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WMU researchers hope to revolutionize papermaking with $2.5M grant

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… papermaking with $2.5M grant Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Dr. Mert Atilhan works in his lab in Floyd Hall, … well with the DOE’s mission to support transformative scientific solutions for pressing environmental challenges … efforts.  Atilhan began pursuing the idea several years ago after earning Western’s competitive Faculty Research and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73114

Montalvo receives a prestigious scholarship to study in Argentina

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Western Michigan University; it is a school that I have always felt a connection to. I am currently double majoring in … and sports are a big part of my life, so Exercise Science was the right fit for me. Also, I have always had an … drove me towards Spanish. I’ll be finished with school after the Summer one term of 2017. After graduation, I plan …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2017/03/montlavo-interview

Jane Nichols obituary

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… Western Michigan University staff member, died Jan. 8 . She was 89. Nichols was a finance clerk for the WMU Bookstore. … She joined the WMU staff in 1968 and retired in 1988 after 20 years of service to the University. Remembrances No remembrance …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5858

Clyde Gillette obituary

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… Western Michigan University staff member, died March 5 . He was 81. Gillette joined the WMU staff in May 1979 and retired in May 1994 after 15 years of service to the University. He was an assistant manager for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5990

Jess Morgan Walker obituary

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… Jess Morgan Walker obituary Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … Utah, joined the WMU faculty in 1965 and retired in 1989 after 24 years of service to the University. Services Services have been held. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/10/49552

Akol Abol: From Sudan to WMU

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… by Anonymous (not verified) on “When I left my family, it was not something that I would be able to come back to. I … do homework, drink water as dinner and go to sleep right afterward with your stomach rumbling or growling. That time … things that happened to me was when I was in Sunday service was that I saw couples cuddling during mass. In …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2014/09/akol-abol

Events throughout community set to honor King

News

… Luther King Jr., including a convocation, march, day of service, educational programs and presentations by such award-winning scholars as author and radio host Dr. Michael … featuring Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of the award-winning a cappella quintet Sweet Honey in the Rock and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/48

Robert H. 'Bob' Luscombe obituary

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… died June 8 at the University of Michigan Hospital after a valiant fight with leukemia. He was 77. Luscombe, of Richland, Mich., retired in 1999 after 26 years of service to the University, 19 of them as the second dean of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7602

William 'Bill' R. Welke obituary

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… University, died Friday, Nov. 16 in Shawnee, Kan. He was 79. Welke joined the WMU faculty in 1967 and retired in 1998 after 31 years of service to the University. He served as chair of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3151

Ronald J. Pelc obituary

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… staff member, died in Bradenton, Fla.,  June 3 . He was 77. Pelc, of Portage, Mich., and Bradenton, Fla., joined … staff in 1964 and retired as associate registrar in 1995 after 31 years of service to the University. He is survived by his wife, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7612