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Experience-Driven Learning Venture Grants 2024

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

… enriching learning and ensuring students are career-ready after graduation. The inaugural grants were supported with … Program The Center for Excellence and Research in Public Service (CERPS) Grant Creation of the (AI + Innovators Hub) … achieved rapid growth and status, winning international awards with an innovative, hands-on curriculum. Through the …

https://wmich.edu/provost/experience-driven-learning-venture-grants/2024

Molecular biology lab uses classroom for real-world research

College of Arts and Sciences

… happens in Dr. Todd Barkman 's molecular biology lab.  “I wanted to bring together the techniques of doing science (in the classroom) and at the same time answering a scientific question that hasn’t necessarily been studied … an authentic research experience. It wasn’t until 2012, after being approved for a National Science Foundation …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/68776

Kenya believe it? Gideon Kipkemoi’s amazing international aviation journey

College of Aviation

… began in kindergarten,” Kipkemoi says. “My school was on a flight path, and every time a plane flew overhead, … Instead of being met with disapproval from his parents after being missing, they let him follow his dream. He was … a Part 135 charter company (an air-taxi or private charter service).  This internal motivation is leading him to take …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/10/kipkemoi

Testimonials

University Recreation

… Brunswick, NJ “My time as a GA at Western Michigan will always be a special part of my life. Living in New Jersey my whole life, it was a big risk to move half way across the country, but I … Intramural and Club Sports, Stetson University DeLand, FL “After a long run at WMU, I'm happy to contribute my success …

https://wmich.edu/rec/graduatetestimonials

Aviation Passion and Professionalism – Professor Lisa Whittaker Has It All

College of Aviation

… native joined the Douglas Aircraft Co . on the West Coast after a year-long internship during which she rotated among the firm's marketing, technical-publication and field-service departments.  That led to a full-time job in the … section of the plane's upper fuselage.  A flight attendant was sucked out and her body was never found.  The pilots …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/02/whittaker

More than 300 WMU business students to clean Ft. Custer headstones

News

… are enlisting in the college's second annual community service project at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, … "Cleaning the headstones is a small but significant way for students to recognize the sacrifices these … we received from people all over the country last year after we visited Fort Custer were inspiring," says …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19903

Undergraduate, faculty research published in Biochemistry

College of Arts and Sciences

… were published in Biochemistry. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—As the scientific world ebbs, changes and flows with new findings, … so early on is really cool.” The students became involved after contacting Stull, inquiring about the opportunity to … a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was willing and eager to give these undergraduates a chance …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73679

Upjohn Center takes top international honor for map product

News

… for developing 2013's most outstanding map product or service in North and South America. The W.E. Upjohn Center for the Study of Geographical Change received the award from the International Map Industry Association … "Maps like the ones from the USGS and other agencies are scientific documents. Comparing maps of the same area over …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10286

Well-being in action: Programming highlights

University Libraries

… highlights Submitted by Angela Brcka on A greener way to study Students can check out small plants to keep … need Students connected with over 30 campus departments and services and RSOs at Waldo Fest. The University Libraries … Fest was created in 2023 to help students stay connected after the rush of fall activities and events fades into a …

https://wmich.edu/library/news/2026/02/impact-report-programming-highlights

WMU to Host Second Annual Southwest Michigan Vision Resource Fair

College of Health and Human Services

… Fair on Saturday, July 18, bringing together organizations, service providers and technology vendors dedicated to … from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the College of Health and Human Services, 1240 Oakland Drive in Kalamazoo. Visitor parking … support for themselves, a family member or a client, we want attendees to leave with valuable information, …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2026/06/southwestmichiganvisionresourcefair