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Applications available for student sustainability grants

Sustainability

… meeting minimum requirements. Grant allocations will be announced before the end of spring semester. Grant proposals are … Hydraulic-Electronic Bicycle Brianna Brown and Amber Hojnacki —Permaculture from Mesoamerica to Kalamazoo …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37642

Foundation Scholars Program sets stage for success for music theatre graduate

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… Alyssa Zamora is passionate about theatre. She always has been. But it wasn't until she came to Western Michigan … performance and a minor in family science. "The whole idea behind family science is that if you can change someone's … in a single-parent home with financial difficulties. "I've been working since I was really young and have been raised …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/64046

WMU board to consider resolution to receive state funding for Dunbar Hall renovation at special board meeting Thursday

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… upgrades for teaching and learning. The building will also be upgraded to maximize energy efficiency and better align with WMU’s sustainability mission. The project …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68080

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

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… lanthanum, neodymium, samarium and gadolinium (photo by Peggy Greb, U.S. Department of Agriculture). • President's … home to the Michigan Geological Survey, has already been doing just that. In May , the University began working on a grant its state geological survey …

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

Business Broncos take first place in ACG Cup competition

Haworth College of Business

… includes business leaders and schools from the Midwest and beyond. Both undergraduate and graduate students interested … Rooney says. “I learned so much from my fellow team members and the case on how to create a financial valuation … strategy recommendations for a company, which will be useful to me in my future career.”  “This year's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67589

WMU geosciences scholars celebrate 50 years as academic department

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… of Geosciences will return to Kalamazoo next week to begin a yearlong celebration of scholarship, service and … 1959 and the hiring of Dr. Lloyd J. Schmaltz , who in 1965 became the first chair of a new stand-alone geology … in Kalamazoo, will attend the Alumni Rally as will a number of other department leaders and retired faculty members. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26660

WMU earns top accreditation for landscape management

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… Mall KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University has become just the fifth organization in the country to receive … accreditation rating requires a very proactive and aggressive approach to understanding and implementing sound … also displaying an appreciable propensity for continuous betterment." Rare national honor Waldo Library courtyard …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26328

Renowned foreign affairs expert Lawrence Ziring dies at 86

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… Scholar, the University's highest honor for a faculty member. Ziring was the author or coauthor of dozens of books … of the young nation that walks a historical tightrope between the fundamentalist Islamic forces that hold great … of 9/11, Ziring correctly predicted that Pakistan would be the key to finding Osama bin Laden, as the Taliban was …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25594

First-generation WMU graduate adapts to changing career outlook

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… school for me. I wanted an out-of-state experience, while being close to home.” Serving as student body president of … increase sales. After graduation, Sánchez found himself struggling to find a job in the aviation industry amidst the … However, Sánchez says his education at WMU prepared him to be flexible. “While retail is completely different from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59302

WMU partners with local tribes to create tribal governance graduate certificate

College of Arts and Sciences

… WMU partners with local tribes to create tribal governance graduate certificate … of the Interior Bryan Newland. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Long before it housed lecture halls and textbooks, the land where … strengthened the University’s engagement with the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, Nottawaseppi …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73676