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Shining a spotlight on senior engineering design partnership

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Mich.−Senior Design Conference. It’s a time for College of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ students from all … that are sponsored by industry partners, non-profit organizations or faculty members conducting research.  … For Landscape Forms, Inc. (LFI), a long-time sponsor of numerous projects, it is also a time to challenge their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69981

Sport management alum finds success with Indiana Pacers

College of Education and Human Development

… KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Tony   Bellissimo, B.S.17, a graduate of Western Michigan University's College of Education and Human Development's sport management program, is living out his dream in professional sports. In his role as the corporate ticket sales …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74862

Western's Racial Justice Advisory Committee will update campus on progress

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… have done, and I am amazed," McCorkle says. "There are lots of people right now talking about anti-racism, being … impactful change, identifying systemic inequities because of the structure or way we do things and making recommendations of how to change them." RJAC is made up of more than 50 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65616

Cold Case Program gains national attention, inspires expansion

College of Arts and Sciences

… it seems, is interested in her Cold Case Program —a first-of-its-kind partnership with Michigan State Police—which has … attention!" says Kuersten, the program's director and professor in the Department of Sociology's Criminal Justice … State—I'm getting calls from all over asking how other schools can set up a similar program," Kuersten says. She's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/68777

NPR counterterrorism correspondent to give talk

News

… Discussion Series organized by the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan. The discussion series is one of the largest foreign policy lecture programs in the nation … to American foreign policy issues. Locally, WMU will be offering a live lecture by National Public Radio …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4380

WMU's global engagement growth reflects national trends

News

… in fall 2012, as compared to the fall 2011 enrollment of 159 students. Historically, more than 90 percent of CELCIS graduates become degree-seeking students at WMU. The increases are all a reflection of national trends noted in an annual report released Nov. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3017

Football program earns NCAA sportsmanship award

News

… The NCAA announced the Division I, II and III winners of its sportsmanship award Jan. 17 . WMU won the honor in the male recipient category for Division I schools. The Broncos were recognized for their role in the 2017 game at the University of Southern California, in which blind Trojan long-snapper …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51303

Austin Fahrenkopf flourishes in finance

Haworth College of Business

… senior Austin Fahrenkopf is getting his foot in the door of the business world. The finance student from Albany, New York, is taking advantage of his internship opportunities to gain as much experience … as possible before he graduates from the Haworth College of Business.  In the summer of 2022, Fahrenkopf began his …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75149

Ruth A. Mulder obituary

News

… duplicating operator II in Printing Services after 22 years of service to the University. She also had been employed by the A & P Co. for 15 years. Mulder was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo and a member of the Order of Pythian Sisters …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9129

Working to say 'goodbye' to forever chemicals

W Magazine

… chemicals Submitted by Erin Flynn on PhD candidate Ethan Coffin holds a novel foam sampler developed at Western for … polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which cause a wide range of adverse health effects, are pervasive in the environment … down.  Western faculty and students are on the leading edge of innovation to root out and capture these “forever …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75868