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WMU to purchase Newell Rubbermaid’s facility on Parkview Campus

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… approval by the WMU Board of Trustees at a special meeting on Tuesday, March 10.   The University will acquire … It will replace WMU’s Physical Plant building, which was built in 1921 and carries approximately $7.6 million in … University planning, engineering and design functions near firms with which they have established partnerships …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/03/newell-rubbermaid-facility-purchase-parkview-campus

WMU SLP alum chairs national conference

College of Health and Human Services

… by Jillian Fraze on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Jerrold Jackson , a distinguished speech-language practitioner, CEO, and … advocate for culturally responsive practices, has been named the Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Co-Chair for the … The event, scheduled for December 5-7, 2024, in Seattle, WA, will bring together over 10,000 speech-language-hearing …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2024/12/jjackson

From Colorado to Kazoo - Maya Thornley's Aviation Elevation

College of Aviation

… Elevation Submitted by Tom Thinnes on When Maya Thornley was growing up, "Rocky Mountain High" was more than a John Denver song.  For her, it meant flying with her dad in the skies over her home state … a Cessna 172 that he rented on weekends.  We would hop to different mountain towns or cities in different states …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/thornley

WMU co-leading new NSF-funded center dedicated to advancing sustainable packaging

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… packaging Submitted by Liz VandenHeede on Dr. Jason Wang (right), senior research associate, and Qaseem Haider … greener—it’s about transforming the materials that touch nearly every aspect of our daily lives,” said Li, who serves … will work closely with industry members to translate scientific discoveries into scalable technologies while …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/08/center-plastic-paper-hybrid-end-life-solutions

Molecular biology lab uses classroom for real-world research

College of Arts and Sciences

… Taking notes. Pop quizzes. Research papers. An experiment or two.  Those are often the first, and only, things … happens in Dr. Todd Barkman 's molecular biology lab.  “I wanted to bring together the techniques of doing science (in the classroom) and at the same time answering a scientific question that hasn’t necessarily been studied …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/68776

Michael Carnarvon’s Carnival of Aviation Careers – Culminating at the Michigan Office of Aeronautics

College of Aviation

… and licensing unit of the Michigan Department of Transportation's Office of Aeronautics .  And he … County Airport 30 miles north of New York City, and the Wayne County Airport Authority that operates the Detroit … airstrip carved into it.  The uninhabited chunk of land is near the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula 10 miles south of …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/12/carnarvon

Student Spotlight: Trevor Thelen

College of Aviation

… on Trevor Thelen is from Westphalia, MI, a small town near Lansing.  He began at the College of Aviation in the Summer of 2017 and is now a senior preparing to graduate in … human factors. Thelen became interested in aviation when he was in middle school.  As a kid, he would attend air shows …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/08/thelen

Geological Society to 'rock' WMU with 47th annual Section Meeting

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… eight books. In 2012, he received the Distinguished Career Award of the American Quaternary Association. His books … Flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling," "Applications of Near-Surface Geophysics," "Cultural Geology: Heritage Stone, … The Geological Society of America, founded in 1888, is a scientific society with more than 25,000 members from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6684

Political science grad eyes future in advocacy for refugees, immigrants

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… for refugees, immigrants Submitted by Erin Flynn on Mehran (Zabi) Najafi is graduating with a bachelor's degree … resume. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—From crossing the border to flee war-torn Afghanistan to crossing the stage at Western Michigan University’s Miller Auditorium to receive his bachelor’s degree, Mehran (Zabi) …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/12/graduate-success-political-science-mehran-najafi

WMU Aviation’s Jersey girl and recent grad: Jade Joseph

College of Aviation

… Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Jade Joseph, an aviation management and operations graduate, racked up internship and … I fell more in love with the industry when I took a discovery flight on my birthday in 2019."   Two years earlier while on a tour of Delaware State University with her sister and father, she …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/12/joseph