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Student experience meets community impact in groundbreaking new Evaluation Lab

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… Mich.— The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University is excited to announce the opening of the Evaluation Lab, an … "The Evaluation Lab provides us with valuable insights into how effectively our programs are serving entrepreneurs' … job: evaluation. I want to be a policy analyst, so I’m going to be doing evaluations in some form,” says Deborah …

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

New institute established to boost electric propulsion technologies

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… New institute established to boost electric propulsion technologies Submitted by Liz VandenHeede on Dr. Kristina Lemmer (center) is pictured working with students in …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/01/spar-institute

Black mason broke barriers, laid first building blocks for learning at Western

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… Michigan University. And thanks to a passionate and persistent alumna, the community will finally know his impact. … campus, then known as Western State Normal School. However, due to racism and social injustice at the time, … of the neighborhood. "I just wanted to go back in time, as far back as I could go, where there were photos that talked …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74599

Professor transforming aviation education using augmented reality

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… Western Michigan University, has teamed up with Microsoft to transform aviation training through the use of … the first self-contained, holographic computer. Brown, who is recognized internationally for her use of technology in … virtual airport, where the user controls what they see and how they see it. This puts the educational experience in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/45008

WMU professor awarded for book that peels back the curtain on Fetzer's secret life

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… mogul. John Fetzer's legacy as a successful businessman is widely known. But another driving force played a huge … a focus on New Religious Movements, I’m fascinated with how people construct their worldviews—especially people who … honor for faculty—in 2019, and he doesn't have to travel far to find inspiration for future work. "It turns out the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58233

Safety communication options grow out of committee appointed by Dunn

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… (not verified) on The committee recommended adding three tools to enhance WMU's safety communication practices. … created by President John M. Dunn are being unveiled this month. The campuswide committee was appointed by Dunn … input. "As a committee, we spent a lot of time looking at how information is gathered and disseminated by the multiple …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37740

WMU Ethics Center sponsors contest on ethics of 'Star Wars'

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… University Center for the Study of Ethics in Society is probing the outer reaches of the galaxy by holding a contest to find out the ethical lessons people have learned from the … Ethics from 'Star Wars.'" The contest asks area residents far and wide to write about their favorite ethical take-away …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/28938

ISM student one of four statewide awarded $5,000 industry scholarship

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ISM student one of four statewide awarded $5,000 industry … work, and it is a great relief to not have to worry about how I'm going to pay for my last semester at WMU." Honors are not …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25688

WMU ISM student one of four statewide awarded $5,000 industry scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… WMU ISM student one of four statewide awarded $5,000 industry … work, and it is a great relief to not have to worry about how I'm going to pay for my last semester at WMU.” Honors are not …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25562

Ebony Vision celebrates 20 years of dance at Western

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… Ebony Vision celebrates 20 years of dance at Western Submitted by … on Ebony Vision Dance Ensemble is preparing for its annual showcase. Courtesy: Lauren Smith Ebony Vision performed as … choreographed by current students and alumni. "The show is going to be beautiful," says Jordan Jackson , RSO president …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70863