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Global firm to open North American headquarters at BTR Park

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… firm to open North American headquarters at BTR Park Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A … electronics and industrial markets. Company officials have been preparing for the launch of the new location with a … customized, on-site training so the engineering team has a better idea of the process to apply. Working together, we …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23569

Student group earns recognition for superior efforts

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… Student group earns recognition for superior efforts Submitted by Stacey Lowis on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's Gamma Rho chapter of Beta Alpha Psi has once again been recognized for its dedication to professional and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54398

WMU student invention wins $10,000 Lemelson-MIT 'Cure it!' prize

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… WMU student invention wins $10,000 Lemelson-MIT 'Cure it!' prize Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) … another in mechanical engineering. Later this summer, he begins medical school at the University of Michigan. Joseph … after hearing of a shortage of teachers there. He has been to Honduras six times in the past five years, where he …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24028

Jean E. Lowrie obituary

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… Jean E. Lowrie obituary Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Jean E. Lowrie Dr. … 32 years of service to the University. She is remembered by colleagues and former students around the world as … into retirement. A former public school teacher, Lowrie began her distinguished career in library education at WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20588

WMU awarded $3.7 million for programs in blindness and low vision

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… WMU awarded $3.7 million for programs in blindness and low vision Submitted … Mich.—Four recent grants totaling $3.7 million have been awarded to the Western Michigan University Department … and Orientation and Mobility Instructors of Children, Dr. Robert Wall Emerson , professor, $1,248,723. The project will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20138

Professor's radio show wins award, additional segments to air

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… radio show wins award, additional segments to air Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Downey KALAMAZOO—A … at one family's journey from the South to Covert, Mich., before the Civil War, and music from Lansing-based … Davis. A podcast of the show and more information can be found on the Michigan Radio website . Based on the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7190

Honors college home earns LEED silver certification as 'green' building

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… home earns LEED silver certification as 'green' building Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU's Lee Honors … of Western Michigan University's Lee Honors College has been awarded LEED silver certification by the U.S. Green … LEED certification, doubled the number of classrooms, added a library, and included many technology and other …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18608

Merze Tate: A trailblazing Western alumna who made an international impact

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… Western alumna who made an international impact Submitted by Erin Flynn on [caption] [/caption] KALAMAZOO, … by a thirst for knowledge and boundless ambition, she became the first Black student to receive a bachelor's … from Western State Teachers College—which would later become WMU—in 1927. But the road to get there was not easy. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/62998

New Michigan budget includes $4M for WMU autism initiatives

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… New Michigan budget includes $4M for WMU autism initiatives … University, which has a national reputation for its work in behavior analysis as a treatment for autism, will use the … of the brain development disorder by: Increasing the number of new professionals in the field each year and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16702

Professor's documentary to screen at Waterfront Film Festival

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… documentary to screen at Waterfront Film Festival Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on From left: Wilder, … in the film, video and media studies program. It will be unveiled at 2 p.m. Friday, June 13, and 4:30 p.m. … transformative working with them," Machiorlatti says. "They became friends with a lot of the students. It's almost like …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16566