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WMU team places in top 3 in national castings competition

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… at a regional casting competition in Wisconsin. Team members attending the event included the following: Sean … Foo , graduate student in mechanical engineering Levi Koebbe , undergraduate student in mechanical engineering Rehan … materials,” explains Derrick of the team’s process. “The biggest takeaway for me is we made a fundamental learning that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68171

Prof wins a 2015 Independent Publisher Book Award

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… wellness past and its central figure, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg , has won an Independent Publisher Book Award, known as … the Independent Publisher Book Awards honor the year's best independently published titles from around the world. … of Battle Creek, which was founded as a Quaker town and became a hotbed for spiritualism, attracting other, radical …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26352

New WMU Web presence ready for rollout

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… changed a lot more than just the aesthetics," says Dan Lobelle , director of electronic communication who has led … system—representing about 75 percent of all WMU websites. Lobelle says research on best practices in higher education as well as corporate and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25718

WMU board adopts new campuswide policy changes

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… in January. After a five-month comment period in which members of the campus community provided input, the policy was … and ensuring campus safety and is characterized by a number of best practices in the area. They include: An investigative …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25472

Thousands of students, families on campus for 2015 orientation

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… 8,000 people, including transfer students as well as beginning students and their families, began making their way to the Western Michigan University … Two types of orientation programs are offered. The biggest one, New Student Orientation, is for incoming …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24757

Business student earns national social impact scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… Social Impact Scholarship, which is awarded to student members of AMA chapters who make a positive impact on their … at local shelters for the homeless Serving as a founding member of Future Leaders of Kalamazoo, a group whose goal is to … at Prevention Works, a nonprofit organization connecting members of the Kalamazoo community with public health …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53545

Student honored for leadership, service

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… honored for leadership, service Submitted by Deanne Puca on Bere KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University junior David Bere of Kalamazoo has been honored by a national organization as a promising …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23281

WMU grants soar past $13 million mark in September, October

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… WMU grants soar past $13 million mark in September, October Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … their Dec. 18 meeting. Grants for research garnered the biggest share of externally funded awards, breaking the $9 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20827

Mallinson Institute for Science Education celebrates 20 years of global scientific literacy

College of Arts and Sciences

… fields worldwide. “Whenever you get to those round numbers, it’s a nice time to reflect and think about things,” … Embracing an interdisciplinary approach, the faculty members, dual-appointed, specialize across multiple scientific … Western’s relationship with science education has always been strong. By the early 1950s, it formalized graduate …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74440

Longtime WMU music professor, internationally known composer dies

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… A world-renowned performer and composer for solo, chamber and orchestral works, Curtis-Smith was at 38, the youngest WMU faculty member ever to be awarded the Distinguished Faculty Scholar … from organizations around the globe. They included: a Guggenheim Fellowship, an award from the American Academy and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19619