Western Michigan University

Event Notices From May 14

The latest meeting and event notices from Michigan’s technology-focused companies, institutions and groups

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/14

Eaton Sponsors WMU Student Race Teams

Diversified manufacturer Eaton Corp. announced that it has provided $8,000 to Western Michigan University in support of three student engineering teams.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/04/17

WMU To Host State Geography Bee

A hundred students from all around Michigan will gather at Western Michigan University April 5 to compete in the 2013 Michigan National Geographic Bee, sponsored by Google and Plum Creek.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/03/27

Business Expansions, Community Projects, Entrepreneur Program Get State Support

The eight expansions are expected to generate up to $95.8 million in new capital investments and add 789 new jobs in Michigan.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/27

Michigan Universities Issue RFP For Research Projects

The Michigan Corporate Relations Network is soliciting proposals for the third round of its Small Company Innovation Program awards.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/10

Western Michigan University To Change Emergency Alert System

Western Michigan University officials say they’re looking at campus security measures in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting as well as recent issues with its emergency alert system.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/12/22

Jocelyn Walker - Antoine Cantrell - Ryan Hattaway (Booking Photos)

3 College Students Arraigned In Robbery Spree

Three college students are facing charges following investigations into several holdups on and near the Western Michigan University campus in Kalamazoo.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/12/14

The College of Engineering and Appled Sciences at Western Michigan University. WMU photo.

Headphone Safety Device For Cell Phone Wins WMU Entrepreneurial Event

A device that serves as a set of headphones for your cell phone as well keeps it from falling on the ground won first place in the Western Michigan University’s Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering Presentation Day.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/12/04

Federal Battery Labs Coming For Holland, Ann Arbor

New battery research laboratories will be built in Holland and Ann Arbor under a $120 million federal Enegy Department grant that will create the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/12/03

Captain Dave Powell, dean of Western Michigan Univeristy's College of Aviation, and GLITR Editor Matt Roush check out the Sky Broncos' cool new aircraft.

Tech Tour Day Eight: Western’s Got Wings!

A new med school, a research park that’s full to the brim, new technology to machine very hard and brittle materials, a new method to guide fossil hunters, and major advances in aviation training and management. It’s all in southwest Michigan at Western Michigan University.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/10/19

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