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Installation of innovative stormwater treatment system underway at Asylum Lake
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… Installation of innovative stormwater treatment system underway at Asylum Lake Submitted by Paula M. Davis on … runoff in Asylum Lake. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Work has begun on a project employing a two-pronged approach to improving the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72823
Sustainability internships available for spring semester
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… while exploring both on- and off-campus sustainability projects. The primary goal of the internship is to provide … for Sustainability, which is located at the corner of Howard Street and West Michigan Avenue. Applications must be …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20382
WMU professor unites health care heroes, Broadway stars to raise spirits and funds during pandemic
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… WMU professor unites health care heroes, Broadway stars to raise spirits and funds during pandemic … lives to care for others during the pandemic. Now, Broadway stars are bringing their own dramatic flair to honor those frontline medical workers. The Resilient Project , spearheaded by Jay Berkow , director of music …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59467
Libraries awards nine Open Educational Resources Grants
University Libraries
… Libraries awards nine Open Educational Resources Grants Submitted by … University Libraries at Western Michigan University awarded Open Educational Resources (OER) grants to nine … students an estimated $75,000 in textbook costs based on projected course enrollment in 2025. The OER grants help …
https://wmich.edu/library/news/2024/12/nine-oer-grants
Nearly $3M grant will help WMU increase ESL-endorsed teacher workforce
College of Education and Human Development
… of Special Education and Literacy Studies , have been awarded a $2.96 million National Professional Development … to meet high professional standards. The grant will fund Project Teaching for Equity and Achievement of Multilingual … of the 2022 National Professional Development grant award. The NPD grants awarded to WMU have been instrumental …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69606
Scholarship support helps WMU student bring technology access to rural Ghana
College of Health and Human Services
… allowed her to focus fully on her academics and community projects. “Local scholarships changed everything for me,” …
https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/12/burgett-fueri
WMU board to consider resolution to receive state funding for Dunbar Hall renovation at special board meeting Thursday
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… 21st century learning environment for students. Project work involves reconfiguring classroom layouts, … and better align with WMU’s sustainability mission. The project is set to wrap up in fall 2023. The state of Michigan will provide $30 million of the total project costs—a process governed by the State Building …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68080
Students encouraged to take sustainability survey
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… an $8 per semester fee to fund campus sustainability projects. The annually distributed Student Sustainability … that students' main concerns were to reduce WMU's landfill waste, expand local, healthy and sustainable food options on campus, and reduce WMU's greenhouse gas emissions. Survey participants will be …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/13697
Broncos reach new heights in NASA Student Launch competition
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… LaBonte, Ella Kubesh, Tyler Clendenning and Markus Vanderzwaag show off some of the rockets their team has built. … competing for the exact same thing," says Markus Vanderzwaag , an aerospace engineering student from Elkhart, … with this challenge. I took ideas from my senior design project and from my classes and brought them back and …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/nasa-student-launch-challenge-2025-aiaa-pegasus-rocket
WMU Libraries unveils digital campus history map
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… and growth of Western Michigan University's campus. The project draws on the extensive WMU Archives collection and … , WMU professor and librarian. The collaborative project was initiated by staff in the Libraries' Research Services … narrative around the materials. The Campus History project was a natural fit for the application given our resources …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57700