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Sunseeker team engineers its way to impressive finish at Formula Sun Grand Prix
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… , in which teams drive the solar-powered cars they’ve designed and built in a cross-country time and distance rally … this team has heart," says Keil, professor of engineering design. This year's finish is a welcome return to the top-five in the single-occupant vehicle racing category at the FSGP–the first since …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54383
Art and science project highlights importance of not blowing off STEAM
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… of Music and Department of Chemistry . It challenges the groups to develop original works of art based on analysis by … that art in a community exhibition. For the most recent group of participants, the projects began in fall 2018 by … to make it sound interesting," Tubbs says. "I ended up plugging it into a program where it generated sound waves off …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54132
20 new WMU students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships
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… The daylong event included essay writing and a group problem-solving activity for the students as well as an … Youth Clinic and being active in the St. Lawrence Youth Group. In addition, Brzezinski volunteered at St. Leo's Soup Kitchen and the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Macomb …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1223
Some 3,000 medievalists from dozens of nations to gather at WMU
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… May 15-16 , in the Bernhard Center's East Ballroom. First up will be an apt discussion for the modern age, rocked as … light on the limitations of classic liberalism as well as suggest alternative ways of building tolerant social and … Master of Arts in medieval studies offered at a state-supported university in the United States. Today, WMU remains …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23536
South Haven lighthouse logbooks shed light on 1800s coastal life
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… Mich.—Whether an account of a body washed ashore, a shipwreck in rough waters or an inferno on the mainland, the … are being painstakingly digitized in high-resolution, tagged image file format—TIFF—images, giving as close a … in all directions grate fears of the town beain burndt up. Sept. 1: Steamer Gem Capt. Bryant sunk in the River this …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23022
WMU grads ready for diplomas and promise of 89 percent success rate
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… developed in college. We can show that a college degree significantly enhances their prospects." Career and graduate … them with very specific information like this, but the most significant outcomes are our students' abilities to … . A prospective student could look up political science, for instance, and find that 89 percent …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22630
Back-to-school events planned for new and returning students
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… Mall. Move-in Early move-in for some select student groups is 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29. … pizza eating contests and other social events; a group trip to a local grocery store Monday, Aug. 28; and an … 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1 . It involves picking up students from the Bronco Transit Loading Zone near Rood …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42123
20 incoming students win $60,000 Medallion Scholarships
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… 2017-18. The daylong event included essay writing and a group problem-solving activity for the students as well as … of theatre, such as performance, stage management, or design and technical production. He received a Presidential … of the National Honor Society, Lutz has training in stage rigging, advanced sound design and stage combat and earned …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41400
New physical therapy doctorate gains pre-accreditation status
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… is an innovative 30-month curriculum built from the ground up to save students both time and money. "Most DPT programs … of the curriculum, when students engage in some 30 faculty-supervised hours in a variety of clinical settings. They also … therapy research laboratory. The research space is designed not only to serve DPT faculty and students, but also …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54595
WMU a leader in offering learning by virtual reality
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… actually see the culture. Practice surgery or accurately design a 3D car. Western Michigan University offers significant opportunities in the areas of teaching, learning … growing potential it has to shape the future." Community groups also have taken advantage of the local resource, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50873