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APA, PSSO set events to honor annual award winners

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… APA, PSSO set events to honor annual award winners Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … events to recognize the 2013 recipients of their annual awards. The Administrative Professional Association gathering … donations in support of PSSO's annual community service project. This year's project will offset special needs of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6146

New digital narrative tells story of a ‘Girl’s Journey to Ecuador’ and flight from Nazi Germany

University Libraries

… and Amy Bocko , associate professor and digital projects librarian, collaborated to tell the story of Ina … her family in 1939 and lived in Ecuador for a year while waiting to emigrate to the United States. Juretschke … currently lives in Kalamazoo. Ina’s father, Alfred, was an avid hobbyist photographer and thoroughly documented …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69162

WMU instructor, students team up to build a better bone model

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… to build a better bone model Submitted by Paula M. Davis on Walcott, a master faculty specialist who teaches anatomy and … the ethmoid is located in the skull. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Phil Walcott , who teaches anatomy, needed a bone model that was … of design flaws. A group of engineering students needed a project that would demonstrate their innovation, design and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36967

Geography alumnus successfully navigates detours on road to career

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… now works as a geospatial analyst at Maxar Technologies. "I was talking to an exploratory advisor (my freshman year) and … technology is similar to what he used in a funded research project he was involved in at WMU—a unique opportunity for an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58014

Graduate students win leading geology awards

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… Graduate students win leading geology awards Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … the Best Student Geologic Map Competition. The competition was hosted this year by the U.S. Geological Survey in … of Maps and the Journal of Maps Student Edition. Her project produced a detailed map of the surficial geology of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43875

Externships, research opportunities helped nursing grad chart path to success

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… lead presentations that inform industry leaders. "I was able to go to a nursing conference and was the only student there. I was surrounded by people who … his own course to his career. Le, right, worked on the project at Ascension Borgess with classmates Maddie Bies and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75401

Empowering undergraduate students with research internships

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… students with research internships Submitted by Cindy Wagner on From left are Joseph Barr, Carter Simmons, Kendall … methylparaben contaminants from personal care products via water filtration. Read more about Nore's research. Finding a … Steve Carr, chair of the Department of Computer Science The project was spearheaded by Carr along with Dr. Kristina …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/10/undergrad-research

Researchers at WMU seek solutions that could allow machine-driven systems to self-heal

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… one has investigated this approach. It is high risk, high reward,” says principal investigator Dr. Sandun Kuruppu , … undergraduate research student will also be working on the project. The approaches investigated as part of this grant … steering systems, steering systems in autonomous cars, washing machines and elevators. The technology being …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/08/nsf-grant-wmu-electromechanical-energy-conversion-systems

Six Western instructors awarded grants to adopt open educational resources

University Libraries

… Six Western instructors awarded grants to adopt open educational resources Submitted … University Libraries at Western Michigan University awarded Open Educational Resources (OER) Adoption Grants to … courses an estimated $60,700 in textbook costs based on projected summer and fall 2025 and spring 2026 course …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2025/04/six-oer-grants

WMU theatre faculty member wins NEH grant

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… associate professor of theatre, has received a $6,000 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. His project, "Medieval Theatre at the Center: Jaques Milet's … French nation from the 15th through the 17th centuries. It was one of 208 humanities projects and programs funded by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/04/39426