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Jazz great kicks off 34th annual festival

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… on over 150 records and has composed several hundred works for jazz and chamber music ensembles. He composed a new work for the WMU Jazz Orchestra, which will premiere … music has inspired the Western Jazz Quartet, which used his work "Firebird," as the title track of its first CD in 1992. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/13864

Student team launching NASA competition dream

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… group is a part, says early in the club’s history members worked separately to build rockets from kits. Now, they work together to build one rocket from individual parts … the NASA Student Launch.   Jay Krebs and Rachel Cavan work on the rocket's electrical components. Club members are …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56773

Award-winning professor, performing arts design expert dies at 60

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… in their professional lives. Roehrick's past design work included service as scenic director for the Gilmore … and Wisconsin. His local consulting projects included work on WMU's Dorothy U. Dalton Center and Irving S. Gilmore …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13843

Olivia Bainbridge finds the balance in business law

Haworth College of Business

… “Re-establishing the organization was an immense amount of work, but I know that it is going to be worth it for … This organization has given me the opportunity to network with those in the same field as me, both academically … and practice in such a field would be very captivating work.”  Implementing a routine in her life has helped …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69629

Governor recognizes WMU renovation for reducing energy waste

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… WMU's birthplace, was selected as Best Public Project for work that included, among other things, the installation of … beginning in 2014 and reopening in October 2015.  The work took the original building from being the least energy … the region. "Winning the award is a recognition of the hard work that Western Michigan University has done over the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/34177

WMU to play critical role in national manufacturing initiative

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… newest member of the Obama administration's Nationwide Network for Manufacturing Innovation—NNMI—which is intended to … to identify new technology needs in the process. We will be working on technologies that will protect our military and enrich the lives of U.S. consumers." The national network will work together to scale-up technologies that meet …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26501

Sales students claim top spot at regional competition

Haworth College of Business

… the most prepared person. I found success because of the work I did before the competition. As a team, we … with no previous sales experience, I learned that hard work and practice are invaluable," he says. "We spent hours in practice sessions with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58363

Officials give OK for WMU 'takeoff' in Florida

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… "I've been so impressed, and it has been such a pleasure to work with the WMU professional staff, administration and … WMU and its Florida partners in the aviation effort will work out final details for those degree programs, and the … dictate. "This is an exciting project that will allow us to work with our Florida partners to provide the strategic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/07/33430

Internationalize your education in the palm of the mitten

International Student and Scholar Services

… Student Organization. Monday, Nov. 16 Chinese song workshop— 6 to 7:30 p.m., 4110 Brown Hall.  Learn about … Thanksgiving Celebration— Noon to 1:30 p.m.,  Kanley Chapel Social Room. E njoy a traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28100

WMU hosting inaugural conference, forming statewide coalition to bring more teachers of color to classrooms

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… Future Teachers of Color President William Wright working with Kalamazoo Public Schools students Kwan … candidate, particularly those that are supported via social media. Exemplary Educator WMU Future Teachers of … that reaches beyond academics to also help students socially and mentally so that they can share their own …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58144