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Western researchers land $2.5M grant to accelerate energy efficiency in autonomous vehicles

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… autonomous research vehicle. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Automation is the future of the automotive industry, and Western … different approach to achieving autonomous vehicles than what researchers have done to date," says Asher, who also is … the Energy Efficient and Autonomous Vehicles (EEAV) Lab . "What this means for Western is we have a chance to start …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/07/64919

Grad student who lost sight finds hope in transforming rehabilitation for the blind

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… Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Losing his vision has opened Robert Parsons' eyes to a future filled … high that I actually survived the attack," he says. "That's what carried me for a long time. So, when that euphoria fell … professionals. "I want to be able to shift the paradigm of what the rehabilitation profession looks like. For a long …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64537

Professor receives award for contributions to LGBTQ-inclusive literature in elementary education

College of Education and Human Development

… literature in elementary education Submitted by Chris Hybels on Dr. Jill Hermann-Wilmarth, recipient of the … Literacy in the Elementary Classroom," a book discussing what LGBTQ-inclusive literacy teaching can look like in practice, including what teachers might say and how students might respond. The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71204

Two WMU student jazz groups secure national outstanding performance awards

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… Mich.—Western Michigan University’s jazz studies program is boasting two awards for undergraduate groups from … Jazz Ensemble secured outstanding performance awards in what’s considered the most prestigious competition in jazz education. WMU Jazz has a long history of success with DownBeat, one of the oldest …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/2025-student-jazz-groups-secure-downbeat-student-music-awards

WMU implements deferred tuition option for employer reimbursements

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… employers will reimburse the cost of tuition. The move is designed to ease the path of mid-career professionals who … that access to the caliber of degree programs WMU offers is what they want, and a strategy like this would greatly …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7681

Panel discussion focuses on cultural humility

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… Panel discussion focuses on cultural humility Submitted by Deanne … toward cultural humility: A lifelong process" is the topic of a panel discussion Tuesday, Nov. 13 , on the … in dialogue around the meaning of cultural humility and what it looks like at WMU and beyond. This event is offered …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/11/50120

Fueled by her own trauma, doctoral student fights to break cycle of sexual violence

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… when she had a life-changing conversation. "I asked around what I could do from a mental health point of view. And this teacher—very nonchalant—said, 'There is a 9-year-old girl … was just about seeing the humans in front of me and doing what I can for them. And that's where it began and how it …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65358

WMU engineering student's prototype design unveiled at Frankfurt Auto Show

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… Show Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Knepley with his prototype KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Western Michigan University … a prototype of a wheel he designed for the world's biggest automotive stage. Conner Knepley , a junior from … Knepley says. "The purpose of bringing it there was to see what kind of interest there was. Since there was such good …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28063

Sales students place first at National Sales Challenge

Haworth College of Business

… among students from 20 universities.  McKenna Farrell This year marks another stellar finish for the Haworth College … threw some curveballs that gave the students a glimpse of what they could encounter in a professional sales role.  … those around me, I really started to believe that sales is what I’m meant to do and that I was exactly where I needed …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/12/national-sales-challenge-farrell-tungate

Alumna awarded Pulitzer Prize for poetry

W Magazine

… Her subjects include the early loss of her father, being raised by a single mother, her son’s drug addiction and living … and an incredible gift,” Seuss says. “This is never what I expected of life when I was growing up in a rural, … Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA program. Seuss was a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow and a recipient of the 2021 John Updike …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69081