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WMU engineering student's prototype design unveiled at Frankfurt Auto Show

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… and commercial vehicle markets. About the project Knepley was personally able to visit the display of his creation, … Maxion displayed at the show in September. Knepley's design was a lightweight version of a current production steel … wheel's bare appearance. He was then flown to Germany days after the wheel was unveiled at the show. "It was an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28063

Prof wins a 2015 Independent Publisher Book Award

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… Prof wins a 2015 Independent Publisher Book Award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wilson … Harvey Kellogg , has won an Independent Publisher Book Award, known as the "IPPY." "Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and the … through the early 1900s and was rebuilt in high style after a catastrophic fire in 1902. Its guests included a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26352

Update: Aerial mosquito treatment canceled for WMU campus area

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… on 9/30/19 Update: The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department has announced that it will no longer … officials have postponed the aerial pesticide spraying that was scheduled to begin at   8 p.m. today, Sunday, Sept. 29, … adverse human health effects from being outside during or after the spraying. Those with concerns or known …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55656

Health disparities focus of WMU Burian lecture, conference

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… Wednesday, Feb. 11 , in 4010 College of Health and Human Services Building. Her presentation, titled "Successful … director of the District of Columbia Department of Health after serving as director of the Louisville Metro Department … to the Center for Health Equity and provides programs and services in the areas of clinical services, community and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21420

Fashion history instructor uses expertise to restart archival project

College of Education and Human Development

… Started by a former instructor, the archival project was abandoned during the pandemic and untouched before … the skills to manage this, I asked if there was something that we can do?" Cooper started her journey at … she enrolled in the Department of History as a student. After spending a decade in the fashion merchandising …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73074

Celebrating five decades of English language learning at Western Michigan University

International Student and Scholar Services

… represent opportunity, she said. Degrees are gateways to prosperity—and English is the key that opens them.   … she achieves language proficiency.  Among the attendees was Le Thi Xuan Mai , from Dong Thap province, Vietnam. Mai … space on campus and together saw the program grow year after year. "It was just a great thing,” Salisbury told the …

https://wmich.edu/international/news/2025/12/celcis-anniversary

New directory consolidates WMU's student success resources

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… directory pulls together a wealth of programs and services related to all aspects of student success at … material needed to navigate students into programs and toward services that help them flourish at the University. The … Department of Education's First in the World program. WMU was the only entity in Michigan to be awarded a grant …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40576

WMU student invention wins $10,000 Lemelson-MIT 'Cure it!' prize

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… and individual graduate students. The Lemelson-MIT Program awarded $65,000 in prizes for inventions in the healthcare, … to mentor and inspire creative thinking among youth." Award categories Prizes are awarded in the following … two years. John and Barnett teamed up to create NeoVent after John learned from a Respiratory Therapists Without …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24028

Fall lecture series taps international ethics experts

Study of Ethics in Society

… The Challenges of Latin America in the 21st Century,” was rescheduled from spring 2023. It is co-sponsored by … Affairs Council and Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War (KNOW). Thursday, Nov. 9 , at 7 p.m. in Room 2452 of … the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society was created after WMU faculty across the curriculum met to discuss their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72760

Acclaimed journalist, WMU alum marks Homecoming as distinguished speaker

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… news topics, including the death of an unarmed teenager who was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri — the … Sciences also is honoring him with an alumni achievement award .   The journalist is among CNN's go-to pundits and has … hours of a long labor, crossing the Miller Auditorium stage after a few winks of sleep before rushing back to his spouse …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19764