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Malaysia doctoral research associate finds community on campus

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… program. A recipient of funding from the Malaysian government and the WMU Presidential Scholarship, Maran was advised by some of his instructors at the National … place to live, with lots of interesting things to do near campus. Visiting the Barnes and Noble bookstore is …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2013/02/maran-subramain-spotlight

From engineer to entrepreneur: How a WMU alum turned global ambitions into a thriving local business

International Student and Scholar Services

… into a thriving local business Submitted by Haley Summerfield on Talal Arshad came to Kalamazoo from Pakistan to … in December 2025 in hopes of bringing people together. “WMU was one of the very few schools that offered the program I … “Seeing the beautiful campus, having heard about the diversity of Kalamazoo and then getting to know the …

https://wmich.edu/international/news/2026/08/aerospace-alumni-arshad

Free at-home COVID-19 test kits distributed throughout campus

Sindecuse Health Center

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69214

Undergraduate, faculty research published in Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

… were published in Biochemistry. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—As the scientific world ebbs, changes and flows with new findings, … Six undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Chemistry recently published their research findings … a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was willing and eager to give these undergraduates a chance …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73679

Good for the community. Good for business.

Haworth College of Business

… organizations that had been counting on them all semester. These community partners had brought real problems, waited through a full semester and were about to find out … in the right way.” The range of projects stretched across nearly every functional area of business. Justin Gish , …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/06/service-learning-spring-2026-0

Aviation student sees career opportunities take off in airport internship

News

… Broncos Lead Internship Program. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—When it comes to  Ben Higgins ' future, the sky's the limit. The … career option." A welcome departure Higgins, who grew up near Detroit in Brownstown, Michigan, initially came to … in Haworth College of Business. Higgins has found a runway to begin applying the skills he's honed in the classroom …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/08/aviation-student-ben-higgins-airport-internship-broncos-lead

The Dispatching Dynamo – Emma Anderson Flies Forward at WMU

College of Aviation

… The Dispatching Dynamo – Emma Anderson Flies Forward at WMU Submitted by Tom Thinnes on A person's first … and landed on . . . water.    Raised in Sparta, Mich., something of a bedroom community for Grand Rapids to the … whether I wanted to take off and land on the Grand River near downtown Grand Rapids.  Of course, I said yes."  Emma …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/07/emmaanderson

Out of this Earth: Margo Vriesinga Reaches for the Stars with Virgin Galactic

College of Aviation

… to passively engage in outer space exploits. For some, the words acted as a magnet, drawing the individuals towards the human quest to explore and colonize the space … all right – even though I hadn’t been in a class of his for nearly a year. That meant a lot to me and showed how much he …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2018/03/vriesinga

Global Talent in the Lab: How Bincy Binny is shaping the future of mass spectrometry research

International Student and Scholar Services

… Lab: How Bincy Binny is shaping the future of mass spectrometry research Submitted by Elizabeth Braaksma on Bincy … nanobubbles and different nebulization gases.   “I have always been fascinated by how powerful a tool mass spectrometry is. It influences nearly every aspect of our lives—pharmaceuticals, food …

https://wmich.edu/international/news/2026/05/international-chemistry-binny

Grant advances bacteria research while training future scientists

College of Arts and Sciences

… while training future scientists Submitted by Alison Nuismer on Dr. Benjamin Koestler , an associate professor in the … Sciences at Western Michigan University, has been awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health’s … research opportunities teach students how to apply the scientific method to real-world problems—an essential …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2026/03/grant-advances-bacteria-research