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Office of Research and Innovation launches Bronco Innovators Challenge

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… to workshops such as: Customer Focus: Who is your customer? How do you sell to them? Next Steps: Partnerships and … resume-building experiences that will set them up for career success, and this challenge creates another path of … the most successful innovators and entrepreneurs failed many times before creating a successful concept," he says. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70230

Most offices closed Thanksgiving weekend

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… Most offices closed Thanksgiving weekend Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU … officially begins at noon Wednesday, Nov. 21, and there are no afternoon or evening classes Wednesday. WMU offices … include a Bronco volleyball match Friday at University Arena. Listed below are Thanksgiving weekend hours for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3081

Honors college talks to focus on 'Living With Uncertainty'

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… Honors college talks to focus on 'Living With Uncertainty' Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) … Western Michigan University. The 12 multidisciplinary talks are free and open to the public and will be held from noon … Lee Honors College building on WMU's main campus. Attendees are welcome to bring a brown bag lunch. No talk will be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12578

WMU nursing students lead hospital study that could change future of pressure-wound monitoring

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… WMU nursing students lead hospital study that could change future of … Flynn on Students Maddie Bies, Jordyn Swenson and David Le are making an impact at Ascension Borgess Hospital with a … developed to be more objective. "We tell them all the time how important charting and documentation is … but this …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75334

WMU implements deferred tuition option for employer reimbursements

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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO—Beginning with the summer II session that begins June 27, … of tuition. The move is designed to ease the path of mid-career professionals who want to enhance their credentials … finances and semester-start tuition costs. Previously, many of those students paid their tuition costs and waited …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7681

Terrell named National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete

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… Foundation Scholar Athlete. A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, he is one of 12 athletes from across all divisions … and Second Team laurels in 2014. WMU's all-time leader in career completion percentage, Terrell led the Broncos to … University's history, he ranks third in school annals for career passing yards (10,566), passing touchdowns (83) and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36082

Top-ranked Occupational Therapy textbook updated

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… have edited a fourth edition of one of the top 10 textbooks in use in curricula across the country and world. Drs. Ben … OT faculty: Brandon Morkut, David Orchanian and Michelle Suare as well as Drs. Ann Chapleau and Carla Chase. It focuses … psychological and social capabilities. Readers learn how the patient's age, life tasks, and living environment …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/299

Researchers explore human-robot communication with Pepper, a humanoid robot

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Researchers at Western Michigan University are gaining insight into their knowledge of human-robot … gender. Pepper often seems more feminine than masculine to many observers because of the robot's shape and the high … interlocutor. Or, owing to more normative expectations of how a robot "should" communicate, will people prefer less …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42083

$3.17 million grant will energize electric vehicle research at WMU

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Researchers at Western Michigan University are charging into the future of electric vehicle (EV) … does not require an additional charger, while also adding many advanced features such as vehicle-to-grid capability, … that we don’t know,” says Kuruppu. “I’m very excited to see how we get these implemented in the lab.” In developing the …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/09/3-million-department-energy-grant-wmu-engineering

AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at WMU

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… at WMU Feb. 5 to 18. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Sections of the internationally celebrated AIDS Memorial Quilt–the 54 … two hours before every scheduled performance. Arranged by CARES of Southwest Michigan, the exhibit includes three … in 1987, the NAMES Project Foundation—the international caretaker of the quilt—works to preserve, care for and use …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/45041