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Art and science project highlights importance of not blowing off STEAM

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… Art and science project highlights importance of not blowing off STEAM Submitted by Erin Flynn on A view … composition from data collected. KALAMAZOO, Mich—Whether art imitates life or life imitates art is a question … so closely, in the sense that both the chemists and artists are involved throughout the entire process" says Dr. Andre …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54132

College of Arts and Sciences faculty earn coveted rotations with federal programs

College of Arts and Sciences

… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—College of Arts and Sciences faculty are thought leaders their fields, and the nation's top organizations are taking … funding research projects but in updating solicitations on what areas the NSF would like to see future research …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68126

Gov. Whitmer appoints Jon Hoadley to WMU Board of Trustees

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… Gov. Whitmer appoints Jon Hoadley to WMU Board of Trustees Submitted by Megan Looker on Jon Hoadley was appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to fill the vacant seat on the WMU Board of Trustees through Dec. … He is engaged in a number of nonprofits such as CARES HIV/AIDS Service Organization, Mothers of Hope, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67181

Aspiring aviator’s dreams take flight at WMU’s College of Aviation through Make-A-Wish

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… by Erin Flynn on Vail Fear was all smiles on his visit to the College of Aviation. Vail Fear mans the controls in a … 737 MAX into a barrel roll on his approach to Chicago O’Hare International Airport. It was only a simulator, but from … for granted because we’re surrounded by it every day, but what we have here and what we get to do is amazing,” said …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/05/college-aviation-make-wish-flight-simulator-vail-fear

Rinvelt, Bolger will lead WMU Board of Trustees in 2017

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… have been elected chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees. The two … privately funded organization of its kind in the United States. He also is a member of the Michigan Venture Capital … in June 2014, is a WMU alumnus who retired after a 26-year career with the Michigan State Police. After retiring, he …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37698

Class of 2020 to visit WMU for Bronco BUDS program

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… by Deanne Puca on Previous Bronco Buds participants gather in front of the Bernhard Center. KALAMAZOO—Kalamazoo … is to make sure all of the district's sixth-graders are transported to WMU for a day to engage in hands-on … of Diversity and Inclusion, at  @email or (269) 387-6325. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/13860

School of Music well-represented among DownBeat award winners

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… School of Music well-represented among DownBeat award winners … again earned numerous DownBeat awards. KALAMAZOO—For the second year in a row, music students from Western … by WMU alumnus Gene Knific, Knific's son. The results are listed in DownBeat's June issue. This year's WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7450

Prominent psychologist to deliver lecture in honor of James Croteau

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… scholar who will touch on issues facing people of color who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and … among LGBTQ People of Color," is free and open to the public. Greene Greene specializes in the role of … and counseling psychology, died in September 2016 at age 59. He had been a member of the WMU faculty since 1990 and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39158

Longtime WMUK volunteer wins Community Medal of Arts award

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… Longtime WMUK volunteer wins Community Medal of Arts award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A longtime WMUK volunteer and co-host of the acoustic music show "Grassroots" is being honored with a … for both diehard bluegrass fans and casual listeners who are drawn by the show's catchy "pickin'-and-grinnin' " style …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17248

World hunger relief nonprofit is subject of next Entrepreneurship Forum

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… Stacey Lowis on Braksick KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Norm Braksick , the retired executive director of Foods Resource Bank , an … entrepreneurship at 8 a.m. Friday, Nov. 14 , in Room 2150 of Schneider Hall. The event is free and open to the … public and begins with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Reservations are required and can be made by calling (269) 387-6059 or at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19610