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Gearing up for the grind: Skateboard-loving student ready to roll into WMU's kinetic imaging program

First-Year Faces

… the place he'll soon call home. "I'm just really looking forward to having my own schedule and finding new things to do and explore," says Rodriguez-Vargas. "It was really cool especially to see all of the fine arts … who graduated in May from Innovation Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and just wrapped up New Student …

https://wmich.edu/firstyearfaces/news/2025/07/class-2029-yoyo-rodriguez-vargas-kinetic-imaging

Michigan Geological Survey advances with new leadership, facility and funding

College of Arts and Sciences

… facility and funding Submitted by Amelia Bodinaku on 2024 was an exciting year for the Michigan Geological Survey, … of the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, was appointed as director of MGS in July. As director, … significant work ahead to gather essential data, conduct cutting-edge research and develop innovative tools that will …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-mgs

Dance department to stage annual Winter Gala concert

News

… company that he formed in 2008. "One Sound Looking Back" is set to music composed and produced by Djeff Houle … a quasi-personal account of Lamb's history in ballet. Lamb was awarded the 2009 National Choreographic Competition of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and the Grand Prize in Milwaukee Ballet’s 2013 Genesis International …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/13037

Concerto Competition finals highlight accomplished students

News

… String Summit John Varineau , associate conductor of the Grand Rapids Symphony, music director of the Grand Rapids Youth Symphony and professor of clarinet at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4500

Josh Blain: Networking, Navigation and his Expedition to Envoy Air

College of Aviation

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/joshblain

A Working Artist, Rachel Stickney Builds a Business Around the Book Arts

Gwen Frostic School of Art

… fair circuit, teaches book arts classes and is regularly awarded grants and project funding, alongside an active … work inconsistently, without a clear focus, for years. It wasn't until the pandemic that she felt the pull back. … "It was there I learned about bookbinding, paper arts, typesetting, teaching classes, running a store and scheduling …

https://wmich.edu/art/news/2026/08/rachel-stickney-book-arts-alumni

'Overwhelming sense of Bronco Pride' on display at Western Weekend

W Magazine

… The Bronco Cheer Team gets festive for Western Weekend. The Water Ski and Wakeboard Club was represented at the RSO Fair. Prospective … activities across Main, East and Parkview campuses and a grand finale, complete with student performances and prize …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68120

High school students can explore manufacturing and design careers through new WMU, GRPS partnership

Merze Tate College

… new WMU, GRPS partnership Submitted by Beth Pappalardo on Grand Rapids Public Schools students participated in … cost .     “Our partnership with GRPS is an impactful way to help high school students discover potential … ’s  College of Engineering and Applied Sciences .     GRPS was first introduced to the possibilities of dual enrollment …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69313

Aviation the Apogee Way: Pascal Paffhausen and Austin Harper are the Dynamic Duo

College of Aviation

… Aviation the Apogee Way: Pascal Paffhausen and Austin Harper are the Dynamic Duo … Hudson River between New York skyscrapers, flying over the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley, the endless sunsets.  The weather is always sunny and beautiful above the …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/01/apogee-0

Board signs off on name for new student residence halls

News

… select the final name. The name selected, Western Heights, was the choice of students, she said, and it met the hopes … arranged into houses of 30-35 students on each floor with a kitchen and study area, plus centrally private bathrooms … in the new complex are furnished bedrooms, built-in closets, air conditioning, third-floor laundry areas, and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19403