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Engineers Without Borders student ‘zooms in,’ leveraging technology, teamwork to make the world better

International Student and Scholar Services

… three years ago to explore her Midwestern roots. She was born in Kalamazoo ; her parents are alumni; and the school was offering her a competitive scholarship.    Three years … Saiful Andree and her peers are helping design a water system for the San Antonio de Upa community in …

https://wmich.edu/international/news/2024/11/globalnews-2

Safety communication options grow out of committee appointed by Dunn

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… are being unveiled this month. The campuswide committee was appointed by Dunn after shootings in Kalamazoo on a … additions that would allow the University to improve the way it advises students of imminent danger that is off … Additional committee recommendations The existing WMUAlert system, which uses phone, email and text for timely warnings …

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

Ethical labor, sustainable supply chain among topics tackled in second Bronco Challenge

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… feel the passion through the diverse sustainability pathways they explored," says judge Laura Evans , director of … Ryan Stock presents SafeDi's innovative hazardous waste disposal kiosk. Second-place entry SafeD won $6,000 … sustainable purchases, and Copia, an aeroponics system, earning $3,000 each.  "I think the Bronco Challenge …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/05/75531

Ruth E. (Kiel) Sparks obituary

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… at Western Michigan University, died July 19 . She was 77. Sparks, of Portage, joined WMU's staff in 1980 and … retirement, she worked in the University's residence hall system. Services Services have taken place. Remembrances …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/48022

Ingenious invention gives plant lovers a green thumb and wins Bronco Pitch

Haworth College of Business

… a solution to the frequent and frustrating task of watering plants, a team of Western Michigan University … brainchild of three engineering students, is an atmospheric water generator that helps nature lovers enjoy the benefits … that is placed into the ground and uses a rubber tubing system to feed small plant bed root systems. Zindoga …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71591

WMU to hold Foster Care Awareness Walk

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… WMU to hold Foster Care Awareness Walk Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on May is Foster … only around 2 to 4 percent of youth from the foster care system earned a college degree as of 2010. The Seita …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39598

Accountancy professor finds formula for connecting with students

Haworth College of Business

… University’s Haworth College of Business has found a way to see beyond the numbers and connect with students in a meaningful way. Brittani Shantel Jackson , assistant professor of … them up for professional success. She created a check-in system that she uses in her classes to give students …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/11/accounting-connections-brittani-shantel-jackson

Registration open for Homecoming Campus Classic run

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… teams. It is timed with the Chronotrack B-Tag Disposable system. Participants must use the B-Tag System, and there is … their own chips, their times will not be recorded.  The 5K walk and 1K fun run and walk are not timed. Parents and guardians may run or walk …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/10/35446

Alum over the moon after winning prize in NASA challenge

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… in NASA's Recycling in Space Challenge . The space agency wanted to find ways to transport and process trash in zero gravity. "Places … which won a $2,500 prize, a microgravity waste management system. The winning entry, from Aurelian Zapciu of Romania, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52875

Global economies discussed during talks at WMU

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… between capitalist economic and democratic political systems. This talk explores arguments and the merits and drawbacks of each system and critiques democracy, and especially the American variety, while defending China’s system of government not as authoritarian but as a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31340