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Skyrocketing drone usage leads WMU to offer consulting service

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… collect the necessary data and interpret it for clients. Want to find out where a building is losing most of its … Mathews says. Much of the work being done today with drones was traditionally done with piloted aircraft and satellites, … early 1990s and has evolved into a geographic information systems research facility with specialties in conversion of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54032

College of Arts and Sciences alumni recognized for achievements

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… Sciences is proud to announce the 2025 Alumni Achievement Award winners and to celebrate the outstanding contributions … influential alumni. This year recipients were honored with awards given in three categories: The Early Career Excellence … Towson University, she studies how students visualize Earth systems and serves as editor for the Journal of Geoscience …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/10/aaa-awards-news

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, … education. Shutes was excited to talk to a retired control systems engineer for the Saturn V rocket, which was a …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/05/nasa-student-launch-challenge-2025-aiaa-pegasus-rocket

University sums up third year of 2012-15 strategic plan, begins update for 2015-20

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… priorities for the year. "One of the major accomplishments was the implementation and completion of the first … says. "This priority initiative provided a meaningful way to look at integrated planning across all academic … collection and progressing toward a centralized reporting system with more consistency in terminology and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26987

'Hitting the books' can improve English language teaching

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… for Teaching Idioms to English Learners Around the World" was released last year by TESOL Press. The press is the … the students. They know how important idioms are and they want to learn them," Randolph says. "Paul and I have always … says. "Spill the beans—the Greeks used that in their voting system, so if you spilled the beans, I guess people knew who …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23023

Western students connect with legislators to advocate for environmental policies

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… Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—From drinking water and air quality to renewable energy, environmental policy decisions impact every … in Oakland and Macomb counties as well as creating a runoff system to keep sewage out of Lake St. Clair. Lead …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/64026

WMed's inaugural class celebrates big day, prepares for next step in residency training

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… preparation for the Match," Kavanaugh added. The excitement was all part of Match Day, a time-honored event that was held at medical schools across the country on March 16. … York Diagnostic radiology Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Illinois Emergency medicine University of Illinois …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45925

'The goat ate my homework,' conservation management students say

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… 4970's savanna site. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Figuring out better ways to bring distressed plots of land back to their natural … studied. Some of the techniques being employed on those ecosystems will be discussed during a Biology, Conservation and … prescribed fire in restoration plans. Mitch Lettow , stewardship specialist at the Southwest Michigan land …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43969

University to honor its top four staffers for 2015-16

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… have been selected to receive the Annual Make a Difference Award. The award is the highest accolade WMU bestows specifically on … aid, payment processes and how to manage this very complex system is legendary. Due to her expertise and attention to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34935

Important outdoor projects completed this summer

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… Consumers Energy installed on the Parkview Campus that was activated Aug. 15. Visible to motorists traveling along … in which customers support the development of new renewable energy in Michigan while reducing their carbon … attached to a wooden frame to simulate a residential roof system. To build the two units, the University contracted …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34978