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WMU honored with Heterodox Academy’s 2025 Open Inquiry Award for Community Excellence

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… that our academic communities so desperately need," says John Tomasi , HxA president, about the winners. "Their work … Talk initiative : Launched in February 2020, WMU’s We Talk program has engaged over 1,000 students, faculty and …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/06/wmu-honored-heterodox-academy-2025-open-inquiry-award-community-excellence

Japanese author to visit WMU as visiting scholar, give reading

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… More recently, she has returned to poetry. About the program Itō's visit to WMU is through the WMU Visiting Scholars and Artists Program. Established in 1960, the Visiting Scholars and Artists Program significantly contributes to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18686

All systems go: Aerospace engineering student launches work into space

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… , supported by NearSpace Launch, NASA and Firefly. The program charged students with designing a Thin-Sat payload … Packard , a computer science major, to teach him computer programming and other skills he’d need in order to complete the work.   “I had never used Python, the programming language, but I had to figure out how to program

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/05/aerospace-engineering-spacex-payload-launch-tom-scott

WMU's flight operations chief named to presidential leadership group

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… development effort called the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program. Kavalhuna is one of 61 diverse leaders from across … upon the resources of the presidential centers of Lyndon B. Johnson, George H.W. Bush, William J. Clinton and George W. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31048

Three WMU graduate students awarded Fulbright grants

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… studies and research in Spain as recipients of Fulbright scholarship awards. Alicia Acosta , a graduate student … University, a master's degree in Eastern Classics from St. John's College and a master's degree in history from Eastern … the University of North Dakota. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the flagship international educational exchange …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/458

The Lechota Legacy - Tom and Tim Take Off with Aviation

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… certified pilot. “In typical aviation fashion, the two-year program at Genesee took me three years to complete,” he … Van Deventer, Herb Linder, Curt Swanson, Larry Hoikka and John Cummins. For Tim, recollections of Pat Benton and … courses. Tim was also the recipient of the Herm Linder Scholarship while a student in 2005. Traditions can help to …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2015/04/lechota

Global collaboration showcased at Asian Forum

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… that will bring together more than two dozen leading scholars and educators from WMU and Asian countries such as … to expand and strengthen ties in education and research programs. Public activities take place March 28 and include … will also include a presidential forum, during which John M. Dunn , president of WMU; Nguyen Manh Hung , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31075

Date, time set for annual César Chávez march

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… Auditorium from 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. for an after-march program. Miller Auditorium program The program will include a welcome by the Kalamazoo … Club, which is now the main organizer of the march, and Dr. John M. Dunn , WMU president. The keynote speaker will be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22759

New visual identity materials posted

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… has updated Western Michigan University's Visual Identity Program to help units across the campus "get behind the W" … In a letter to the University introducing the original program, President John M. Dunn noted that, "one hallmark of a great university …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7721

International expert on geographical naming in Asia visits WMU

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… Names in resolving maritime naming issues. About the program Choo's visit to WMU is through the WMU Visiting Scholars and Artists Program. Established in 1960, the Visiting Scholars and Artists Program significantly contributes to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27782