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University College to become Merze Tate College, honoring legacy of trailblazing alumna

News

… particularly those from historically underserved groups, can thrive." Merze Tate College will serve as a … Western and preparing them for life beyond graduation. WMU Signature : Encourages all students to complete a … Studies : WMU’s recently updated core curriculum, designed to help students become fluent in change and driven …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65686

Student Recreation Center creates lasting impact on students’ personal growth, sense of belonging

Student Life

… Students, faculty and staff can participate in several group classes on the multipurpose courts. The climbing wall on … life. In addition, the University found the SRC has a significant impact on student’s feelings of well-being with … needs of its attendees, the SRC continues to make a significant and lasting impact on stude nts in ways that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70910

Navy veteran and four-time CAS alum built a career by probing the link between humans and their machines

College of Arts and Sciences

… an initial deployment on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower supporting Operation Deny Flight and Operation Provide … (DARPA), the government’s rather radical department designed to explore seemingly impossible ideas and, in many … Award. The project, called Augmented Cognition, was designed to exponentially “extend the information management …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69145

Empowering undergraduate students with research internships

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… of chaotic systems. Referred to as one of the most significant recent scientific concepts by the bestselling … develop and validate an electronic chaotic circuit and was supervised by Dr. Damon Miller, professor of electrical and … entering University of Kentucky. “I wanted to go to a bigger, D1 school. Ironically that had nothing to do with …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/10/undergrad-research

First Global Education Program cohort inspired to expand global learning opportunities for kids

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… hampered some plans for long-term study abroad, a core group of students from the 2018 cohort continued to the … their own explorations of other cultures." GEP students designed an innovative digital curriculum using Google … scholars. The Program The Global Engagement Program is designed for a cohort of students to grow together through a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68108

Three professors to be honored with Distinguished Teaching Awards

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… and socialization into the student role. Writing in support of her nomination, a former graduate assistant noted … and influential part of their education. Although I was assigned to serve Dr. Anderson, it was truly she who served … important and intriguing," she wrote. "Many times, her assignments had topics chosen by the students, giving us an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43111

University to honor its top four staffers for 2016-17

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… student employees, Fraaza develops programming as well as supervises and trains the more than 200 student leaders it … nominators also wrote highly about Fraaza's ability to keep updating Fall Welcome programming in light of changing … over the years. "This person is the single most impactful supervisor I have had the pleasure to learn from," one of her …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42945

Dr. Homer Hartman Stryker biography

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… so the patient's mobility was better. The Cast Cutter was designed to alleviate the cumbersome task of removing a cast. … Cutter, with continual improvements in performance and design over time. Early years Homer Hartman Stryker was born … schoolhouse in the Keweenaw Bay school system in the Upper Peninsula, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and served in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14108

School of Music faculty produce dozens of creative and research projects in trying times

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… new pieces for septet by Hawaiian composers. The grant supported a 10-day tour for masterclasses and performances in … 2020. Music History Professor Lauron Kehrer discusses her upcoming book project in a YouTube interview Music history … You Hear Me? Examining Racial and Cultural Biases and Microaggressions in the Modern Classical Music World” at the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/61926

Twenty incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships

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… The daylong event included essay writing and a group problem-solving activity for the students as well as an … Morales spent nearly the same amount of time helping to design sets and leading set construction, and she worked on … and all-conference and state-qualifying honors in freestyle, relay and other swimming events. The former …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7662