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Student Sustainability Grant proposal deadline approaching

Sustainability

… are due at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19 , for up to $75,000 in Student Sustainability Grant funding to … academic year. Spring 2015 Student Sustainability Grant awardees Nora Gimpel and Taylor Sawyer : Sustainable Student … Courtney Cox : Western Student Association T-Shirt Swap. Applications can be submitted as a hard copy at the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27600

Graduate students win leading geology awards

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… Graduate students win leading geology awards Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … Seattle. Additionally, a third WMU graduate student picked up a prestigious student research grant. Sarah VanderMeer , … the Best Student Geologic Map Competition. The competition was hosted this year by the U.S. Geological Survey in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43875

WMU hosts ‘Dine 4 Justice’ fundraiser for Youth Juvenile Justice Fellows

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations … partnering with the BLOCKS Club Initiative of Kalamazoo to support efforts to empower local youth. They will co-host Dine 4 Justice, a fundraising event for the Walker Institute's Youth Juvenile Justice Fellows, on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71381

Student Spotlight: Jose Ortiz-Martinez – From Soccer Fields to Cybersecurity

Information Technology

… Inspired by Family and Opportunity Jose’s journey to WMU was inspired by his sister, Evey Ortiz-Martinez, a standout … With her guidance and a job opportunity already lined up, Jose made the leap to Western, where he found a … been a little bit of a hold when it comes to developing software. Cybersecurity is about protecting and accessing—it’s …

https://wmich.edu/it/news/2025/06/jose-ortiz-martinez-it-student-highlight

Unprecedented cross-campus collaboration leads to streamlined student support

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… cross-campus collaboration leads to streamlined student support Submitted by Erin Flynn on Student Success Hub will … filing an academic concern form, low grades, withdrawal from classes or a delay in course registration for the … find the resources they need to stay in college and work toward their dreams." Student Success Hub also streamlines …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/70934

DENSO Foundation gives $50,000 to support WMU student engineers

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… DENSO Foundation gives $50,000 to support WMU student engineers Submitted by Anonymous (not … Challenge, a biennial cross-country race that is run on highways across the United States, $30,000.  The Formula SAE … but they each add tremendously to the resumes and skill sets of our graduates." About DENSO and DENSO North America …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26445

WMU's tobacco-free status is topic of campus forums

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… open forums are planned for Wednesday, July 23, to update members of the Western Michigan University community … members on such topics as cessation services, tips for supervisors and faculty on how to work with smokers, tip … electronic-cigarettes, cigars, bidis, snuff, snus, water pipes, pipes, hookahs, chew and any other …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17526

Dunn receives salary increase, donates raise back for student aid

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… members announced at that meeting that they would take up Dunn's compensation at a different time. Following the … who do not have union representation. Those employee groups received a 1 percent increase last summer and an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14474

Researchers discover role Saharan dust plays in hurricane rainfall

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… rainfall from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico and up the east coast of the U.S.. And the groundbreaking work … Previous research by Zhu and his colleagues determined warming due to climate change would contribute to … along with the atmosphere's larger capacity to hold water vapor in the future warming climate." Learn more about …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/08/researchers-discover-role-saharan-dust-plays-hurricane-rainfall

WMU prof wins NSF grant to study stress in Kenyan communities

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… Western Michigan University anthropologist has been awarded a $135,891 National Science Foundation grant to study … the stress levels of young people living in communities at war with each other. Straight Building on previous research … The research team will revisit the Kenyan ethnic groups known as the Samburu, Pokot and Turkana. In earlier …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/19986