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Semester-long series at WMU focuses on climate crisis, inspiring change
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… to take action on one of the most important issues to young people today: climate change. "I already see a notable … to a Pew Research survey , 76% of Generation Z Americans consider climate change a big concern and more than a … change is an existential threat to life on planet Earth. With this semester-long series, the WMU Climate Change …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74224
Trustees approve retirements of two faculty, six staff members
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… All of the faculty members who are retiring are doing so with emeritus status. Their names, positions, years of … items The administrator returning to the faculty, along with her old and new positions, is Dr. Judith Swisher , from … in the Mallinson Institute for Science Education, effective with the beginning of the 2014-15 academic year. A …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17670
WMU engineer receives ADVANCE proof of concept grant
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… spring. The grants provide an incentive for faculty members with early stage technologies at Michigan public universities to engage with their school's technology transfer office to advance … associate and lecturer at the University of Alberta, Canada; lecturer and senior lecturer at Warsaw Technical …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47498
WMU tops $4.5 million in externally awarded grants in May
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… bringing the year-to-date total to more than $31.4 million, with one month left in the 2014-15 fiscal year, WMU trustees … training programs and provide more services to children with autism and their families. Research grants were led by … and paper engineering. The duo will use the grant to work with community colleges to increase enrollment of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/28037
WMU awards recognize diversity and inclusion efforts
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… will honor, as previously announced , two faculty members with Innovative Teaching Awards. Excellence in Diversity … and inclusion for 20 years. Starting with a W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant in 1995 focused on bringing women and … associate professor of gender and women’s studies and Africana studies, are being honored as the co-facilitators for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30039
WMU student team places third in supply chain challenge
Haworth College of Business
… teams, given the quality of the competition, is significant," says Dr. Bret Wagner , WMU associate professor of … and only have Thursday evening to become familiar with it. On Friday morning, they are given a new scenario with some significant additions that increase the complexity. They must then …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36430
U.S. News, others laud WMU for academics, diversity and sustainability
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… Three Michigan schools made the top-100 ranking, with WMU being ranked at No. 83. The other two Michigan … The Sierra Club runs the initiative in partnership with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability. … Higher Education Excellence in Diversity—HEED—honorees, with WMU making the list for the fourth consecutive year. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34886
Alumni competing in goalball at Paralympics in Rio
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… John Kusku Kusku, of Commerce Township, was born with a hereditary degenerative retinal disease and is … by the U.S. Association of Blind Athletes at WMU at a young age. Having a passion for sports as a child, he was … including the silver medal team at the 2015 ParaPan American Games, the bronze medal team at the 2014 World Goalball …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34778
Campus community, area senior citizens preparing for prom night
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… that joins senior citizens from the Kalamazoo area with WMU students, faculty and staff for a night of Big Band … and area residents to share an evening of fun and reminisce with current students. The theme for 2015 is Hollywood, … the Ernest Burnham-Smith Burnham and Henry residence halls with the help of volunteers. Financial assistance is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22604
Kirsten Dunst stars in 'Melancholia' at Little Theatre
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… 5 p.m. General admission is $5 and $3 for WMU students with a valid Bronco Card. "Melancholia" is the latest film from director Lars von Trier. Kirsten Dunst stars as a young bride named Justine, a role that garnered her a Best Actress win at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Justine's world, nay the earth itself, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/159