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Bioethics scholar Art Caplan gives public lectures at WMU

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… Caplan KALAMAZOO--A bioethics scholar from the University of Pennsylvania will address the rationing of health care in a presentation later this month at Western … The talk is titled "The HPV Vaccine Controversy: Science, Ethics and Politics" and is free and open to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/143

American-style teaching covered in CELCIS graduate assistant training program

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… assistants presentation methods, protocols, and nuances of classroom instruction in the American university system is the mission of the International Graduate Assistant Training program … advisor in WMU’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, said his department enrolls four to five …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2013/02/celcis-graduate-training-feature

WMU, area law enforcement to conduct training exercise in Knauss Hall during fall break

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… Mich.— The Western Michigan University Department of Public Safety will join Kalamazoo-area law enforcement … coordination and readiness among first responders. Members of the campus community may see police and fire vehicles and personnel in the vicinity of Knauss Hall throughout the exercise. No live weapons or …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/public-safety-training-event

Western honors staff for impact on students and campus community in 2023-24

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… Honorees include  Grant Allers , WMU Public Safety police officer;  William Mitchell, assistant manager of Valley … in Facilities Management, Prellwitz graduated with a bachelor’s in food science administration from WMU in 2020. He has worked at …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/make-difference-award-annual-winners-2023-24

A Flying Fish: David Fish takes Tech Ops to Army Air School

College of Aviation

… When he was a student at Marshall High School at the dawn of the millennium, there was a pretty good chance that David … not eye a world map and put his finger on the location of Iraq or Afghanistan. Less than two decades later, those … my subsequent role as a tester.  What I learned in math, science, writing, aviation theory, mechanics, testing and …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/davidfish

Husband and wife faculty duo present recital

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… Bruce Uchimura KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University School of Music faculty members Bruce Uchimura , cello, and Susan … and open to the public. Bruce Uchimura Uchimura received a bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School of Music and a … from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she received bachelor of music degrees in theory and piano. Wiersma …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9121

From Colorado to Kazoo - Maya Thornley's Aviation Elevation

College of Aviation

… meant flying with her dad in the skies over her home state of Colorado. Since her 2017 graduation from Western Michigan University with a degree in aviation flight science, she's chalked up a few highs of her own. She was half of a company's first all-female …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/thornley

WMU's Sky Broncos capture fourth place in national competition

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… against some 350 young aviators from teams representing 29 of the top aviation schools in the nation, the 15-member WMU … Illinois University. Longtime WMU rivals University of North Dakota and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical … (Ill.) Central High School and is studying aviation flight science and flight administration at WMU. He placed ninth in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24108

Academic department, student organization team up for blood drive

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… blood types.”  The blood drive is organized by the Military Science and Leadership department and Drive Safe Kalamazoo, … For more information , contact Cris Obreiter, military science, at (269) 387-8120 or cris.obreiter@wmich.edu; or …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4442

In artist's imagination, even Einstein took breaks

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… Montana artist Jim Dolan has been installed by the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences building. It was a gift from Dr. John A. Kapenga , associate professor of computer science, and his wife, Karen Woodin . …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15810