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Recent graduate pursues dream to ignite students' passion for learning and discovery

College of Arts and Sciences

… “How do I inspire you to actually study, or at least trigger your curiosity button that makes you ask questions?”  … great help,” he says. “Western was a great help to build me up to who I am now and hopefully those building blocks will become even bigger and force me to, well, ‘become.’ Who will I become? I …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69137

WMU women aviators ready to tackle national cross-country race

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… Along the way, competitors cross nine states The trio make up a flight team, sponsored by the WMU College of Aviation, … they may face, since she served two years ago on the support team for the 2015 WMU team, tracking weather … the Battle Creek campus to provide the team with the latest updates. A similar team is supporting the women in this …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40531

Community, campus programs to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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… 5 p.m., Linden Grove Middle School. Reading competition designed to encourage the love of reading and to promote … fiction and one non-fiction selection. Students read the assigned books and prepare with their coaches and teammates … workshops. Mental health agency booths will be set up allowing participants to view the booths, talk with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36802

Anthropology professor emeritus receives State History Award for Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project

College of Arts and Sciences

… colonial French newcomers and the Native Americans who occupied the area for centuries before settlers arrived. Dr. … the gap between the academic and public communities.” Digging into the history of The City of Four Flags Beginning … through surveys and excavation at the request of a group of local history buffs called Support the Fort. This …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70260

University getting ready to adopt new email system

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… actual conversions will take place at night to minimize disruptions. Due to the volume of data involved, it will take … WMU's current email provider, Merit in Ann Arbor, will end support of its cloud-based email service on June 30, 2017 . … for Education and Microsoft O365 for Education we found significant strengths in both. The result was that both …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28112

Student Recreation Center reopens with safety precautions in place

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… on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s gym and fitness center workgroup, tasked with guiding the safe reopening of fitness … across the state. With the group’s input, the governor signed an executive order allowing gyms statewide to open … arrive someplace new, that isolation can begin to feel bigger.” “To feel connected and that sense of belonging here …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61100

Kalamazoo to be home to nation's first sustainable brewing degree

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… country's highest per-capita densities of craft brewers. Designed to meet the 'industry's gold standard' Science courses will make up a large part of the curriculum. "Water use and water … we enlisted the help of our industry advisors and designed a rigorous science-based degree program that will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21143

Business student awarded patent for speaking device

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… patent process two years ago. "This patent validates the design of my product and my hard work to this point," says … also make it easier to speak with future influencers and supporters and grow my business." Starting Gate plays role … of Floyd's life since childhood. Speaking clearly was a struggle for Floyd, and therapy helped him immensely. Yet when …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20784

Final direction for Valley Dining Center announced

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… Sept. 15 . During the event, representatives from SmithGroupJJR, the Detroit-based firm selected as the project … direction for the placement and internal and external design character of the  dining center . The direction takes … are a unique home away from home that is intentionally designed to support student success." Dining center design The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19430

WMU professor awarded for book that peels back the curtain on Fetzer's secret life

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… in 2015 for his religious study of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg , the Battle Creek Sanitarium director who essentially … not professional theologians or religious specialists. Kellogg and Fetzer fit the bill perfectly," says Wilson. … very interested in biofeedback—this idea that if you hook up … autonomic functions in the body to a machine that can …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58233