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Gibbs Fellowship application deadline approaching

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… are paid to research and work on campus sustainability projects and policies while living in the historic Gibbs … become sustainability ambassadors for WMU. Fellows work on projects and programs to enhance campus sustainability … forest, hoop houses, compost research, food preservation, green building projects, and many more exciting …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22340

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

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

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

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

Lending a hacking hand: ambitious students create real-world cybersecurity RSO

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Mich.—A Western Michigan University residence hall was the birthplace of several ideas for cybersecurity … to future goals at the University, McElroy and Burns were always thinking of unique ways to make the most of their first … Exploits & Networks, or WRAVEN.   “We run hands-on projects, threat analyses and education,” says McElroy. “Our …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/09/wraven-cybersecurity-rso

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

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

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

WMU student’s health care AI innovation wins $100K through Cultivate 269 pitch competition

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… offices to pharmacies to the emergency room.   “My father always said, ‘If you can think of it, you can do it.’ And … between Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Forward Ventures , aimed to spur creativity and … Caden Boynton , UnionOPS : A modern, integrated payroll and project management software designed specifically for union …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/04/cultivate-269-2026-pitch-competition-winner-sam-marseille