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More than 15,000 have signed up for WMU Alert

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… have registered with WMU Alert to receive tornado warnings and notifications of campus emergencies on their … the phone. WMU Alert does not leave voicemail or answering machine messages. If you are not already registered in WMU … any other announcements. Weather closings are posted immediately on the WMU home page and available on the emergency …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/329

Internationally regarded geographer honored as WMU's Emerging Scholar

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… field. Zhu will be recognized with the Emerging Scholar Award during Western's Fall Awards Celebration on  Friday, Oct. 3 , at  11 a.m. in Kirsch Auditorium at the Fetzer Center. Dr. Laiyin Zhu Awarded … in the Atlantic Basin. "Integrating historical data, machine learning, and diverse analysis and modeling …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/09/emerging-scholar-award-2025-laiyin-zhu

Aviate’s Path Leads Griffin to Air Wisconsin- He Gets it Done!

College of Aviation

… to compare it to, but WMU blew the others out of the water.  My first consideration was the proximity to my home … already talking to my parents about the logistics of attending WMU before I had even committed."    But maybe things … friendly skies of United -- or working on those marvelous machines with the United logo that defy gravity -- should …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/11/norton

Concerto concert is capstone event of music calendar

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… KALAMAZOO--The University Symphony Orchestra , under the direction of Bruce Uchimura, will present the 53rd Annual … one of four recipients of the KSO/WMU Artist Scholarship, awarding him a seat as a section violinist with the Kalamazoo … University in Florida at the age of 20. At Stetson, he was the William E. Buckwitz Orchestral Scholar, and served …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/311

Alum over the moon after winning prize in NASA challenge

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… in NASA's Recycling in Space Challenge . The space agency wanted to find ways to transport and process trash in zero … student at WMU. "I had some courses in college on machine design. This was basically a machine design project … It's also good validation for the skills that I've been building since the beginning of school." NASA started …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52875

Funds available to help small businesses hire summer interns

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… supply management major, worked last year for Sigma Machine in Kalamazoo. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Small businesses in … the science, technology, engineering and mathematics—STEM—disciplines. Businesses interested in hiring interns for this summer through the Small Company Internship Award Program should submit their funding applications by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51259

In Memoriam, fall 2023

W Magazine

… on The following are Western alumni and emeriti who passed away and were reported during fall 2023. Alumni Jack Leonard … (Eilers) Lummis , BS ‘50, May 30, 2023, Kalamazoo, MI Geraldine May (French) Jennings , BM ‘51, June 23, 2023, Whitewater, WI Guelda Ann (Glynn) Weinert , BS ‘51, June 9, 2023, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73616

WMU engineering student excels in the classroom, on the rugby field

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… on Joseph Backe, a mechanical engineering major, works on a machine during his internship at Edgewater Automation. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An elite team runs like a … ethic. He's a hard worker and he's focused." Chad Henry , director of engineering at Edgewater Automation, describes …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53485

Fine arts staff using skills for pandemic-fighting mask production

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… for Western Michigan University alumni who are in the medical field. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University … me just to give to people who need one," says MacKenzie. "I was asked to make some for a few postal workers, too." This … Making masks gave him a chance to dust off a sewing machine that was gifted to him years ago and try his hand at …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58953

Student research presentations

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Student research presentations Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two Western Michigan University … his research—Mobility Energy Productivity Evaluation of Prediction-based Vehicle Powertrain Control Combined with … on developing technologies in optimization, control and machine learning to improve energy efficiency and mobility …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67211