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WMU secures $5.3M to boost Michigan innovation and biotech growth
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… Commercialization Center has played a vital role for more than two decades in supporting early-stage biotech startups and advancing life science discovery across the state. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Michigan is ramping up investments in growing the economy, and …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/07/biosciences-research-commercialization-center-inaugural-michigan-innovation-fund
Understanding electric propulsion: Aerospace researcher shares expert knowledge with NASA
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… knowledge with NASA Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Dr. Kristina Lemmer and student Margaret Mooney work in the … Experiments. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Former NASA chief scientist and current undersecretary for science and research at … Dr. Ellen Stofan , says that one of the best-kept secrets is that those working in STEM have all the fun. “We get to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70801
International admissions and immigration offices moving to Faunce
International Student and Scholar Services
… International admissions and immigration offices moving to Faunce Submitted … on Faunce Student Services Building KALAMAZOO, Mich.—To better serve Western Michigan University's growing … student population has been on the rise for more than 10 years and we anticipate that this upgrade will …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25561
Students to gain experience at new CentraCare senior center
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… soon will have hands-on educational opportunities galore, thanks to Kalamazoo's new Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly --PACE. The program is being brought to Kalamazoo through CentraCare in Battle … money is only part of it. Program participants benefit from better coordination of their health care services and live …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/556
WMU sees enrollment gains in key areas, with slight decrease overall
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… Mich.—Western Michigan University's fall 2014 student body is more diverse and substantially more international, and it … represent the largest international enrollment in more than a decade. International students now comprise nearly … class number. Incoming freshman credentials continued the upward trend of the past three years, with the average high …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18997
Campus participation urged for library survey
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… participate in the online LibQUAL+ survey being conducted this month by University Libraries. Take the LibQUAL+ survey … of three $100 prepaid Visa cards. "The survey will help us better understand student, faculty and staff information … survey, visit wmich.edu/library/libqual . Contact: Tonya Durlach March 8, 2013 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5558
Humanities speaker series focuses on education in the 21st century
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… the Humanities stages its 2017-18 speaker series, "The Promise of Education." Five scholars and authors from across the … public school teachers and university professors struggle to define and defend the goals of a liberal education … most recently "Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals" and "Why Write?" His book trilogy "Why Read?", "Why Teach?" and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42622
Buddhist-influenced waka poems are focus of lecture
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… Buddhist-influenced waka poems are focus of lecture Submitted by … of medieval Japan and their work will be examined later this month when a Japanese scholar visits Western Michigan … 794 to 1185. In his presentation, he will explain how and why the Japanese poets of the Heian period utilized the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/246
Finding fun in Sydney Wade’s future
Haworth College of Business
… finance and accounting at Western Michigan University, Wade is bringing the lessons she learned from her youth into the … me and my classmates to explore all areas of research to better develop the skills I was learning.” Having … Sanford Center for Financial Planning and Wellness. “ I’m thankful to network with employers not only with the goal of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70155
Sunseeker shines as WMU team 'exceeds expectations' at Formula Sun Grand Prix
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… American Solar Challenge KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The future is bright for the Sunseeker Solar Car Project. The Western … team eclipsed a number of collegiate competitors to finish the 2025 Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix in fourth place … Museum Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, more than 30 teams from across North America battled in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/07/sunseeker-solar-car-project-2025-formula-sun-grand-prix