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WMU men's rugby club eyes national championship

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… national title. Powering their way to the Mid-American Conference Sevens Championship with a decisive win over the University of Dayton, the rugby … 'We're going to win this if everyone gives 100%—110 if you can,'" says team captain Manny Bravo , a junior exercise …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53484

New on-campus thrift store supports sustainability, affordability

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… on Maddie Christians, S.H.E. Shed creator, and Brianna McCann, program manager in the Office for Sustainability, show … of Western Michigan University’s Office for Sustainability with arms full of home decor and a huge smile on her face.   … plants, some spoons, a stapler, a notebook, and I got a canvas painting. I used to paint back in my country and …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/08/campus-thrift-store-opens-sustainability-housing-equipment-she-shed

Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in January

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… designed to help international students make connections with other students and to practice conversational English … by Rootead. Join Rootead in bringing this classic African folktale to life through drum, song and dance. Free and … Kalamazoo filmmaker Chuck Bentley tells the story of four young scholars and their two-day adventure in the city of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44290

WMU launches new effort to advance climate commitment

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… by launching a new Carbon Neutrality Committee, charged with researching and developing a long-range plan to reduce … and commitment via a Carbon Neutrality Committee, we can strengthen our contributions to reducing emissions and … carbon footprint in half by the year 2030. Taking such an aggressive approach, however, does not come without costs. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/55956

Public health students reflect on year since Western shifted to distance learning

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… Dr. Robert Bensley and public health students meet with members of the Office of Marketing and Strategic … Control and Prevention advised the risk of the general American public contracting the disease was low. Just a little … got their vaccination," she says. "Every single person, you could see a big smile on their face, even under their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63591

WMU engineering student's prototype design unveiled at Frankfurt Auto Show

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… Auto Show Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Knepley with his prototype KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Western Michigan … automakers are looking for almost anything they can to improve fuel economy. Wheels are a big area of … Ford Performance, a division of Ford Motor Co. "I like that you're always getting to explore something new," he says of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28063

Endowed med school scholarship honoring Dunn will benefit WMU alums

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… on Dunn at the Imagine Gala, where he was presented with a $2.2 million endowed scholarship fund that will … ways that has served me well through the years because when you're from a small town in southern Illinois you learn that … it's about other people, it's about trying any way you can to improve our society and make things better," …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40050

Speaker series celebrates diversity, encourages cross-cultural interaction

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… Real Talk Diversity Series begins Tuesday, Sept. 26, with a look at the life of a transgender American activist, and wraps up in April with a discussion on … accommodations are needed to make the event accessible for you or your guests. Being Seen: Discussion of Janet Mock's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/41863

Two WMU business students among six nationwide to win prestigious scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… a $10,000 award from the foundation and will be paired with established executives and former Richter Scholars who … since her first days at WMU," he says. "Joy shows what can happen when a student steps up to the challenge and … people at WMU and mentors I have had over the years. When you surround yourself with a winning team of peers, mentors, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52257

Embracing machines’ support

W Magazine

… Windewani, a psychology major from Indonesia, is playing with one of the zoomorphic cats from the Social Robotics … patients with brain injuries to study if this interaction can stimulate brain function and activity as well as … and the people around them. “The newness (of technology) can be reinvigorating,” he says. “Can this spur interaction …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71777