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WMU to confer nearly 1,300 degrees during summer commencement

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… will officiate during the ceremonies. Montgomery will distribute 1,296 diplomas on behalf of the University: 855 at … set of degree-granting academic units. The 9 a.m. ceremony is for graduates of the College of Engineering and Applied … Arts, and Haworth College of Business. The noon ceremony is for graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47571

Freezer organizer, space optimizer claims first at Bronco Pitch Competition

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… space or who need to optimize their freezers for meal prep is the winner of the K.C. O'Shaughnessy Bronco Pitch … was held virtually on April 9. The Freezer Smart team comprised of industrial and entrepreneurial engineering students … Katrina Hoyt of Portage, Slava Vorobyov of Kalamazoo and Madison Wegner of Freeland presented the winning pitch, which …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/64011

Anthropology alumna digging life after graduation

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… Anthropology alumna digging life after graduation Submitted by Erin Flynn on A … and there was no turning back. I got the bug." The rest is history—which, coincidentally, is the major Delmonico …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58025

Date for WMU Alert test announced

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… can sign up for WMU Alert through GoWMU. All who have registered for WMU Alert by Sept. 20 for a text message, phone … has the following identifications: WMU Alert caller ID is (269) 387-0911 WMU Alert text message is sent from 67283 or 226787 WMU Alert email is sent from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42739

Ethics center to host series of book clubs this semester

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… Ethics center to host series of book clubs this semester Submitted by Deanne Puca on Author David Denby … University's Center for the Study of Ethics in Society is hosting a series of book clubs during the spring 2018 … the following. Jil Larson , associate professor of English, will be leading discussions of "Lit-Up: One Reporter, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44601

Two to receive WMU's Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award

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… Two to receive WMU's Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award Submitted by Anonymous (not … Mich.—Western Michigan University will present its 2014-15 Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award to Dr. E. Rozanne Elder …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19495

Veteran's Day blood drive planned

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… Nov. 10 , at the Student Recreation Center's indoor tennis courts. The blood drive is organized by WMU's ROTC program in honor of U.S. Veterans … sign up at  redcrossblood.org  with the code WMU, but registration is not necessary to participate. For more …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43129

Economics alumna tackling hunger, health issues at Brookings Institution

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… Economics alumna tackling hunger, health issues at Brookings Institution Submitted by Erin Flynn on A … of those people." Driven to help end that suffering, Brahma is now working with various ministries in India to assess and address public health schemes …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/57684

College of Health and Human Services makes personnel moves

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… College of Health and Human Services has made two administrative appointments, naming a veteran nursing professor … the nursing school since 2013 and who has retired. Lagerway is the school's longest-serving traditional faculty member, … of professor and has taught health care ethics, nursing history and qualitative methodology. She also has led a study …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25569

Alumni competing in goalball at Paralympics in Rio

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… instructor in the WMU Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies. Most, or possibly all, of them grew up … Township, was born with a hereditary degenerative retinal disease and is legally blind, with less than one degree of … throw it into the opponent's goal, with the ball traveling upwards of 40 mph. The game was developed in Eastern Europe …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34778