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Technology-based music performance featured at WMU

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… Music Ensemble will be collaborating with Western Michigan University School of Music students to bring an … historically innovative works. Headed by University of Michigan Professor Stephen Rush, DME uses methods of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42568

Grand opening set for Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation

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… Submitted by Paula M. Davis on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's new 28,000-square-foot Richmond … and future design and manufacturing needs in southwest Michigan and beyond. "From my first days on campus five … will become permanent jobs after graduation. Southwest Michigan companies involved include FabriKal, Eaton, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/49312

Helmet sensor technology business created by WMU team honored for innovation

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… for being a 2019 SmartZone Best Small Business Honoree. (Michigan Celebrates Small Business) PORTAGE, Mich.—A company started by a Western Michigan University professor and his students is receiving … a 2019 SmartZone Best Small Business Honoree at the annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business Awards in East Lansing. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53495

Campus blood drive challenge underway

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… April 3. KALAMAZOO—Students, faculty and staff at Western Michigan University are competing with Central Michigan University through Friday, April 3 , to see which …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22626

One-day blood drive part of annual CMU-WMU challenge

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… challenge is in its 19th year. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University students have set Thursday, April 7 , … that many units, the club would beat the University of Michigan's current record for blood collection in the state … to have brought out the largest number of donors to a Michigan blood drive during 2016. Everyone who shows up to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31408

WMU board to consider property easement Friday

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… by Paula M. Davis on KALAMAZOO, Mich.--The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will hold a special … on the eastern edge of Howard Street between West Michigan Avenue and Stadium Drive. In August, trustees …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51385

Business of beer on tap for next Entrepreneurship Forum event

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… of the next Entrepreneurship Forum presentation at Western Michigan University. The couple will speak at 8 a.m. Friday, … start a brewpub soon after microbreweries were legalized in Michigan. They raised their startup capital through a … first brewpub to open in Ann Arbor and the fifth to open in Michigan's fledgling microbrewery movement. By 2001, the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20145

Lambert R. VanderKooi obituary

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… emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at Western Michigan University, died Nov. 17, 2015 , at Rose Arbor … 1961, an associate research engineer in the University of Michigan Radar and Optics Lab from 1961 to 1968 and in 1979, … specialized in electrical engineering at the University of Michigan while earning a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29872

WMU board to consider resolution to receive state funding for Dunbar Hall renovation at special board meeting Thursday

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… Submitted by Megan Looker on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will consider a … The project is set to wrap up in fall 2023. The state of Michigan will provide $30 million of the total project …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68080

High school students can explore manufacturing and design careers through new WMU, GRPS partnership

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… if their egg survived the fall. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Western Michigan University and Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) … manufacturing lab created in collaboration with West Michigan manufacturers, Autocam Medical and Grand Rapids … demand for manufacturers, engineers and designers  in West Michigan, the AMP Lab will now serve as the location where …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69313