future that works better for everyone. Moore will present "It Only Hurts when …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31123
WMU engineering student one of nine nationwide invited to competition
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… Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nine finalists were selected for the competition and were challenged … team came in second, with each team member taking home a cash prize. The competition was open to students in the … for and also could help senior drivers by making things bigger or more visible with a hypersensitive interface. The …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31131
Chemistry student awarded NSF graduate research fellowship
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… Chemistry student awarded NSF graduate research fellowship … KALAMAZOO—A Western Michigan University doctoral student is the second in WMU history and the first in chemistry to … dates back to 1952. Since then, the NSF has funded more than 46,500 fellowships out of more than 500,000 applicants. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2409
Trustees OK 2013-14 tuition rates, student-initiated fees
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… will be $10,355—an increase of $373 or 3.75 percent more than the previous year's cost. The increase includes a … price," President John M. Dunn says. "Everything we do is focused on preserving both that academic quality and the … said, "we are able to offer a true measure of where the biggest 'bang for the buck' is to be found in higher …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7608
Researchers at WMU seek solutions that could allow machine-driven systems to self-heal
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… encounters an unexpected system failure and can resolve the issue itself—or better yet, your car or the robot identifies the issue and can resolve it before it even becomes a problem. A …
https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/08/nsf-grant-wmu-electromechanical-energy-conversion-systems
Working to say 'goodbye' to forever chemicals
W Magazine
… forever chemicals Submitted by Erin Flynn on PhD candidate Ethan Coffin holds a novel foam sampler developed at Western … cooking equipment, carpet and leather treatments, water-resistant clothing and cosmetics; per- and polyfluoroalkyl … into the chemical group. Dr. Matt Reeves “The contamination is so pervasive and it’s so difficult to quantify the past, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75868
Director of executive education named for ISM program
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… Director of executive education named for ISM program Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Jones … expert training for industry partners. "Initially, there isn’t any aspect of the program that I will not touch in … education programs offered by universities are nothing more than modified MBA lectures," says Dr. Sime Curkovic, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/8869
Pursuing operational excellence, financial success and a positive culture
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… the iconic 16th hole at the WM Phoenix Open with his wife Jennifer Pierce Tedrow, B.S.E.’97, Jason Tedrow proudly displays his College of Engineering and Applied Sciences … business and support our investors through new projects, bigger events, and a series of successful acquisitions is what …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70807
Interest in political science brought Myanmar scholar to WMU
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… WMU Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thein (left) visitng Chicago with a fellow Fulbright scholar. … believed Burmese Socialism was the only system to study, so why bother studying anything else?" Political protests … and trips to Chicago." Life in the U.S. One of the biggest cultural changes Thein experienced settling into life …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7139