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WMU's Haenicke Institute recognizes 47 faculty, staff and student leaders for transformative study abroad programs

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… unforgettable experience at Airbus Headquarters! We got a warm welcome and an exclusive tour of their facility, … visit a side of the world of which I knew nothing about. I wanted to learn about their culture, interact with new … – Book Arts in Italy; 11 students   Melis Agabigum – Metals & Jewelry in Greece; 11 students   Samantha Becker, …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/08/study-abroad-faculty

Preparing to prosper: Broncos get resume-worthy experience through internships

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… through internships Submitted by Erin Flynn on Hannah Kalleward, center, is helping develop safety procedures for … from designing a roller for press equipment that reduces scrap to designing a carton-shingling apparatus. It's … Tyler Matta, Meegan Heerlyn, Hunter Shulfer, Hannah Kalleward and Max Vreman are all Broncos interning at GPI. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68872

Western students gain leadership experience at ROTC camp

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… work together to get all of their squad members over a wall on the obstacle course. Army National Guard Corporal … reaction course. Campers climb across chains over water as they complete a scenario on the leadership reaction … that would interest them once they get into college." "It was great to see how they developed after I mentored them," …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65148

Historic walking tours show a new side to Kalamazoo neighborhoods

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… Historic walking tours show a new side to Kalamazoo neighborhoods … by Sara Volmering on   Lynn Houghton leads a historic walking tour in the Oakwood neighborhood in Kalamazoo in … examples of Lustron houses, which were prefabricated, all-metal houses. "These houses were quick and inexpensive to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/07/68442

Water quality research and engineering firm is newest BTR Park partner

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Water quality research and engineering firm is newest BTR … and sciences firm that is focused on sustainable water resource management and environmental restoration and … for such contaminants as PCBs, petroleum hydrocarbons, metal, and radionuclides. "The two offices complement each …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43452

Freezer organizer, space optimizer claims first at Bronco Pitch Competition

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… O'Shaughnessy Bronco Pitch Competition and Showcase, which was held virtually on April 9. The Freezer Smart team … the winning pitch, which covered how their durable, metal storage system helps people with freezer units at the … Competition serves as a test run for student entrepreneurs wanting to present their original business ideas to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/64011

Future Broncos use talents to help frontline health care workers

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… per day. “With the COVID-19 outbreak, everything that I was used to be doing on a daily basis came to an end. I found myself with a ton of free time,” Barker says. “I wanted to find something that I could do with my time that … to hone his skills at Jagemann Stamping Co., a full-service metal stamping operation where he’s been able to gain …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59007

Graduate College names six Dissertation Completion Fellows

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… each and three half-year fellowships worth $10,590 were awarded. Each recipient also receives paid tuition during the … Fellows Mohamed Ahmed , a geosciences student from Egypt, was awarded a half-year fellowship for his dissertation, … was awarded a full-year fellowship for her dissertation "Metal-organic and Supramolecular Architectures Based on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/791

Walker Institute celebrates diversity in comics with month of Marvel-focused programming

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Walker Institute celebrates diversity in comics with month … Submitted by Erin Flynn on An early "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" movie premiere, discussion with Marvel … and geology. One project involves growing "vibranium," the metal that gives Black Panther' his strength, in the form of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69657

Michigan has minerals America needs

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… tungsten, uranium, vanadium and zirconium. • Platinum group metals: iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and … metamorphic rocks that host well-known, abundant and varied metallic mineral resources, including copper, iron, nickel, … supply of metallic magnesium from 1927 into the late 1930's was produced by the Dow Chemical Co. from Midland-area …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/54012