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Services, programs at WMU highlighted during LBGT Pride Month

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… and across the country, members and allies of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender communities recognize June as Pride Month. "Pride, to me, is the what it means to be able to live in a world that actively … think the Office of LBGT Student Services is an example of what it looks like to bring together people  who, for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53968

Humanities center to tackle 'changing climates' in speaker series

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… Western Michigan University Center for the Humanities is bringing together scientists and humanists in its annual … world's temperature and social climates are changing and what the earth's inhabitants need to know and do about it. … an Agenda when I Write about Global Warming?" Feb. 20: Peggy Shepard , cofounder and executive director of WE ACT for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9350

WMU South Neighborhood work kicks off with April input sessions

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… adjacent to Stadium Drive into a new campus gateway that is more connected with the community and offers eye-catching appeal to prospective students and campus visitors. "We're just getting started with planning for the … . "We want to get students' best thoughts and ideas on what that facility will be like and how it can meet the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/46035

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt: Why you should get yours

Haworth College of Business

… University's director of the Center for Supply Chain, is providing students with a valuable opportunity. Through … certificate in process improvement. The workshop consisted of in-class value stream mapping projects, a process … improvement and principles of Lean Six Sigma. I can apply what I learned to school projects, and it will enhance my …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75341

Business students vie for share of $250,000 competition prize

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… job site. Brenna Vaughn, right, and Danny Rogers, left, display the prototype for their product, SnapDuct. Seniors … says Vaughn, whose father owns Mattawan Mechanical. "What I found to be a problem in the industry is the process … a better understanding of entrepreneurship as a whole and what you need to be successful with any idea," Vaughn says. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52859

Western's jazz program captures four 2024 DownBeat magazine Student Music Awards

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… Mich.—Western Michigan University’s  jazz studies program is boasting four awards from international magazine DownBeat in its 47th annual Student Music Awards. View the issue . Two recent alumni and two small jazz groups secured awards in what’s considered the most prestigious competition in jazz …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/08/downbeat-2024-awards

Graduate success reaches all-time high at WMU

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… of social work," says Johnny Anderson III , who earned his bachelor's degree in 2019 and is now pursuing his … are impressive, numbers only tell part of the story. "What's really important is the engagement of students while … ecologist at the University of Georgia. "They taught me what truly goes into research as well as how to think …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57465

Jazz students continue winning streak in DownBeat competition

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… in DownBeat magazine's 41st annual Student Music Awards. In what is regarded as the most comprehensive competition for … WMU students earned two awards, placing among the top 10 finishers in the international music competition. No other …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47375

WMU Signature awarded for outstanding innovation

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… highlights Western Michigan University student experiences is garnering acclaim. WMU Signature received the Innovative … annual conference. "WMU Signature is a way that we validate what students have been doing outside the classroom," says … students to share their own classroom challenges and struggles with classmates to collectively find solutions, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56585

Ready for launch: Engineering grad poised to expand horizons of space research

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… Ready for launch: Engineering grad poised to expand horizons of space research Submitted by Erin … of these propulsion systems, and they're actually the biggest failure mechanisms. So figuring out what drives those failure mechanisms is really important," …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/04/graduate-success-mechanical-engineering-space-research-margaret-mooney