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In Memoriam, summer 2026

W Magazine

… BS ’51, Nov. 29, 2025, Grand Rapids, MI Ona Eileene (Pappe) Wall , BA ’52, MA ’64, Dec. 7, 2025, Grandville, MI Muriel … Robins , BA ’54, Nov. 24, 2025, Livonia, MI Willard Howard Mejeur , BS ’54, Dec. 10, 2025, Cadillac, MI Thomas Edward Fricke , BA ’55, Oct. 7, 2025, …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2026/06/memoriam-summer-2026

The Evaluation Lab at Western Michigan University celebrates one year of impact

The Evaluation Lab

… services to Kalamazoo-area organizations while providing hands-on training in program evaluation to WMU students … I now have greater confidence in myself and my abilities. I was accepted into the University of Michigan's Master of … focusing on community change. I truly believe the lab was pivotal in helping me reach this point." For Lori …

https://wmich.edu/evaluation-lab/news/2025/02/evaluation-lab-anniversary

News Archives

World Religions and Cultures

… News Archives News Archives Congratulations to our award-winning students . Zachary Smith is awarded the … . Our current graduate students have set the bar high. In addition to winning the all-university teaching and research … a $700 travel award from the graduate college and a $600 supplemental international travel grant from the …

https://wmich.edu/religion/about/news-archives

Empowering undergraduate students with research internships

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… students with research internships Submitted by Cindy Wagner on From left are Joseph Barr, Carter Simmons, Kendall … methylparaben contaminants from personal care products via water filtration. Read more about Nore's research. Finding a way to protect users, Jin Park is applying …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/10/undergrad-research

WMU education professors receive $29.5M grant to support Grand Rapids children, families

News

… families. Drs. Patricia Reeves and Jianping Shen were awarded the grant through the U.S. Department of Education's … Development . Western along with a group of partners, including Baxter Community Center, Early Learning Neighborhood … 9,500 children from birth to grade 12 and an average of 9,600 adults will be served by the grant. The project is both …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66620

Yukiko Murakami, 50 years later - Tragic loss of Japanese alumna continues to give life to WMU’s strongest exchange program

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… on When Yukiko Murakami, a Keio University student who studied abroad at Western Michigan University in 1962, lost her … abroad—39 WMU students and 50 Keio students have received awards since the scholarship's inception. The service took … gatherings for visitors from WMU. The group now has almost 600 members.     Eiji Oshima is the current president of the …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2013/11/yukiko-murakami-memorial-50

All Life is Learning - January 2023

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU

… Also, please note that there are some minor additions and clarifications to the catalog in comparison to … Time:  2 - 4 p.m.        Location: Fetzer Center You won’t want to miss our January Thaw event, featuring guest speaker …   I see it every day here at West Hills, where more than 600 WMU retirees have active memberships. Social interaction …

https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/january-2023

All Life is Learning - April 2026

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU

… All Life is Learning - April 2026 Director's Note Giving Day 2026 A Success! Giving Day 2026 … as well. Teaching with OLLI has been a genuinely rewarding experience for me. I really value the experience, … to mid-April, volunteers take appointments at over 3,600 locations around the country. Last year, Kalamazoo …

https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/april-2026

Sustainable brewing program up and running

College of Arts and Sciences

… with others in order to develop a new, vital and forward-thinking science degree program. The professor of … workforce in sustainable brewing. “We were met with a resounding ‘yes,’” said Bertman. An advisory board was created for … down history over the past 138 years. In 1878 there were 2,600 breweries in the United States. This number decreased …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news-sustainable-brewing

Beginning Years, 1915 to 1942

Bronco Marching Band

… members. Surprisingly, the first woman allowed in the band was in 1916. Miss Lucile Struble, trombone soloist, was … again until 1920.Recruitment efforts in 1920 and 1921 by Director Virgil Altenburg resulted in the formation of a … the old ones to rest. Together, they raised $500 of the $600 needed for new uniforms in just two minutes time! The …

https://wmich.edu/marchingband/history/beginnings