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New collaborative home for student organizations at Western encourages engagement, boosts belonging

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… in the Bernhard Center and will house dozens of RSOs. "The updated facility offers much needed space and resources, and … as well as podcasting and video production rooms, the design gives RSOs room to interact and engage with each other … favorites," says Baxter. Her hope is to print the winning design on an actual pair of socks for Chris Sligh , director …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72511

Stage set for music theatre students to break into the industry

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… curtain rises on a New York stage Monday, March 2 , a group of Western Michigan University students will be singing … received multiple offers from agents after her showcase and signed with one who'd been following her career at Western … Merlanti, who earned a bachelor's degree in theatre design from the University of Michigan before deciding to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58265

Professor's radio show wins award, additional segments to air

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… the pilot show, Downey and producer Zak Rosen have teamed up to bring monthly installments of shorter segments of "The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7190

NeoVent duo wins innovation prize sponsored by U.S. Patent Office

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… earned five national innovation prizes, is a respiratory support mechanism designed to treat critically ill infants, particularly those … $10,000 Brian Patrick Thomas Award | July 3, 2015 Student-designed neonatal ventilator wins two more prestigious awards …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28697

Internationalize your education in the palm of the mitten

International Student and Scholar Services

… Learn to make Chinese traditional food and to design Chinese accessories, listen to traditional Chinese … the Bernhard Center. Begin the process of discovery; pick up information, and meet study abroad alumni and … the Bernhard Center. Begin the process of discovery; pick up information, and meet study abroad alumni and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28100

WMU grad student's poetry book published, wins big award

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… year of studies at WMU. "I was really surprised because, up until that point, I had been submitting to book contests, … to apply that to the mythos of my family by rewriting significant births (including my own) and deaths," Rocha … "Honestly, I feel my poetry collection was picked up because of the feedback I got back from Bill and Nancy," …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26664

Bronco Marching Band: An instrumental part of Western history

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… love of Broncos and the love of being a part of something bigger than any one individual have conspired to keep the band … 100-season run. At inception, the band was an all-male group with fewer than two dozen members. Over time, it has … Meretta, faculty, at Michigan College of Education, designing a show formation for the Western Marching Band on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68141

Global firm to open North American headquarters at BTR Park

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… Florence. The company is a division of FAiST Industrial Group, a multinational manufacturing firm based in the United … bring client engineering teams into the development and design process for products FAiST will ultimately produce. … of the process to apply. Working together, we are able to design some of the costs out of a product and streamline the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23569

Engineering prof wins NIH grant for research on heart disease

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… and remove the oxidized lipids and also can become bound up on the arterial wall. Several important factors … arteries with a fragment of the lipid to test inflammatory signaling. But instead of upregulating inflammatory … Shaw of Avanti Polar Lipids. Springstead has also bought a significant amount of surplus equipment, much of it from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22649

WMU wins NSF grant to study contaminants in industry, agriculture

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… chloride and other chlorides on the roads and these end up in our bodies of water," Mezei says. "And then there are … oil industry. Scale is an unwanted substance that builds up in piping and pumping equipment and comes from seawater … project will try to answer that question and help in designing even more effective and selective anion extraction …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18390