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First cohort finding success, belonging in new Bronco Connect Living Learning Community

W Magazine

… success, belonging in new Bronco Connect Living Learning Community Submitted by Erin Flynn on Bronco Connect Scholars have opportunities to meet weekly and engage in programming designed to keep … in my hall. It really feels like a home rather than a place where I live for a semester.” Smith is among the first 44 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70890

University Recreation’s new equipment investment prioritizes individualized student workouts, modern exercise trends

Student Affairs

… encouraging cheers of F45 coaches pushing their students to new levels of strength or the pulsing bass of a Zumba … in August, utilizing an approved $175,000 budget for a complete overhaul of the existing weight and cardio rooms. … the reorganization, people were just kind of finding spaces wherever they could to do some of those individualized …

https://wmich.edu/studentaffairs/news/2025/09/src-equipment-update

Stanford names two WMU students as University Innovation Fellows

News

… run by Stanford University that empowers student leaders to increase campus engagement with innovation, … studies and sustainability, is from Saranac. They have just completed training to join the program. Spring 2017 … schools fund the students to go through six weeks of online training and travel to the annual University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38475

Be a dream chaser: Early childhood education major follows her calling

College of Education and Human Development

… by Nicole Leffler on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—School has always come easy for Belle Venticinque , an early childhood education major who expects to graduate from Western Michigan University in fall 2023, … grade teacher in an elementary school, ideally somewhere close to Indian Lake. She plans to keep her cleaning …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69544

$3.17 million grant will energize electric vehicle research at WMU

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Kuruppu (center), associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and principal investigator on the grant, is pictured in his lab with doctoral … . For more WMU news, arts and events , visit WMU News online. …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/09/3-million-department-energy-grant-wmu-engineering

Endowed med school scholarship honoring Dunn will benefit WMU alums

News

… by Anonymous (not verified) on Dunn at the Imagine Gala, where he was presented with a $2.2 million endowed … scholarship fund that will support WMU grads who go on to the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. KALAMAZOO, … John M. Dunn has been honored by members of the Kalamazoo community with a $2.2 million endowed scholarship fund in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40050

Be a legacy: Special education student carries on family tradition

College of Education and Human Development

… family has always been important. When it came time to choose a career path, she didn’t have to look any farther … and jobs she has found the greatest amount of joy comes from connecting with the individuals she teaches and … proud! For more WMU news, arts and events , visit WMU News online. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69543

Breaking Barriers: Blind international students find opportunity at WMU

International Student and Scholar Services

… year at Western Michigan University this month. Click here to donate and support the CELCIS scholarship fund.  … and Culture for International Students (CELCIS) has welcomed visually impaired South Korean students.   Discussions … .   For more WMU news, arts and events , visit WMU News online.   Contact: Beth Walton Braaksma November 12, 2025 …

https://wmich.edu/international/news/2025/11/celcis-south-korea

WMU's President Dunn announces 2017 retirement date

News

… years and awarding some 50,000 academic degrees to students, Western Michigan University President John M. … announced his retirement in a message to the University community Aug 1 . In the message, he described plans for a … University from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, where he had been serving as provost, vice chancellor and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/33779

WMU inventors win $10,000 Brian Patrick Thomas Award

Haworth College of Business

… WMU inventors win $10,000 Brian Patrick Thomas Award Submitted by … winning the Lemelson-MIT National Collegiate Student Prize Competition has won another impressive award—the Brian … He joined OtterBox in 2003 and was eventually named CEO where he was responsible for leading global expansion …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25223