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Computer engineering grad programmed a path to success at Western

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… Camryn Ruiz is working on the technology in real time. "I want to design something that will potentially help people," … and defense industries. Driven to succeed Engineering has always fascinated Ruiz. It's what drew the Fenton, Michigan, … more about being in labs, making a circuit or building hardware, basically applying the knowledge I learned from …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/12/computer-engineering-fall-2024-graduate-camryn-ruiz

Kalamazoo Forward Ventures brings its inaugural $100K student pitch competition to WMU

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… Kalamazoo Forward Ventures brings its inaugural $100K student pitch … students. Cultivate 269, launched by Kalamazoo Forward Ventures , is a new pitch competition for student … is a city of promise: a promise to create real pathways to opportunity,” says Dwayne Powell Jr. , chief …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/01/kalamazoo-forward-ventures-brings-inaugural-wmu-student-pitch-competition

Film major takes passion, career to Cannes Film Festival with WMU Study Abroad

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… He is reminded of his grandmother, the woman who would watch movies with him when he was a young boy, so he wasn’t home alone after school.    He recalls his father, …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/02/study-abroad-sean-knowles

James Martin obituary

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… Michigan University staff member, died Dec. 6, 2016 . He was 83. Martin joined the WMU staff in 1970 and retired in 1998 after almost 28 years of service to the University. He was a service officer in the Department of Public Safety. No …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39752

Gov. Snyder names one new trustee, reappoints another to WMU board

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… from WMU in 1970 and 1974, respectively. In fall 2010, he was named a winner of the WMU Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Award. Jeffrey Rinvelt Rinvelt, who earned a bachelor's … Michigan's emerging innovation community and its strong industrial and commercial base. It is the largest privately …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20665

Fifty-four faculty members receive promotions

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… Department of Aviation Sciences. Troy Place, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Philip G. Walcott, Department of Physician Assistant. James H. … Sciences. Promoted to faculty specialist II Timothy J. Broadwater, Department of Aviation Sciences. Cary K. Cekola, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16595

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 … developing user-friendly tools like personal voice AI services for all age groups. These tools will provide …

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

PSSO recognizes annual award winners

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… PSSO recognizes annual award winners Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Hutson … University celebrated the winners of its 2017 annual awards during a May 5 luncheon in the Fetzer Center. The … Support Staff Organization presents at least two service awards and recognizes a WMU employee for exceptional …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/39977

Grants to WMU top $15 million for fiscal year

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… the period reported to the board, December grants led the way, totaling nearly $2 million and accounting for 54 … November grants came in just below $600,000, while January awards totaled slightly more than $1 million. Research grants … $1.8 million, followed closely by grants for public service at nearly $1.2 million. Notable research grants …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/230

Do Young Chang obituary

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… professor of political and social science, died Aug. 3. He was 89. Chang, of Windermere, Fla., joined the WMU faculty … social science and retired in 1993 after nearly 22 years of service to the University. He transferred from social … science to political science in 1989. A Korean exile, Chang was born in 1923 in Yong Chun, Korea, and emigrated to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1312