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Navy veteran and four-time CAS alum built a career by probing the link between humans and their machines

College of Arts and Sciences

… Navy veteran and four-time CAS alum built a career by probing the link between … skipping ahead in rank. The Navy won, and Schmorrow began what would become a twenty-year military career.  Following … the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the government’s rather radical department designed to explore …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69145

Ethics Center announces lecture series for fall 2025

Study of Ethics in Society

… power over its drivers while explicitly denying that it does so. The talk’s co-sponsors are Department of Philosophy … at one family’s struggle with the question: "When is it time for an elderly loved one to move into assisted living?" … in relation to the perennial philosophical question of what it means to be human. It is co-sponsored by the …

https://wmich.edu/ethics/news/2025/09/fall-25-lectures

From WMU stardom to NFL scouting, Bronco alum thriving with Detroit Lions

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… and fanbase its first-ever Super Bowl victory. The time is now, and the place is Detroit. Success doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It takes moves, both small and … got to describe them from the neck down. You try to tie in what you see in person to what you saw on tape,” Neal says, …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/08/detroit-lions-steve-neal-western-alumnus-now-midwest-area-scout

Gaming Gawain

Medieval Institute Publications

… in the medieval English world, Christmas and New Years, a time when courts especially were playing games, from … the last line of the strophe that points ominously toward what looms for Gawain: “the derk nyght.” The dark night … for fuller and more nuanced readings that a linear edition does not account for; such a ludic reading practice points …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/news/2025/09/couchandbell-gawain

New on-campus thrift store supports sustainability, affordability

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… arms full of home decor and a huge smile on her face.   “I got some plants, some spoons, a stapler, a notebook, and I … model, creating our identity and branding and deciding what our marketing and business plans were. We established … and thrifting during fall semester at the following times:   Tuesdays from 1:15 to 4:30 p.m.   Thursdays from 10 …

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

Broncos reach new heights in NASA Student Launch competition

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… a historic milestone for Western's team: For the first time ever, it competed in NASA's Student Launch. "Even … development to fabrication and launch—as well passed a rigorous series of reviews with NASA scientists to prove the … was able to, as the most senior member of the team, apply what I had learned in school to actual problems with this …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/nasa-student-launch-challenge-2025-aiaa-pegasus-rocket

Supply chain students tackle real-world challenges with Kenco and local alumnus

Haworth College of Business

… service provider, in solving issues relating to cargo packing materials that were costing the company money.  … to a real business challenge. I wanted them to experience what it’s like to consult for a company, deliver actionable … start thinking like an A3 problem-solver—really taking the time to observe, analyze, and understand the current …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/08/supply-chain-management-students-experience-kenco-project

Mechanical and aerospace engineering student finds possibility around every corner

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

…   After only a few years at WMU, Jacobo already has a lifetime of knowledge and skills under his belt. From … 2+2 agreement with the Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC). This program allows for students from the … I start my teaching assistantship, and while I have no idea what to expect, I’m very much looking forward to it.”    …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/08/endless-opportunities-jacobo

Western welcomes more than 275 new international students to campus

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… signs.    “This is not one of those things where you just got up in the morning, left your home, got on your bicycle … of students, told the crowd.   “We want you to know that what you have done is amazing. Not everybody can do that—and … try new foods and activities and see snow for the first time. They had researched area attractions and knew about …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/09/international-enrollment-2025

Engineering students set career plans in motion through Grand Rapids internship

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… , company owner and CEO. “The customer was thrilled with what we produced. They actually showed it off at a trade … grew up working on boat engines alongside his father. His time with the company has allowed him to expand his … I was sitting in front of this box of puzzle pieces . I’d gotten through my various classes and didn’t know exactly …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/08/dan-praise-landon-sykes-complete-engineering-internship-moetion-technologies