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Faculty member, students honored by YWCA Kalamazoo for their positive impact

College of Education and Human Development

… to women in the community who have demonstrated a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the well-being of the … with Kalamazoo Youth Development  Network. Griffin shows up as her authentic self and works tirelessly to ensure she …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/05/75615

College supports community with second annual day of service

College of Education and Human Development

… College supports community with second annual day of service … to work in. Faculty, staff and students volunteered their time and made donations to make the event a huge success. … Day allows our faculty and staff to demonstrate their ongoing passion and dedication for our students and local …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73620

STEM Workforce Collaboratory established to improve WMU STEM programs, expand STEM workforce

College of Arts and Sciences

… is one way the University is striving to achieve that exact goal. With the backing of a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. … the University with guidance and funds for ongoing updates to STEM lab technologies and faculty professional … professionals in industry,” says Mathews. “It’s cyclical what we are doing; not just investing in technology today, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69684

Former MIT researcher discusses neuroethics in center's first fall talk

News

… includes fall talks and events through Friday, Nov. 9 . Upcoming presentations The other upcoming ethics center … take place on WMU's Main Campus. The dates, presentations, times and locations are: Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 25-26 … at Hamilton College, "Plato's Dialogues of Definition: What Is Socrates Looking For,?" 5 p.m. Room 157 Bernhard …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48528

WMU student wins scholarship for excellence in supply chain

Haworth College of Business

… WMU student wins scholarship for excellence in supply chain Submitted by Amy Coughenour on KALAMAZOO, Mich. … in 2013, the scholarship provides women enrolled in full-time supply chain degree programs a scholarship as well as … also interned with multiple companies including the Kellogg Company, Parker Hannifin, Trane Technologies and Procter …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75681

Merze Tate Explorers discover cooking with STEM with WMU nutrition and dietetics program

College of Education and Human Development

… their drawings of a healthy meal using the MyPlate food groups. Merze Tate Explorers cooking no-bake oatmeal peanut … received an SDA T-shirt, an apron with the WMU logo and “Merze Tate Explorer,” along with copies of recipes … day concluded with the MTE writing a short reflection on what they had learned. Dr. Arezoo Rojhani , director of the  …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71324

WMU celebrates 20 years as home to a Phi Beta Kappa chapter

News

… Art McGurn. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An early April induction of up to 81 top juniors and seniors will mark the 20th … right to have a chapter was a 28-year effort at WMU and a goal of then-President Diether H. Haenicke , from the start … Members have included 17 U.S. presidents, 40 U.S. Supreme Court justices and 136 Nobel Laureates. Phi Beta …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45796

Life cycle and social impact assessment expert to speak at WMU

Sustainability

… lecture at Western Michigan University Thursday, March 15 . Update March 9, 2018: Dr. Gregory Norris’ visit, originally scheduled for Thursday, March 15, has been canceled. Dr. Gregory Norris , of Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45259

Honors organization recognized with national award

News

… service.  The Maintaining the Flame Award is a follow-up award to the Society's Order of the Torch Award, the … in 1924, Alpha Lambda Delta has more than a million lifetime members and is present on over 275 campuses nationwide. … to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their unique roles in society." For more …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43972

WMU's Heritage Hall continues award run for technology, efficiency

News

… took top honors in the Educational Facilities-Existing category. Heritage Hall, along with winning projects in other … applied innovative building design in the areas of occupant comfort, indoor air quality and energy conservation. … Governor's Energy Excellence Award for the success it triggered in reducing energy waste. The 1905 facility was …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43519