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Student innovation on display at capstone event
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… Haehnel on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Experience-driven learning was on display at the 75th Senior Engineering Design … A sampling of projects and the students leading the way Machine Learning Powered Stretchable Smart Textile … As we researched, our curiosity grew. Trying various ways to investigate the best one for our project was the …
https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/11/senior-engineering-design-fall-2024
WMU, Kalamazoo Valley forge pathways to success through more than 50 program-level transfer agreements
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… WMU, Kalamazoo Valley forge pathways to success through more than 50 program-level transfer … provost and vice president of instruction and student services at Kalamazoo Valley, sign agreements to ensure a … health care, human and public services, technical and industrial occupations, the college also provides a quality …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73316
Eleanor Rose Samson obituary
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… University staff member, died April 11 in Whitehall. She was 93. Samson joined the WMU staff in 1977 and retired in 1996 after 19 years of service to the University. She was a cashier in the WMU Bookstore. Services and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31852
Trustees approve 11 faculty and staff retirements
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… status. Their names, positions, years of continuous service and effective dates of retirement are: Dr. Leonard … D. DeZoete, assistant cook in the Bernhard Center Dining Service, 11 years, effective April 30, 2012 Bonnie S. … professor of counselor education and counseling psychology, was postponed from the 2012-13 to the 2013-14 academic year. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/773
Van Cooley obituary
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… died suddenly during a trip to Florida July 31. He was 64. Cooley, a member of the WMU faculty since 1996, was vacationing with friends in Florida when stricken. … specialist and doctoral degrees from Ball State University. Services A memorial service will be held Saturday, Aug. 11, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1117
Jack S. Wood obituary
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… University, died Sept. 18 in Battle Creek, Mich. He was 80. Wood, of Hickory Corners, Mich., came to WMU in 1963 and retired in 1991 after more than 28 years of service to the University. Serving the public was a hallmark of his tenure at WMU, and he is fondly …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/1857
Broncos reach new heights in NASA Student Launch competition
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… LaBonte, Ella Kubesh, Tyler Clendenning and Markus Vanderzwaag show off some of the rockets their team has built. … competing for the exact same thing," says Markus Vanderzwaag , an aerospace engineering student from Elkhart, … ever, it competed in NASA's Student Launch. "Even though it was a competition, it felt like everyone was on the same …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/nasa-student-launch-challenge-2025-aiaa-pegasus-rocket
Carl F. Shuster obituary
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… Western Michigan University staff member, died Feb. 8 . He was 87. Shuster, of Mattawan, joined the WMU faculty/staff in 1974 and retired in 1992 after 18 years of service to the University. He was director of the pilot …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30526
Irene E. (Illes) Tocco obituary
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… E. (Illes) Tocco Irene E. (Illes) Tocco , a retired Dining Services worker at Western Michigan University, died April 18 at Assumption Village in Poland, Ohio. She was 90. Tocco came to WMU in 1978 and retired in 1988 after … to the University. At the time of her retirement, she was a utility food worker in the Valley I Dining Service. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46805
Delores Flowers obituary
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… Michigan University staff member, died Dec. 12, 2016 . She was 85. Flowers, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU staff in 1956 and retired in 1986 after almost 30 years of service to the University. She was an administrative assistant for speech pathology and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38504