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WMU engineers take steel bridge, concrete canoe to competition

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… as well as its performance in a number of different races. The concrete canoe team recently concluded paddling … "We’ve designed and built it—now we’re ready to take it and race it," says Bryan McDowell , team captain and a senior …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31422

Excellence in Diversity nominations sought

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… year's 2016 Excellence in Diversity Awards, "Together We're Better!," with recipients being recognized at the Spring … are welcome. Diversity includes the dimensions of race, ethnicity, and national and regional origins; sex, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28178

Merze Tate: A trailblazing Western alumna who made an international impact

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… a job teaching history at Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis—a school created by the Ku Klux Klan to keep … teaching at the high school and also took night courses at Indiana University to expand her language skills. "When they … by this woman. Merze Tate was a Fulbright Scholar in India, and when I started telling some of the girls about …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/62998

Student organization supports Black engineers and gives back to the community

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… and building satellites to designing and building cars to race against other universities. WMU’s chapter of the … to serve as the vice president for WMU’s NSBE chapter. Between networking for both careers and companionship, the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75001

Engineering grad manufacturing a successful career

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… where he helped create the exhaust system for the RSO's race car.  "I feel very well rounded from the opportunities …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73693

Hip-hop performance, film screening among events planned for Native American Heritage Month

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… Council , the Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations and the Office of Diversity … culture. SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS STUDENTS The American Indian Science and Engineering Society recently ranked … justice through an immersive experience on the Pine Creek Indian Reservation led by Dr. Dee Sherwood , associate …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73305

Experience a world of cultures during one week

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… and countries, including China, the Dominican Republic, India, Japan and Malaysia. The University's 2014 observance … the benefits of understanding the world around us so we can better communicate and collaborate with others from … Legally Desi 2014—6 to 9 p.m., Fetzer Center. Desi is an Indian cultural event to raise awareness of Indian culture …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/19974

Diversity, sexual orientation and gender identity celebrated at downtown festival

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… finalist from season eight of American Idol, and R&B/reggae fusion artist Diana King, best known for her song "Shy … and Jinkx Monsoon, winner of season five of RuPaul’s Drag Race, will end the evening. "For 2017, the performance … lineup is an exciting mix of indie, soul, pop, reggae, R&B, rap and cover music as well as fabulous comedy …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40068

Seminar to focus on building adult literacy in southwest Michigan

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… Ready , director of WMU's Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations, and Dr. Bill Willging , a retired …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28805

University Theatre kicks off with story inspired by civil rights movement

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… Box Office in the main lobby of the Gilmore Theatre Complex between noon and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Waiting to be … Black Theatre in New York City; the Phoenix Theatre and Indiana Repertory Theater in Indianapolis; the Human Race Theatre in Dayton; and the Farmer's Alley Theatre in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42559