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Beam Power Plant

… to honor Beam’s contributions, the plant remains a model of efficiency, sustainability and innovation in campus … energy production. Robert M. Beam Power Plant – Timeline of Key Milestones 1924 Power plant constructed as a … 1950: Steam extended to West Campus with the construction of Burnham and Draper Halls. 1956: South plant addition …

https://wmich.edu/facilities/powerplant/history

Medical apartheid author Harriet Washington to speak on campus Oct. 11

Study of Ethics in Society

… A. Washington will speak about the “Unethical Treatment of Marginalized Populations in the Name of Medicine” on Tuesday, Oct. 11 , as part of the Western … of Diversity and Inclusion and WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine . Washington is a prolific science …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69379

The rise of women’s sports—triumphs, challenges and the road ahead

W Magazine

… The rise of women’s sports—triumphs, challenges and the road ahead … It mandated equal funding for men’s and women’s sports in schools receiving federal funding, significantly boosting … IX movement from my time back in the ‘80s coaching in high school, when we used to have hand-me-down uniforms within …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/rise-womens-sports-wmu-coaches-athletes-weigh

Why I Give: Cheryl TenBrink

W Magazine

… someone I’d never met told me, ‘I think she thought of you as a younger sister,’” says TenBrink.    TenBrink and … teaching homemaking, English and French in Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS). She retired from Hillsdale Middle School in 1998. Also a Kalamazooan, TenBrink was a KPS …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72480

Western Michigan University faculty gain global perspective through University of Passau exchange program

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… faculty gain global perspective through University of Passau exchange program Submitted by John Sweeney on KALAMAZOO, Mich. — For three decades professors at Western Michigan University have extended their knowledge to those at the University of Passau in Germany. The global faculty exchange allows WMU …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/10/passau-exchange

Tycho Fredericks

Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering Management

… Tycho Fredericks Tycho Fredericks Chair Professor Office (269) 276-3356 Send an email Location E-207 Floyd … program in partnership with the Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. As the founding program chief, he …

https://wmich.edu/ieeem/directory/fredericks

WMU researchers showcase Fort St. Joseph at open house

News

… August, Western Michigan University archaeologists will offer the public a look at progress on the Fort St. Joseph … Faculty and students from WMU's Archaeological Field School will show off the site and recently uncovered … outposts in the western Great Lakes. About the field school WMU conducts its annual archaeological field school

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/33692

All Life is Learning - November 2022

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU

… we could not do the many things we do or provide the types of programming we provide, so I want to say thank you to all … for the Annual Meeting. Dr. Hahn is a faculty member in the School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs at Western … have so generously supported. We feel that we have lost valuable time to explore and learn through our OLLI travel …

https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/november-2022

Admission

Lee Honors College

… fall 2020, all incoming first year students with a high school GPA of 3.6 or higher will be eligible for admission to the … about your eligibility. Include your full name, high school name, GPA and intended major. International Students …

https://wmich.edu/honors/lhcadmission

Academically Talented Youth Program

Precollege Programming

… Academically Talented Youth Program Summer Camps ATYP offers many different summer camps that engage and challenge … More ATYP Offers English and Math classes ATYP offers high school school math and English Language Arts content to gifted …

https://wmich.edu/precollege/atyp