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Champions of the arts, WMU alumni Lynn Chen-Zhang and Charles Zhang win Kalamazoo arts council award

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… council award Submitted by Erin Flynn on Zhang Financial is the 2025 Business Arts Award winner in the Arts Council … fuel learning and shape a vibrant community,” says Kristen Chesak , executive director of the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo. “Their work shows what is possible when talent and generosity move in step …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/lynn-chen-zhang-charles-zhang-arts-council-greater-kalamazoo-business-award-2025

Nearly 180 students recognized for global engagement on WMU’s campus

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… by Elizabeth Braaksma on   KALAMAZOO – Graduating senior Reggie Dancy wants people to know that studying abroad is not only something every student at Western Michigan … times, and I really feel passionate about the GEP and what the GEP is doing—that’s helping you to be independent …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/04/gep-awards-2025

Bronco Buds program to welcome hundreds of Kalamazoo high schoolers to WMU campus

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… by Erin Flynn on Kalamazoo Public Schools students visit campus during a Bronco Buds event in March 2025. … grade students from across the Kalamazoo Public Schools district will come to campus to experience a day in the life … goal is to give students as much exposure as possible to what’s out there,” Carr says, “and help set them up for …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/11/bronco-buds-fall-2025-kalamazoo-public-schools-college-prep

"I Thought I Had More Ramen" - Jaylynn Mittig

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… Submitted by Megan Looker on "I Thought I Had More Ramen" "Discovering Fun, New and Interesting Places" "What inspired me for my "Memento Vitae" series was wanting … taken as comedic. More often than not, a skeleton or skull is seen as dark and ominous. I thought it might bring …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59468

Students invited into huddle to design state-of-the-art athletic performance center

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… the Western Michigan University engineering student makes his way through the jubilant sounds of the Bronco Marching … I got to watch my favorite hockey team fulfill their biggest quest: their first NCHC regular season championship, … University cares. I know a lot of universities out there do what they want, and they don’t ask students. Western …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/kalamazoo-event-center-athletic-performance-center-groundbreaking-event

WMU researcher spends fellowship period on education research registry

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… spends fellowship period on education research registry Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Spybrook … than they would have had all the findings been reported. What it will do Creating a registry of studies would help … of studies as they are being conducted, Spybrook says. "What will happen is, after you fill out a pre-registry, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32721

WMU wins NSF grant to study contaminants in industry, agriculture

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… awarded to Dr. Gellert Mezei , associate professor of chemistry, who has been studying negatively charged ions, also … the petroleum, pharmaceutical and nuclear power industries. What are anions Anions (pronounced an-ions) are extremely … our own Asylum Lake has over 10 times more sulfate than what it should normally have. So these anions will lead to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18390

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 … deep into the components of a computer and how they work. What made this class so great was our instructor, Colin …

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

Historic $100M fund launched by WMU faculty to pioneer place-based investment and Experience-Driven Learning

Haworth College of Business

… Historic $100M fund launched by WMU faculty to pioneer … bold entrepreneurs ... this really tells the story of what’s possible when we work together—when we put the best … attracting attention from other states looking to replicate what we have built here.” Innovative model  Portland …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/10/sleeping-giant-capital-historic-fund

Register now for Assessment in Action Day

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… Register now for Assessment in Action Day Submitted by … in Action Day March 23 at the Fetzer Center. The conference is free of charge, but registration is required by Tuesday, … authority on assessment, will present the keynote address, "What Learning Do We Value Within Our Institution?" At San …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/181