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WMU academic convocation launches 2013-14 academic year
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… State of the University address as well as a series of awards honoring faculty and staff achievements and service. Held during the opening weeks of fall semester … in the adjacent Richmond Center for Visual Arts. Awards to be presented During the convocation, awards will be …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9723
Lambert R. VanderKooi obituary
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… 2015 , at Rose Arbor Hospice Residence in Kalamazoo. He was 80. VanderKooi, of Portage, joined the faculty in 1970 and retired in 2000 after 30 years of service to the University. Among other accolades, he earned …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29872
Rising stars on Western's faculty honored with Emerging Scholar Awards
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… stars on Western's faculty honored with Emerging Scholar Awards Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western … honors: the Distinguished Faculty Scholar , Distinguished Service , Distinguished Teaching , Excellence in Diversity , … core outstanding questions: what signals initiate growth after injury; how stem cells are coordinated to produce …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68973
Alumnus Gang Chen is making strides in AI and machine learning
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). After gaining over 20 years of experience as a software design engineer and later a principal engineering … to LLMs, due to concerns of confidentiality. There are many services and applications that can be built around this, for …
https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/11/gang-chen-making-strides-ai-machine-learning
WMU begins STARS sustainability initiative with 'gold' rating
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… in a broad range of areas. It expands and transforms the way campuses collect data to document sustainability … areas was submitted this month and led to the gold status. After this, WMU will register and submit data on a yearly … planning and governance. In the area of community service and community stakeholder engagement, for instance, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17657
Building a future defined by connection and purpose
Haworth College of Business
… are a vast number of choices to ensure an exciting and rewarding career.” Having applied to WMU right after high school, Andres had hopes of becoming a band director. While he was accepted into the school of music, his grades were not good enough to be admitted to the …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/11/accountancy-michael-andres-naba-nontraditional-student
Management professor Keenan dies
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… Department of Management died July 28 in Kalamazoo. He was 82. J. Michael Keenan Keenan first joined the WMU … 1965 to 1968, before returning to WMU. He retired in 1999 after 31 years of service to the University, earning professor emeritus …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/17921
State group elects WMU executive to vice presidential post
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… executive director of professional and career development, was elected to the two-year position during the alliance's … oversees WMU's Career and Student Employment Services . That comprehensive office empowers students to … of the Student Employment Referral Service in 1994 and, after those two units evolved into Career and Student …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17565
From Bangladesh to Bronco Pride: How Tasfia Al Amin found her confidence and community at WMU
Haenicke Institute for Global Education
… at an IDP Education fair in Dhaka, Bangladesh, she was immediately drawn to the school's welcoming atmosphere … of its graduate engineering management program. "I wanted a degree that could pull me up in my career," she … mechanical,” Al Amin says. “That really stood out to me." After earning a bachelor's degree in electrical, electronics …
https://wmich.edu/global/news/2026/01/international-tasfia-al-amin
Owner of family company to speak at next Entrepreneurship Series
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… been providing high-quality products and excellent customer service since 1919. Established originally as a manufacturer of casket hardware and cookie die stamps by Neal Proos, the family-owned … medical, defense and energy application industries. After 24 years of working for Proos in various capacities, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/13993