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Dance students to present annual winter concert
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… from the Western Michigan University Great Works Dance Project highlight the Department of Dance's Winter Gala … by Lauren Edson, winner of the Great Works Dance Project National Choreography Competition. Nelly van … "PiDgeon," created for members of the Western Dance Project, WMU's touring ensemble. "JInsha," a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/93
WMU research team awarded National Science Foundation grant for AI readiness through cyber training
Haworth College of Business
… WMU research team awarded National Science Foundation grant for AI readiness … Michigan University interdisciplinary team has been awarded a four-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation … intelligence (AI) readiness through cyber training. The project is responding to the calls from the National Science …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72863
Computer engineering grad programmed a path to success at Western
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… Camryn Ruiz is working on the technology in real time. "I want to design something that will potentially help people," says Ruiz, whose senior design project involves programming a robotic arm to operate from … and defense industries. Driven to succeed Engineering has always fascinated Ruiz. It's what drew the Fenton, Michigan, …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/12/computer-engineering-fall-2024-graduate-camryn-ruiz
Abraham L. Poot obituary
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… Michigan University staff member, died March 27 . He was 65. Poot was a laboratory technician in the College of Engineering … Mich., resident served as advisor for the Sunseeker project team from 2001 to 2012, when his battle with cancer …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6210
Elevating his manufacturing engineering education through Argonne internships
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… Joe Funk working as an intern at Argonne National Labs. Projects and activities inside and outside the classroom … and development center in Lemont, Ill. In 2024 and 2025, he was a manufacturing engineering intern. As an intern, he … three have helped Funk shape his future. “Joe’s goal has always been to be a hands-on engineer working on advanced …
https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/12/joe-funk-manufacturing-engineering
WMU student recognized by Google, takes first place in competition
Haworth College of Business
… major, placed first in the Virtual Business Professional Project. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Craig Ferry, a junior majoring in … the team had great intuition into what the reader would want to know next. The method to parse a large brief was excellent.” Ferry was excited when his team made it to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66824
Bin there, done that — student's research optimizes recycling
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… Submitted by Erin Flynn on Joshua Turske led a research project for Newell Brands, determining the best placement of recycling centers to reduce waste. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Joshua Turske's behavioral analysis … arena. "It gives us much more credibility because the study was developed and executed by a third party," Cartee says. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52646
Autonomous vehicle research rolling onto WMU campus
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… officially kicked off Thursday, Sept. 19 . The $2.1 million project, funded through the Michigan Mobility Challenge … this important advance in mobility," says WMU President Edward Montgomery . "WMU is committed to serving our students … to ensure the vehicle is safe and functioning as intended was already done at Robotic Research's facility," says Jeff …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55431
New WMU research aims to close equity gaps in Spanish education
College of Arts and Sciences
… for and received a Modern Language Association (MLA) Pathways Step Grant to support a year-long research and curricula project intended to increase representation in Spanish … initial findings and to be recognized at the convention’s awards ceremony. “I believe that this is useful and …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/01/zarate-sandez-spanish
Modeling justice and equity featured on the design summer camp drawing board
W Magazine
… how they could shape their careers and communities. Through Project Pipeline , a three-day summer design camp held in … on campus while his father worked on the renovation of Waldo Hall in the early 1990s inspired local architectural associate Hayward Babineaux to bring the national Project Pipeline camp …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72541