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WMU exceeds national average in attracting international students

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… average in attracting international students Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU has over 1,600 international … annually by the Institute of International Education with support from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of … Rounding out the details on WMU's international engagement with students and scholars, Schlör says, is the fact that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/11325

Alumni classnotes, fall 2023

W Magazine

… Alumni classnotes, fall 2023 Submitted by Deanne Puca on Western … the Warren (Michigan) Technical Center, including 32 years with General Motors. He held several positions during his … chorus conductor of the Detroit Opera Youth Chorus. Peter Poggione , MS ‘21, was hired to lead the St. Joseph County …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73618

Business professor earns second prestigious Fulbright award

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… earns second prestigious Fulbright award Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Dr. Kuanchin "KC" Chen KALAMAZOO, … award as an associate professor at the college in 2012. With this award, Chen will complete a project at Warsaw … and overseas through educational and training activities within business administration.  "I am very humbled to join …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58788

Work by WMU may reduce US dependency on China for critical minerals

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… US dependency on China for critical minerals Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on These rare earth oxides are used … lanthanum, neodymium, samarium and gadolinium (photo by Peggy Greb, U.S. Department of Agriculture). • President's … of rare earth minerals amid the ongoing trade dispute with China, Reuters reported in a July 12 story. But Western …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53988

Supply chain student awarded national scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… women enrolled in full-time supply chain degree programs with the opportunity to attend the AWESOME Symposium and the … just the third WMU student to receive the scholarship. She now will join a cohort of AWESOME Scholars, representing all years of the program, who are forming connections with each other and gaining career insights through the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71589

Trustees OK 'solar garden' plans for Parkview Campus

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… OK 'solar garden' plans for Parkview Campus Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A move by the … to plant a "solar garden," to harvest clean solar energy with a photovoltaic array on the grounds of the WMU College … fully implemented, Consumers has committed to provide WMU with $120,000 in funding over six years for a Solar Learning …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26183

Engineering prof wins NIH grant for research on heart disease

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… wins NIH grant for research on heart disease Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Springstead KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A … says. "But if you overload the system, you end up with fatty streaks in the arteries. So what we're trying to … PEIPC, he treated the cells in the inner lining of arteries with a fragment of the lipid to test inflammatory signaling. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22649

Philip E. Kaldon obituary

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… Philip E. Kaldon obituary Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Philip E. Kaldon Dr. Philip E. Kaldon , who had been with the Western Michigan University Department of Physics … Phil" by his students, Kaldon had a reputation for teaching with enthusiasm and humor. He was dedicated to science …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/32904

Robert 'Rob' E. Fedorchak obituary

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… Robert 'Rob' E. Fedorchak obituary Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on  Robert "Rob" E. Fedorchak , a … to the University. During the Vietnam War, he served with the U.S. Army. Services A memorial service will be held … one hour prior to the memorial service. Graveside services with full military honors will be held at noon Friday, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31797

Powerful piece wins WMU dance student prestigious choreography award

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… to success after graduation. Hayley Midea won the coveted Maggie Allesee Choreography Award on Saturday, Oct. 12 , … tend to draw from personal experience, or just from what I know," says Midea, a senior dance major who created the piece … Midea, a Wixom native, has always been comfortable with. "I've really grown as a person at WMU, in ways I never …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/56188