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New institute established to boost electric propulsion technologies
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… Liz VandenHeede on Dr. Kristina Lemmer (center) is pictured working with students in Western's Aerospace Laboratory for … with Champaign-Urbana Aerospace. The work and research done by WMU students will be an essential part of the … University, University of Washington, University of Colorado Boulder, Princeton University, University of Wisconsin, …
https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/01/spar-institute
Richmond Center hosts 'Trace + Gestures Print Portfolio' exhibit
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… Arts through Thursday, April 17 . The exhibit relates to how traces can effect change, how what imprints us as … life. About the exhibit The portfolio gathers together the works of a group of artists from the U.S. and abroad. … and noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. For more information , contact Don Desmett at @email or (269) 387-2455. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13744
Geography professor publishes ‘ABCs of Geography’ children’s book
College of Arts and Sciences
… with students in my classes so they can better understand how light interacts with different land cover types,” says … says Mathews, noting that each state decides if and how geography classes are offered to students K-12. “That’s …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69847
First-generation WMU graduate adapts to changing career outlook
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… he connected with Meijer his junior year. He started working as a store operations intern, where he forged … 71% of their capacity, spelling a dismal career outlook. However, Sánchez says his education at WMU prepared him to … life.” “I know people say this a lot, but I couldn’t have done it without them.” Now with a bachelor’s degree in hand, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59302
New WMU summer youth camps focus on entrepreneurship, finance
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… a business as well as learning about the stock market, how the economy works and how to save. Both camps will be taught by WMU … For more information, call Starting Gate at (269) 387-5860. Dollars and Sense: A Finance Camp for High School Students …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30386
Award-winning playwright to read at Frostic Series event
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… on Jensen KALAMAZOO—Julie Jensen, a playwright whose work has been recognized by the Kennedy Center and a long … Fellowship, a Theatre Communications Group/National Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Residency and a major grant … the PEN USA Award in Playwriting, and her play, "Billion Dollar Baby," received the New America Plays Award from the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2727
Award-winning authors offer on-campus reading
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… on Fenton KALAMAZOO--Two award-winning authors whose work has been published by Western Michigan University's New … and Rachel Eliza Griffiths will read from their selected works at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 , in Room 157 of the … writing from the University of Minnesota and a juris doctor degree from the University of Minnesota Law School. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/102
Former legislator, Michigan League director to speak
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… as part of the Western Michigan University School of Social Work's 2013 Whitney Young Jr. Scholars Program. Gilda … of Michigan," will focus on the role of public policy in working on the social justice issues confronting the state … care for people with developmental disabilities, and worked as a special education teacher in the Madison (Mich.) …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5672
Time set aside to discuss main campus improvements
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… main campus . Input will be gathered during a programming workshop and open house from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10 , … is seeking feedback on development project issues such as how to enhance WMU branding and identity for the … aspect of the center of the main campus as well as how to improve the bus loading zone and areas around the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/28925
Talk will explore ways ecological principles improve societies
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… societies Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Pandora Thomas KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An upcoming speaker at Western Michigan University will share her insights about how broadly applying ecological principles can lead to … and writer, Thomas co-founded the Black Permaculture Network, has been featured in films such as "The Future of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52431