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Students turn ideas into market-ready products at RID+I’s Venture Studio

Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation

… they’re pitching consumer-ready innovations to panels of stakeholders, investors and local business leaders. Design … their ideas are market ready. The students explore concepts like intellectual property, patent preparation, and venture … "This class has helped us see more in depth what it's like to work in a corporate setting and understand the …

https://wmich.edu/designinstitute/news/2025/04/venture-studio

Ending racism through education, systemic change is goal of criminal justice alumna

News

… school in Detroit interviewing students, and Lymon was suggested as one of the top students in her class. "I remember … into the future. "Working with youth is something we'd like to do more moving forward as well as collaborating with the community a lot more," she says. She'd also like to expand the organization's online presence. "I want …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/66995

Student experience meets community impact in groundbreaking new Evaluation Lab

News

… reduces the financial barriers for non-profit organizations like ours," says Deleon Dyson , operations director for … very different walks of life, and because of that, I feel like they're able to give a different perspective. So, I … says the lab has “set a high standard of what it’s like to work on an efficient, professional team.” He adds he …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75006

In the heart of Samburu

College of Arts and Sciences

… identify this as part of my community, which may not sound like a very professional stance, but it’s unavoidable. A … into something that’s really meaningful to them, and it’s like ‘That's important.’ I listen to my research partners.” … roadsides for miles, going up to water points.”  For people like the Samburu, whose lives are heavily reliant on …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-samburu

Aviation, Broncos, and Cars – Brayden Broad’s Aviation Maintenance Career is Set to Go Far!

College of Aviation

… and helpful in every way," Broad says.  "Whenever I'm struggling with just about anything, there is always someone on … campus.  He's a member of the Broncos' Formula SAE team.  Like-minded students conceive, design, fabricate and compete … a Davis DA-2, a low-wing, two-seat monoplane with a slab-like fuselage and a V-tail designed to be assembled at a …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/02/broad

Record number of undergraduate patent applications filed at WMU

News

… more stressful—but it was also quite empowering to feel like as students we actually have the capabilities to make a … goods with surrounding global enterprises and companies like Whirlpool, Newell brands, MillerKnoll, Haworth, …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/06/record-number-undergraduate-patents-filed-wmu-richmond-institute

One engineer’s dream: creating something from nothing

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… change your mind about what you want your future to look like. Just make sure that whatever you decide to do you … that I have thought about is possibly working for a company like Disney where I could design amusement park attractions or something like that.” Buck plans to enroll in the Disney College …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67717

From Army Skies to Life-Saving Flights: The Journey of Brian Vanderberg

College of Aviation

… who happened to be participating in the WMU ROTC program suggested that Vanderberg had what it takes to join … friendships and a network that I can still call on."   Like many a veteran , Vanderberg applied what he had learned … of passengers, for U of M Survival Flight.   Night vision goggle set up in the WMAC Dauphin 2014 Vanderberg's affinity …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/11/vanderberg

'Queer Voices in Hip Hop: Cultures, Communities and Contemporary Performance'

W Magazine

… of LGBTQ+ culture being accepted widely in America. "Like so much queer history, it's been largely … and land a tenure-track job and write a whole book feels like a culmination, in some ways, of a lot of things I …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69856

WMU department changes name to World Religions and Cultures

College of Arts and Sciences

… citizenship and careers. With courses spanning traditions like Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and more to thematic topics like death and dying, health and gender, the curriculum …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74749