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Broncos reach new heights in NASA Student Launch competition

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… Ella Kubesh, Tyler Clendenning and Markus Vanderzwaag show off some of the rockets their team has built.  … rocket hurtled thousands of feet into the sky over Bragg Farms in Huntsville, Alabama.  The Pegasus VII rocket takes flight in Huntsville, AL. "It is kind of surreal standing in this open field surrounded by …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/nasa-student-launch-challenge-2025-aiaa-pegasus-rocket

Got lag? Doctoral student’s research connects gaming performance to exercise science

College of Education and Human Development

… student’s research connects gaming performance to exercise science Submitted by Chris Hybels on Lilin Lan, a … player’s performance in competitive play.” Lan’s findings from the study showed that use of high-intensity interval training can …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2025/11/esports-exercise-science-lilian-lan-performance-competition

Registration now open for Rider Colloquium

College of Health and Human Services

… Registration now open for Rider Colloquium Submitted by Jillian … and practitioners. The keynote presentation will be from  Jenn Soros, PhD, OTRL & Beth Ann Walker, PhD, OTR, … OTRL , and will focus on  Stress as a Hidden Occupation: How Regulation Shapes the Way We Show Up. Register Rates: …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/07/rider-colloquium-2025

WMU alumni awarded prestigious Blue Cloud Award

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… University couple and southwest Michigan philanthropists Lynn Chen -Zhang , M.S.’91, and Charles Zhang , M.A.’91, h ave been honored with the Blue Cloud Award from the China Institute in America.   Charles Zhang and … and a few hundred dollars, but we carried something far more valuable: our values—education, perseverance, …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/lynn-chen-zhang-charles-zhang-china-institute-blue-cloud-award

Spring 2025 student exhibit

University Libraries

… by Angela Brcka on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—University Libraries is honored to feature creative and research works by Western … Colton Hicks Collaborators: Eyad Mohammed A Alfarsi, Sara Tolentino Caceres, Prof. Priyanka Sharma   … is what I consider to be my best work so far. I have never shown it to anyone outside of friends or family and a brief …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2025/02/student-exhibit-spring-2025

Western to host fall 2025 career fairs connecting students with leading employers

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… Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is launching its fall 2025 career fair season with an … the opportunity to meet and network with representatives from employers including CPA firms, private companies and … Career Fair Tours Sept. 18 - Oct. 9, students can discover how to navigate a career fair with the help of experts. Drop …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/09/western-hosts-2025-fall-career-fairs

Wings of Resolve: The Air Force Journey of WMU Aviation Bronco Tracy Smiedendorf

College of Aviation

… and Retired Air Force Officer Tracy Smiedendorf during his WMU Commencement in 1983 During a 27-year career in the … Smiedendorf logged more than his share of vivid memories.   How about these for the now-retired 1983 alumnus of the … hijacked airliner slammed into the building about 400 yards from his office.   His team of trouble-shooting technicians …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/09/smiedendorf

Megan Hause is carving her own path

Haworth College of Business

… Megan Hause is carving her own path Submitted by Janine Adamski on … best path to take is the one you make yourself. Originally from Chelsea, Michigan, the marketing and leadership and … team. I did more than marketing on the team—I learned how to sell and strategize opportunities to reach our quotas …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/02/marketinglbsmegan-hausebronconess

Returning to hometown leads grad student to find missing puzzle piece

Haworth College of Business

… Returning to hometown leads grad student to find missing puzzle piece Submitted by Amy Coughenour on … Earning my MBA has been a missing piece of the puzzle for far too long. The knowledge that I will gain from completing … As a contemporary student, Williams is pleased with how naturally she’s adapted to being in school again. “I’ve …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74252

Recent grad credits Global Studies in the Field course, Global Engagement Program for career growth

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Yet today, the 2024 graduate, says the lessons she took from GIST 3100: Global Studies in the Field have taken on a new … importance to them. He had spent the morning talking about how objects have different meanings depending on historic …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/04/program-feature-global-studies