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Installation of innovative stormwater treatment system underway at Asylum Lake

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… system underway at Asylum Lake Submitted by Paula M. Davis on Researchers have developed a unique way to remove … concerns. This aspect of the treatment system, however, does not prevent chloride contamination caused by … firm in Kalamazoo. Laboratory testing conducted thus far “suggests that properly designed stormwater treatment …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72823

Theatre student gives back to hometown with youth summer program

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… Theatre student gives back to hometown with youth summer program Submitted by Erin Flynn on Jack Austin, front and center, directs his youth campers during a dress rehearsal of Unity Theatre … a set and everything that it takes to put our entire show together," Austin says. "It's a lot of work, but it's a …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/08/jack-austin-youth-theatre-summer-program

Experiential learning in public relations at WMU

College of Arts and Sciences

… business casual as they cross the threshold from student to employee, they already have a briefcase full of … leading experiential learning integration in the PR discipline is Dr. Anna Popkova , associate professor of … Dr. Anna Popkova “The major is so applied – I don’t know how to do it without the experience piece. It’s not just one …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/11/experiential-learning-pr

Football Broncos tackle tree clearing for Habitat for Humanity

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… Mich.—The Western Michigan University football team is used to long, grueling summer training. But it's not often the student-athletes get a chance to show off their ax-swinging chops or trade in a blocking sled … Habitat for Humanity, putting on events at the stadium, going to the children's hospital or Ministry with Community, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54389

Allison Downey featured at Ann Arbor storytelling festival

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… Allison Downey featured at Ann Arbor storytelling festival … February Storytelling Festival featuring talespinners from far and wide. This year, WMU's Allison Downey will join New … Virág and Ann Arbor "townie" Lyn Powrie Davidge. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Downey, associate professor of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/154

Communication professor's immersive exhibit in media and news literacy will debut at Kalamazoo Valley Museum

College of Arts and Sciences

… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sue Ellen Christian works with interns and Kalamazoo Valley Museum staff … “Wonder Media: Ask the Questions!” exhibit invites people to critically evaluate media and develop skills to identify … stations in ‘Wonder Media’ invite users to question how they get information and what information they decide to

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67102

Understanding electric propulsion: Aerospace researcher shares expert knowledge with NASA

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… knowledge with NASA Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Dr. Kristina Lemmer and student Margaret Mooney work in the … those working in STEM have all the fun. “We get to ask, how does the world work? And we go figure it out.”  For Dr. … work to build a space research program at Western and her ongoing research progress, she was elected to the American …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70801

Engineering prof wins NIH grant for research on heart disease

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… Engineering prof wins NIH grant for research on heart disease Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Springstead … doctoral degree in chemical engineering at UCLA in 2008. How heart disease begins In the early stages of … stages of heart disease. Here's what has been determined so far. LDL particles enter the artery through the blood. An …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22649

Washington Monthly lauds WMU as one of nation's best values

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… Washington Monthly lauds WMU as one of nation's best values … Michigan University students are returning to campus this week just in time to hear the news that their school is … weeks of schools that excel in public service. A change in how schools are evaluated Washington Monthly editors …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8977

Women's aviation team places first among collegiate competitors

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… Women's aviation team places first among collegiate competitors Submitted by Deanne Puca on Left to right, Lauren … University pilots captured first place in the collegiate division and fifth place overall in the women-only Air Race … and the goal is to have the actual ground speed be as far over the handicap speed as possible. The pilots have the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47841