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Addiction Studies Program (SPADA)

… Scholarships Eligibility for financial assistance is determined by the Office of Student Financial Aid and … at Western Michigan University and one who dedicated his professional life to helping those with substance use …

https://wmich.edu/addictionstudies/scholarships

Litvinova Awarded NSF Grant

College of Arts and Sciences

… Litvinova Awarded NSF Grant Western Michigan University assistant professor of physics, Dr. Elena Litvinova was awarded … project will help to answer three fundamental questions: What is the origin of chemical elements around us? Where are the limits of nuclear stability? What is the mass of neutrino? Having the answers to these …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/litvinova-nsf-grant

Self-watering planters sow seeds of sustainability across campus

News

… Mich.—A planting project with roots in sustainability is blossoming at Western Michigan University. Crews from … time to get all of the pots and flats ready to go. "The biggest challenge was space or, more specifically, lack of … her voice cracking with emotion. "(Projects like) this are what I did it for. I want people to be aware. When these …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64318

Bronco Marching Band: An instrumental part of Western history

W Magazine

… Bronco Marching Band: An instrumental part of Western history Submitted by Erin Flynn on Bronco Marching Band … love of Broncos and the love of being a part of something bigger than any one individual have conspired to keep the band … of marking its own milestone anniversary and reflecting on what its own long history of excellence has engendered— …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68141

Myths

Service Learning

… 1. The myth of terminology: Academic service learning is the same as student community service and co-curricular service learning. Academic service learning is not the same as student community service or … these models of student involvement in the community are distinguished by their learning agenda. Student community …

https://wmich.edu/servicelearning/about/myths

Sharon K. Johnson obituary

News

… At the time of her retirement, she was a custodian in what is now Facilities Management-building custodial and support …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46243

Celebrating the Arts: Honoring our past and looking toward our future

College of Fine Arts

… arts. We invite you to celebrate our 50th anniversary and what we have accomplished together as we look toward to what the future holds. Pre-show 6 - 7:30 p.m. Join us early …

https://wmich.edu/events/69189

WMU engineering student excels in the classroom, on the rugby field

News

… a mechanical engineering major, works on a machine during his internship at Edgewater Automation. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An … half the week, but I love it." The love of the sport is what drew Backe to WMU. He started playing rugby in … how my interest could translate into an actual career. He suggested looking into engineering."  Backe works on a design …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53485

Book Club Discussion - "Five Times Faster"

Climate Change Working Group

… Book Club Discussion - "Five Times Faster" Submitted by Isabelle Topor … Webb Join on Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9471889477?pwd=V255ZHVpZVBxc1BNOTRRM1EzOXE3dz09 The Book – Five Times … oil companies, consumerism, weak political leaders. But what if the real blocks to progress are the ideas and …

https://wmich.edu/events/74327

Researchers explore human-robot communication with Pepper, a humanoid robot

News

… their knowledge of human-robot interactions with a new, glistening white-plastic being that stands nearly 4-feet tall, … preferred among human partners will carry over to what is preferred from a robot interlocutor. Or, owing to … message patterns? Autumn and Chad Edwards also can control what the robot says to test different patterns of speaking …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42083