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WMU wins MAC Institutional Academic Achievement Award

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… Michigan University's athletics program has been recognized for having the highest overall institutional grade-point average for student-athletes competing in the Mid-American … received the MAC Institutional Academic Achievement Award for posting an overall GPA of 3.253 for the past academic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42435

Theatre to present 'The Game's Afoot'

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… in "The Game's Afoot" KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Just in time for the holiday season, Western Michigan University Theatre … hilarious as actor William Gillette, known the world-around for his role as Sherlock Holmes, hosts his fellow cast-members for a weekend of revelry in his Connecticut castle. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43524

Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in July

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… global engagement opportunities in July Submitted by Korey Force on CELCIS teaches academic English in the classroom as … July. Highlights include Chinese language and culture camps for local youth and conversation circles to help … at wmich.edu/global/events by WMU's Haenicke Institute for Global Education. Sign up for weekly update July 2017 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40714

Renowned public education expert to speak on campus

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… on Ravitch KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A leading national advocate for public education will speak about her plan to preserve … University. Update: This event has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, in 2000 Schneider Hall. Dr. … at New York University, will speak on "Education Reform and the Promise of Education" as part of WMU's Center …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45725

WMU's 2019 Gründler Prize goes to architectural historian

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… won Western MIchigan University's Otto Gründler Book Prize for her book on the reception of the architecture of … State University, is the winner of the 2019 Gründler Prize for "The Architecture of the Christian Holy Land: Reception … Ages, which is held on the WMU campus. The prize is named for the late longtime director of WMU's Medieval Institute …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53544

Engineering students move research in the right direction

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… the continued development of flexible sensors that can conform to the curves of a human body or stretch across the … radio-controlled car wirelessly, based on finger movements. For right-handers, bending the index finger moves the car forward, the middle finger turns right, the thumb left, and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/53718

University welcomes two explosive-detection K-9s to police force

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… University welcomes two explosive-detection K-9s to police force Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two … WMU officers Travis Cable and Michael Lininger , trained for three months at a facility in Taylor, Michigan, and received dual certification for both explosive detection and patrol in mid-January. "It …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/02/51620

Spektral Quartet and Mark DeChiazza present new works

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… Spektral Quartet will return to Western Michigan University for a workshop-performance of a gripping new work by WMU faculty composer Lisa … April 11 , in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The performance will be preceded by a 7 p.m. discussion hosted by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45969

OT, social work faculty earn $1.8 million behavioral health grant

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… Harrison KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A four-year, $1.8 million grant for behavioral health workforce education and training will support a Western Michigan … support WMU's Interprofessional Peer Education and Evidence for Recovery project, IPEER, a joint initiative of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45083

Grammy winner to perform with jazz and symphony orchestras

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… Grammy winner to perform with jazz and symphony orchestras Submitted by Deanne … winner Vince Mendoza will visit Western Michigan University for a collaboration with the University Jazz Orchestra and … Feb. 21 , in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The performance will be preceded by a 7 p.m. discussion hosted by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45260