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Collaboration, teamwork lead to sharp increase in grants to WMU

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… Western Michigan University. Externally funded awards, much of them for research, pushed the grant total for the 2014-15 fiscal year past $35 million, an increase of nearly $8 million over the previous year. The grant total … WMU's Department of Physics and its Mallinson Institute for Science Education, is meant to create and validate through …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28716

WMU master's degree in finance expected in fall 2022

Haworth College of Business

… Mich.—Western Michigan University has developed a Master of Science in Finance degree, which is expected to begin in … applications now being accepted. The degree opens a world of opportunities for those in the fiduciary services …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67177

Breaking Barriers: Blind international students find opportunity at WMU

International Student and Scholar Services

… at WMU Submitted by Elizabeth Braaksma on Students of the Center for English Language and Culture for … seeks to reduce disparity and champion the growth of promising young individuals.   “The finance field … Weeks after arriving in Kalamazoo, Chae joined the Data Science Club. In addition to intensive English coursework, …

https://wmich.edu/international/news/2025/11/celcis-south-korea

Incoming students win $60,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… Valued at $60,000 each over four years, they constitute one of the largest merit-based awards in American higher education. Some of this year's incoming scholars received a WMU Presidential … High School in Lowell and plans to major in biomedical sciences at WMU. She was awarded a Presidential Medallion …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47899

Senior engineering students to show their skills

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Landscape Forms for their project, (left to right) the team of Josh Kuznicki, Scott Seitz, Jaylen Boggerty and Alex … apparatus to measure the effective projected area (EPA) of outdoor light fixtures. The finalized testing apparatus … 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences on the Parkview Campus. The event is free and open …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70020

WMU named in Princeton Review's 2021 'best business schools'

Haworth College of Business

… Mich.—Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business is once again on Princeton Review 's list of best business schools. The education services company profiles the college in its 2021 annual business school …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62689

Martin Luther King Jr. remembered with virtual events, community read

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… University and local partners continue their tradition of honoring slain civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of virtual events beginning Thursday, Jan. 7 , including a … continuing throughout the month. This year's theme is "None of Us is Free Until All of Us Are Free." Along with WMU, key …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62609

When it rains, it stalls: WMU team studies weather impacts on autonomous vehicle technology

W Magazine

… Submitted by Erin Flynn on Dr. Zach Asher at the wheel of the test vehicle. Nick Goberville stands next to the … Now, Asher and Goberville are taking part in the National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps program , which takes … here learns every system." Goberville, who also earned his bachelor's degree from WMU in 2019, has seen the program …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/60422

Theatre graduate ready for next act, bolstered by support and mentorship

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… Elizabeth "E.J." Taylor will graduate from Western with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre focused on acting and a minor in … Western Michigan University on Saturday, April 30 , with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre focused on acting, Taylor …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67925

Business mentors partner with WMU entrepreneurs to pitch products at Innovation Expo

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… the product design competition. Sponsored by the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the 2020 Innovation Expo included 80 … their unique products or services virtually, showing proof of concept or working prototypes. Local professionals …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/62845