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

News

… "Cleaning the headstones is a small but significant way for students to recognize the sacrifices these … are placed on each grave on Memorial Day, so we didn’t want to recreate that experience," says Tomika Griffin-Brown … original Camp Custer was built in 1917 on 130 parcels of land, mainly small farms leased to the government by the …

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

Gala celebration to mark 75 years of aviation education at WMU

News

… the technicians who ensure that planes take off, fly and land safely. The College of Aviation will honor that … at 5 p.m. followed by dinner at 6 p.m. The program and awards ceremony will take place at 8 p.m. The event costs … of the college's third Excellence in Diversity Award. The gala's keynote speaker will be Nicole …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19708

Space Management Policy

Policies

… requested space change. Full Policy Details All University land, facilities, and buildings belong to the University as … SAC will review and adopt space guidelines brought forward and recommended by the Planning, Space Management and … Question:   If I am a director, dean or vice president and want to reassign space within my operational area and the …

https://wmich.edu/policies/space-management

Education meets innovation: Interior design students envision accessible future for teen living with rare progressive disease

W Magazine

… been through a lot in his young life. At the age of 2, he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP). He endured a number … his symptoms, but instead of stabilizing, his ability to walk only worsened when he became a teenager. Donovan Lassig … highly regarded medical facilities for opinions. We landed at Boston Children's Hospital, and they knew rather …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69849

Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in March

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… to be locally oriented and globally competent, culturally aware, and ready to contribute to world knowledge and … March 1 2017 Yomiuri Prize for Literature Reading—an awards reception —4:30 to 6 p.m. in 1035-1045 Fetzer Center, … letter of interest and curriculum vitae to michelle.metro-roland@wmich.edu. WMU faculty members from any discipline are …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38374

Yes, WMU really has a skydiving team

News

… when practicing their sport and training for precision landing and formation skydiving competitions. This … "My career path forces me to do daring things. I don’t want to be the person who sits at a desk from 9 to 5 their … Skydive Broncos from the 1960s. The sport has come a long way since it started gaining visibility over the decades, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54594

Zoning in on the genetics of the world’s largest flower

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2013/05/worlds-largest-flower

Global internship experience brings marketing student closer to her goals

Haworth College of Business

… marketing student closer to her goals Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Isabel Henrickson's Haworth College of Business … senior Isabel Henrickson took an important step toward launching her marketing career and solidifying her … this for the first time!”  Curious where she will land? Follow Henrickson on LinkedIn For more WMU news, arts …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69664

Forging a Creative Path: How Kayla Powers Built a Career on Her Own Terms

College of Fine Arts

… She's a master forager, gathering plants from the urban landscape to create natural dyes. This means her palette … growing or gracefully fading around her. "People don't always associate Detroit with bountiful nature," Kayla shares, "but when I moved here, I was struck by the wild open spaces and how much life there …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/news/2025/09/wmu-alumni-kayla-powers

The Aviation Advantage: Ed Florek Flourishes in Aviation Technical Operations

College of Aviation

… edge of Lake Michigan in what is referred to as "Chicagoland," he was the youngster who took apart the mechanical alarm clock … of just under 40,000 in neighboring Hammond, Ind., was the century-old Bishop Noll Institute , the private …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/09/florek