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Social work student finds passion, home at WMU

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… a week. The Western Michigan University graduate student is an advocate for homeless individuals, helping connect … services. "He is authentically compassionate. He feels what people feel." It wasn't that long ago that he was in … work and to the greater society." Once homeless and struggling to find direction, Anderson feels like he's finally …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57553

WMU receives $1.4 million to start transportation research center

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… may be renewable for additional years. KALAMAZOO—A multidisciplinary team of Western Michigan University researchers … centers at colleges across the country. The grant, which is through the transportation department's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, or RITA, is for year one with the possibility of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10797

Students Rock the Vote with registration campaign

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… Students Rock the Vote with registration campaign Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … Flagpoles and in front of the Bernhard Center. Voter registration and information are the main attractions at the … food, music and entertainment. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. —Voter registration at the Campus Flagpoles, including a mobile …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1581

Cybersecurity student dreams big

Cybersecurity

… experiences, Lochlan McElroy co-founded Western Research Advisory for Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Networks as another … really into threat intelligence and forensics. I like digging through data to figure out who did what and how. I’m also interested in how AI is changing how …

https://wmich.edu/cybersecurity/news/2025/07/lochlan-mcelroy-cybersecurity

WMU recognized among Best Online Bachelor's Programs by U.S. News & World Report

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… online offerings are receiving high marks. The institution is lauded among the top 100 colleges and universities in the … offering online bachelor's degree programs in 2018. Western is tied at No. 96 in the overall online bachelor's … and thrive in all aspects of their lives," says  Dr. Chris Cheatham , interim provost and vice president for …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/02/us-news-world-report-best-online-bachelors-programs-2025

Broncos reach new heights in NASA Student Launch competition

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… rocket hurtled thousands of feet into the sky over Bragg Farms in Huntsville, Alabama.  The Pegasus VII rocket takes flight in Huntsville, AL. "It is kind of surreal standing in this open field surrounded by … was able to, as the most senior member of the team, apply what I had learned in school to actual problems with this

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/nasa-student-launch-challenge-2025-aiaa-pegasus-rocket

The philosophy of grief

College of Arts and Sciences

… an age so young Atkins does not even remember it herself. What she does recall, however, is always having an internal preoccupation with … was happening at the nationwide level merged with her own foggy, understood experience of grief, she was drawn to the …

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

Bronco Buds program to welcome hundreds of Kalamazoo high schoolers to WMU campus

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… by Erin Flynn on Kalamazoo Public Schools students visit campus during a Bronco Buds event in March 2025. … grade students from across the Kalamazoo Public Schools district will come to campus to experience a day in the life … goal is to give students as much exposure as possible to what’s out there,” Carr says, “and help set them up for …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/11/bronco-buds-fall-2025-kalamazoo-public-schools-college-prep

Dean Smith’s story of survival and sisterhood

College of Health and Human Services

… Dean Smith’s story of survival and sisterhood Submitted by Jillian Fraze on While I waited for … to a single mastectomy. Cory participated in an aggressive chemotherapy treatment trial that took its toll on … school and we shared with the administration and teachers what was happening. Her new math teacher made a point of …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/10/sisters

The Piano Guys bring their show to Miller Auditorium

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… by Anonymous (not verified) on The Dec. 5 performance is nearly sold out. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Internet sensation The Piano Guys is coming to Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium … tickets online: millerauditorium.com The Piano Guys What began as an experiment and then exploded into an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28682