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Montgomery IDs and funds ideas to transform student life at WMU
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… Mich.—A campuswide call for ideas that transform the way Western Michigan University serves students has led to … Edward Montgomery of funding for two initiatives, designed to build a stronger sense of belonging and community … that focused on building community in a way that will better support students as they work to succeed …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44612
Through community partnerships, Western professor highlights history of African American Muslims in Detroit
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… publication featuring oral histories. In addition to support from the Pillars Fund , an organization that … Religion called "vital, so that Americans new and old can better understand the unique history of African American … important historic center for the Nation of Islam." "It's a way to raise public understanding and awareness of the ways …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/07/64682
Wind turbine installation elevates sustainable energy opportunities at Western
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… the equipment, which hadn't been used in several years. The upgrade will help open a new chapter in sustainability … this refurbished and brought back up to speed paves the way for us to create a sustainable energy generation … Collegiate Wind Competition . The group is charged with designing, building and presenting a unique, wind-driven power …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73494
City to begin Howard Street sidewalk development project
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… a sidewalk along the east side of Howard Street between West Michigan Avenue and Stadium Drive. Though … lane of traffic will be unavailable for motorists. Driveway access to Western's campus will be open at all times. … currently has no sidewalk. With the creation of a new pathway, the city project will provide a safer and well-lit way …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63696
From childhood poems to literary Alaska: An alumna's journey to authorship
College of Arts and Sciences
… writing classes in college. I was spending more time up there visiting and thinking about my family history … story, creatively unfolding their journey in a new, untold way. “I had to let the fiction take over the family story … she is mindful that such achievements may be few and far between. “My agent told me publishing and launching a book …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73670
Eleanor Rose Samson obituary
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… Living Word Church in Muskegon. For more information or to sign a guest book, visit shorelinememorial.com . …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31852
Ready for launch: Engineering grad poised to expand horizons of space research
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… boost she needed to get her foot in the door. "I showed up to her office with these shoes that I had painted … for the Airborne Microbiome Project. A collaboration between Lemmer and Dr. Kathryn Docherty , professor of … related to the space agency's Psyche Mission and Gateway Mission. "Hollow cathodes are like the heart of these …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/04/graduate-success-mechanical-engineering-space-research-margaret-mooney
Owner of local HR consulting firm to speak at business college forum
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… a member of the executive leadership team at a Toyota Group company, where he led the HR, accounting and purchasing … support HR and management needs, providing HR systems design, training programs and professional recruiting services … organizations ranging from Bell’s Brewery to the United Way. As the only business of its kind in the Kalamazoo area, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14574
Students learning to navigate, adapt to challenges of remote education
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… including academic advising, tutoring and other academic support teams," says Dr. Edwin Martini , associate provost … semester, found software that allows her and her senior design project partner to control their lab computer remotely. … has definitely made me think creatively and in different ways than I'm used to," she says, joking that she could fall …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58706
Team USA luger sees natural track to career success at Western
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… Team USA since 2017. Courtesy: Miriam Jennewein The World Cup circuit takes Cookman and his teammates on a two month … more than a helmet, a wooden sled and a thin layer of lycra between him and the hard, frozen surface, Torrey Cookman is … Medallion Scholarship and learned his result on his way back home. “When I flew from Munich to Chicago, I turned …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70875