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Biking for Black Lives Matter: WMU vocal jazz director raising money, awareness to combat systemic racism

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… Biking for Black Lives Matter: WMU vocal jazz director raising money, awareness to combat systemic racism Submitted by Erin Flynn on Greg Jasperse plans to bike … 1,000 miles and raise $10,000 this summer for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He dedicates each of his

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60200

New drone program takes aviation offerings to new heights

W Magazine

… College of Aviation. From delivering goods and surveying disaster zones to mapping critical infrastructure and responding to emergencies, drone technology is expanding the horizons of aviation—and Western aims to … new Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) certificate program is creating opportunities for Broncos.  “(UAS) is future …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/new-drone-program-takes-aviation-offerings-new-heights

WMU faculty win NEH grant to host national summer institute

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… for the Humanities—NEH— grant to host a seminar program this summer for higher education faculty and graduate … and college faculty participants from around the country. This virtual program hosted by WMU's Medieval Institute, like … will examine law through various perspectives using legal, literary and historical texts. This includes famous …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/62018

LBGT office launches mentoring program

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… KALAMAZOO—Local professionals supportive of lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender students and their allies are … leaders in the LBGTA employee resource group at the Kellogg Co. in Battle Creek, Mich. About the mentorship program … initiative that seeks to address and mitigate the many legal and cultural challenges facing LBGT people in the work …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10066

Deadline for spring Student Sustainability Grant proposals approaching

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… evaluation to determine, among other things, if they are legal, feasible and adequately budgeted. An all-student … submitted in PDF format to wmu-sustainability@wmich.edu. Visit wmich.edu/sustainability/grants to access grant … Bruce Howe , Urban Forest Assessment and Management Plan Luis Morales and Juan Hernandez , Hydraulic Bicycle Office for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13068

Nour Khaiara is growing into her goals

Haworth College of Business

… Nour Khaiara is growing into her goals Submitted by Janine Adamski on … a recipient of the A. Robert Kleiner Memorial Scholarship, is achieving her academic and professional goals at Western … University. The Michigan resident of Syrian descent is a junior studying human resource management at the …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/09/humanresourcemanagement-nourkhaiara-scholarship-growth

Applications available for student sustainability grants

Sustainability

… evaluation to determine, among other things, if they are legal, feasible and adequately budgeted. An all student … year.  Fall 2016 Student Sustainability Grant awardees Luis Morales and  Andrew Klug —Alternative Transportation: … Amber Hojnacki —Permaculture from Mesoamerica to Kalamazoo Visit wmich.edu/sustainability/grants to access grant …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37642

From music to cybersecurity, Nick Ford is making an impact

Cybersecurity

… From music to cybersecurity, Nick Ford is making an impact Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Nick Ford … student KALAMAZOO, Mich. —Western Michigan University is filled with opportunities for exploring interests and … for student success. Just ask Nick Ford , who found his path in cybersecurity through hard work, faculty and …

https://wmich.edu/cybersecurity/news/2024/09/cybersecurity-nick-ford-making-impact

Lewis Walker Institute aims to increase support for empowering future juvenile justice leaders

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… Lewis Walker Institute aims to increase support for empowering … met with Sen. Sean McCann at the Michigan State Capitol to discuss justice reform. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—For three years, … youth, he has now managed to successfully have his legal issues removed from his criminal record," says Palmer. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75132

WMU and WMU Cooley Innocence Project garner $418,000 grant

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… Project's first exoneree, and its latest exoneree Donya Davis, right. KALAMAZOO—The Western Michigan University Cooley Law School Innocence Project, a legal clinic that seeks to exonerate people who have been … in the work of the WMU Cooley Innocence Project. The grant is one of the largest wrongful conviction grants awarded by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27269