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WMU wins U.S. Environmental Protection Agency award

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… businesses apply sustainable materials management practices to conserve resources and reduce wastes. The award is … total waste diverted by either waste prevention, recycling, composting or donation programs. About WMU's program The WMU … for feed and from innovative preventive measures such the EcoMug program. Carolyn Noack , manager of solid waste …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15543

Public health data, strategies focus of new research and training center

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… and mapping health-related data in southwest Michigan to provide strategies to improve public health is the purpose of a new center … Kalamazoo county health departments. The center also plans to provide state-of-the-art training in health-related …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15272

WMU honors innovative teaching at Spring Convocation

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… Programs, the Innovative Teaching Award will be presented to the team of Marian Tripplett and Dr. Dee Ann Sherwood , … in a new way, to produce a quantifiable gain for learner outcomes or the learner experience. Convocation events "Spring … She is experienced in working with individuals, families, communities and organizations, with an emphasis on advocacy …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/29981

Charles M. Woodliff obituary

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… "Chuck" M. Woodliff , a professor emeritus of instructional communication and former director of what used to be the Division of Academic Services, … role, he directed a division that at the time encompassed WMU's public radio station, WMUK, and library …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45895

2017-18 Zhang Financial Broadway in West Michigan Series announced

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… as Nala and the Lionesses in Disney's "The Lion King" (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan … discounts or subscription options, visit millerauditorium.com or call the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office at … on an expanded partnership with Zhang Financial as they become the Broadway in West Michigan Series title sponsor for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38628

Cantus Femina and Collegiate Singers concert features male vocalists

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… forces at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26 , in the University's Dalton Center Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. Cantus Femina opens the concert with "Ergen Deda," a Bulgarian folk song with drum accompaniment. The centerpiece of the concert is "Reasons for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38182

Engineering team finds success at regional castings competition

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Engineering team finds success at regional castings competition Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Engineering … Most Innovative Process award at the student casting competition  2022 American Foundry Society Wisconsin … the entire process.” The team's castings project was to create a clamp set for docks. “My parents live on a lake, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67265

Black Arts Festival returns

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… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Black Arts Festival is returning to a seven-day format for the first time since 2010 and … Cobb Avenue in Kalamazoo. The festival theme is "Ignite the Community" and includes arts and education programs for … entertainment, and a theatre production by Face Off Theatre Company, a new theater company founded by six women in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25433

WMU students capture first prize at engineering conference in Istanbul

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Two Western Michigan University students took their work in creating a 3D virtual laboratory to an … Byron Center, and Tyler W. Bayne , a master's student in computer engineering from Kalamazoo, captured the top prize … student advisor. The duo's presentation showcased a computer-game style 3D virtual scanning electron microscope …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24620

Fine arts students present original work

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… Performances of "Who Killed Mr. Mason?" are free and open to the public. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University … Sunday, March 29 , in Studio B on the third floor of the Dalton Center. The performances are free and open to the … is as the story concludes. Grunewald and Hudson-Casanova composed all of the music, and Rayburn created the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22621