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Western students lead strategy development to keep young professionals in Kalamazoo
News
… facing the state is? How to get more young people to want to be here and stay here," WMU President Edward … told students and 160 young professionals during an event designed to gain input from current young professionals in … Brown. "They understand everything involved, from how you set things up organizationally to what the budget should …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75403
Experience a world of cultures during one week
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… its annual observance of International Education Week, set for Saturday through Friday, Nov. 15-21 . Many … traditional Chinese clothes, take your picture in the Great Wall photo booth, play traditional Chinese games and … Foundation. Learn to make Chinese traditional food and to design Chinese accessories; listen to traditional Chinese …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/19974
Grant advances bacteria research while training future scientists
College of Arts and Sciences
… Sciences at Western Michigan University, has been awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health’s National … Through this work, students gain experience with modern techniques and methods while building practical …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2026/03/grant-advances-bacteria-research
Free Seed Library now available at Waldo Library
University Libraries
… Free Seed Library now available at Waldo Library Submitted by Sara Volmering on Waldo Library … and other seeds to choose from. “There’s something incredibly rewarding about sitting down to a meal with food you … yourself, even if it’s just simple lettuce and herbs from a kitchen windowsill,” says Mary O’Kelly , associate dean of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75205
Doctoral candidate charts course for success in world-class sailing win
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… Gold Cup alongside teammate Luke Lawrence. (Photo courtesy: Walter Cooper) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Saying the sky’s the limit … and mentorship he found on campus. Asif, left, sets up an ion thruster inside a vacuum chamber with student … institutions around the world. Finding b alance From designing and refining experiments in the lab to presenting …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/11/star-vintage-sailing-world-champion-mohammed-asif
Martin E. Gingerich obituary
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… Dr. Martin E. Gingerich , professor emeritus of English, died Oct. 19 . He was 84. Gingerich, of Buckley, Michigan, joined the WMU … in the Anglo Welsh Review, the Minnesota English Journal, Modern Poetry Studies and Notes on Contemporary Literature. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43957
Dance department to stage annual Winter Gala concert
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… 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 … and Helen Lukan , piano. Carolyn Pavlik has created a new modern dance, "It Takes Two," for 10 dancers. The piece …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/13037
WMU students help show go on, virtually, at the Playhouse at White Lake
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… 2020 were a stage production, COVID-19 would be the villain waiting in the wings. Set on upstaging just about every aspect of life as we know … theatre students. "I'm the technical director, scenic designer, sometimes lighting designer, and I do a lot of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60339
Dunbar Hall to be transformed in $40 million renovation project
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… helped make the case for the need," says WMU President Edward Montgomery . The project is set to begin in spring 2020, and University officials expect … that are difficult to implement in small classrooms designed in the late 1960's," says Dr. Carla Koretsky , dean …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/02/51700
Blue Man Group returns to campus for weekend of shows
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… on The Blue Man Group shows will feature a new stage set. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Blue Man Group is coming to Western … by classic Blue Man favorites. The new sound, set and video design centering around a proscenium-sized LED curtain and … have created a high-impact visual experience for Broadway houses across the nation. Blue Man Group Blue Man Group …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22464