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Eleven incoming students earn $60,000 Foundation Scholarships
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… a pool of more than 100 applicants. To be eligible for the award, they had to have a high school grade point … Academy. She plans to study fashion merchandising and design at WMU. Shaylee Faught is from Grand Rapids and will … to attend WMU. The Foundation Scholarship fund is set up in the WMU Foundation. Donations to the fund can be …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32204
WMU announces second 2025 cohort of Experience-Driven Learning Venture Grants
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… Ambrosia , a doctoral student from Dearborn, Michigan. “It was amazing to interact with fellow individuals from the Kalamazoo community and know that we are … an ongoing partnership with a site that will serve as a setting for meaningful research and practical experience …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/10/experience-driven-learning-venture-grants-cohort-2
WMU LBGT alumni group to host homecoming reception
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… Collins with its second annual Alumni Community Impact Award for extraordinary work impacting the lesbian, bisexual, gay and … from WMU in 1995 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design. After seven years in the graphic design field, she …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27900
WMU student team wins national Wege sustainability prize
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… in the eyes of an international panel of judges whose task was to assess the teams' ability to use design principles to tackle sustainability problems. The WMU … to solve a truly wicked problem." The second annual transdisciplinary design contest asked teams of five to work …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22739
Online occupational therapy journal taking shape
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… the first open-access, online journal in the profession, is set for fall 2012. Manuscripts are now being accepted for … the WMU Department of Occupational Therapy, part of which was set aside for innovative projects. The journal will be … be published in a timely fashion and available to a large audience that includes researchers, clinicians, therapists, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/166
Better buildings through innovation and problem-solving
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… through innovation and problem-solving Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Jessica Schneider chose the civil engineering … to see buildings with excess energy waste and inefficient designs, but there’s a challenge in the transition to these … compete against other schools to create memories I love and set myself apart as a leader.” Schneider encourages other …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73180
WMU welcomes over 150 students and professionals across Great Lakes region for IISE conference
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… in February. “The goal of this year’s conference was to help students discover new and emerging areas within industrial … Bautista , who served on the marketing team and as program designer for the conference. “They gave me the opportunity …
https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2026/03/iise-conference
Public can review, 'invest in' student innovations at event
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… school. The atrium of the college's engineering building on the Parkview campus will be the site of the 2014 … Now in its seventh year, the event also is part of "Spark Design Week" in Kalamazoo, which will focus on design input … products and hear student pitches on several of them. While walk-ins are welcome, organizers are asking people to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20425
Sunseeker builds on 30+ years of ‘raycing’ with the sun
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… who remain connected to WMU’s solar car team. Sunseeker was formed over 30 years ago when a group of students set out to design, build and compete with a solar car. Their goal …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73445
WMU digital marketing student wins first place in national Adobe competition
Haworth College of Business
… Crizio Sinuraya brought to Adobe’s 2023 Digital Edge Awards where he was named the overall winner and recipient of … the competition. From more than 1,400 entries, Sinuraya’s designs stood out as original, thoughtful, targeted and … says Gerfen. “They must understand the marketing problem, set objectives, identify and discover an insight about the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73024