Search

New collaborative home for student organizations at Western encourages engagement, boosts belonging

News

… Submitted by Erin Flynn on The Student Organization Center is positioned at the front of the new WMU Student Center, giving it high visibility and encouraging student engagement. KALAMAZOO, … new Student Organization Center (SOC) is three times larger than the former space in the Bernhard Center and will house …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72511

WMU named 'Best for Vets' for fifth consecutive year

News

… EDGE magazine has placed WMU on its 2015 "Best for Vets" list of colleges and universities. With a ranking of No. 75 … WMU The Office of Military and Veterans Affairs serves more than 600 veteran students, the greatest number of veterans … two partners--Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Kellogg Community College. This was the first VetSuccess program …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20247

Zhang Center earns silver certification as 'green' building

News

… in Energy and Environmental Design rating system . LEED is the national benchmark for the design, construction and … campus buildings that meet the stringent requirements of this rating system and 13 more in the review process. A … to require 50 percent less irrigation—less irrigation than a standard garden—reducing the use of potable water. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/17091

Integrated supply management student nets prestigious scholarships

Haworth College of Business

… national scholarships. Senior Aaron McClendon of Westland is the recipient of the $10,000 Gary L. Buffington … the Industrial Supply Association Education Foundation. He is also the recipient of the $5,000 R. Gene Richter … both awards within a two-week time period, and I cannot thank the ISA Education Foundation and the Richter …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31544

Film festival, exhibit to celebrate hip-hop's role in black history

News

… Film festival, exhibit to celebrate hip-hop's role in black history Submitted by Erin Flynn on Dr. Khalid el-Hakim has collected hundreds of pieces of hip-hop history. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Sugar Hill Gang. Public Enemy. … years. Having worked in the hip-hop industry for more than two decades, he's amassed a number of flyers, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57599

Men's soccer team releases its 2014 schedule

News

… University's men's soccer team has 18 games on its slate this year , including seven of those at home. The Broncos, under second-year head coach Chad Wiseman , were the Mid-American Conference regular season and … runners-up a year ago. "The schedule is much more balanced than a year ago," Wiseman says. "Our non-conference schedule …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16320

WMU researcher spends fellowship period on education research registry

News

… spends fellowship period on education research registry Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Spybrook … year in a fellowship post focused on putting together a registry that could vastly improve the structure and … The reported findings often appear more favorable than they would have had all the findings been reported. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32721

Seniors take the runway in student-designed accessible outfits

College of Education and Human Development

… in student-designed accessible outfits Submitted by Chris Hybels on Charlene Harkness Riley Groves, SOTA president, … students from Western Michigan University's Merchandising Opportunities & Design Association (MODA) and Student … to add 10,000 square feet of new construction to more than double their programming. The expansion would be two …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73776

Photographer, activist to bring iconic rock imagery to WMU

News

… Photographer, activist to bring iconic rock imagery to WMU Submitted by … over the years focused on such jazz, blues, rock and reggae legends as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bob Marley, … a longtime friend of Sinclair's. Her role was always more than that of someone simply recording the images of history. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31099

WMU grad student's poetry book published, wins big award

News

… WMU grad student's poetry book published, wins big award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) … by a Western Michigan University doctoral student in English has just been published by the University of Pittsburgh … "There is simply no greater honor for an emerging writer than to have won the AWP Prize. The Association of Writers …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26664