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Governor recognizes WMU renovation for reducing energy waste

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… Governor's Energy Excellence Award for the success it triggered in reducing energy waste, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder … to permit fresh air to circulate in the building. A significant part of the renovation included asbestos and lead … in part, by a grant from the Michigan Energy Office with funding from U.S. Department of Energy. Other event …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/34177

Engineering graduate student awarded scholarship

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… University, and it is an honor to represent my school with the ITE award,” says Qawasmeh,  a doctoral student in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66525

Award-winning jazz faculty member to perform his arrangements

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… as "evocative and ambitious," "imaginative," "contemporary with a nouveau twist," "fresh and original," "tasty and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/44001

Jazz Orchestra wins perfect score at Notre Dame collegiate fest

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… of music and orchestra director. "He basically verbally hugged the band for 15 minutes and concluded with, 'It was a masterful performance.'" Members, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14317

Rachel Kushner's Frostic Reading Series appearance rescheduled

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… at Western Michigan University, after her original date was canceled due to travel difficulties. Rachel Kushner will … Award nominations, Kushner is the recipient of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship. Her fiction and essays appear regularly … travels and speaks worldwide and lives in Los Angeles with her son, Remy, and her husband, Jason. About the series …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13354

Western’s new associate provost for equity-centered initiatives champions systemic educational equity and inclusion

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

… In 2022, Rodríguez was recognized as a national leader with a prestigious appointment to the President’s Advisory … Journal of Latinos and Education, Harvard Journal of African American Policy, Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, and Equity …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72897

WMU alumna named a Hodder Fellow by Princeton arts center

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… the early stages of their career time to undertake significant new work. "The Hodder Fellowships are awarded to … received her doctoral degree from WMU, working closely with Dr. Jaimy Gordon , WMU professor of English. The result …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/279

Sunseeker runs into technical trouble after successful race start

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… solar racing team finished the first day of the 2012 American Solar Challenge cross-country race in fourth place … member Kenwood Hoben is chronicling the team's activities with daily posts to the team blog at wmu-sunseeker.blogspot.com . The American Solar Challenge official race site at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/1034

Upjohn Center product to be spotlighted at Art Hop

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… cost of $500 each. The images are printed on archival paper with ultraviolet ink and are intended to last up to 100 … from the pre-digital age. It does so using one-of-a-kind scanners built for its high-security, limited-access and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3285

WMU sees surge in new freshman, grad and international students

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… school graduates over the past five years, this year's applicant pool at WMU was the largest in a decade. "Our … of the University's Board of Trustees. "We have colleges with large increases in the number of both freshmen and … of new students from such nations as Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Saudi Arabia. The number of students …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9450