Format: 2024-07-23

November 13, 2023

November 14, 2023

School Supply Donation Drive

In honor of National Education Week, the College of Education and Human Development will collect donations for every K12 school district in Kalamazoo County. One box for each district will be set up in the Student Services Suite collecting items such as school supplies, warm hats and gloves, and disinfectants for the teachers. For a full list of requested items visit wmich.edu/education/cares.

Date: Tuesday, Nov. 14
Time: (All day)
Location: 2421 Sangren Hall

Faculty, staff headshots

Sessions for formal headshots specifically for faculty and staff have been scheduled during fall semester. Headshots will not be taken between noon and 12:30 p.m. Photos are taken on a walk-in basis, and no appointments are needed. View the sessions

Date: Tuesday, Nov. 14
Time: 9:00am to 5:30pm
Location: 4550 Sangren Hall

Decolonizing Digital Hegemonies: Reframing, Disrupting and Occupying Online Spaces

Dr. Lusike Mukhongo, associate professor in the School of Communications at Western Michigan University, explores the intricate dynamics of global media ecosystems through analysis of mechanisms of global media hegemony in perpetuating media marginalities, the carcerality of Indigenous knowledge, and subalternity in the African diaspora. Signature Credit.

Date: Tuesday, Nov. 14
Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Location: 2211 Student Center

November 15, 2023

School Supply Donation Drive

In honor of National Education Week, the College of Education and Human Development will collect donations for every K12 school district in Kalamazoo County. One box for each district will be set up in the Student Services Suite collecting items such as school supplies, warm hats and gloves, and disinfectants for the teachers. For a full list of requested items visit wmich.edu/education/cares.

Date: Wednesday, Nov. 15
Time: (All day)
Location: 2421 Sangren Hall

DEI Lunch and Learn - Implicit Bias in Healthcare Experiences for LGBTQ+ Folx

Dr. Melinda McCormick - Implicit Bias in Healthcare Experiences for LGBTQ+ Folx. Join us in the CHHS student engagement center on the third Wednesday of each month for these engaging conversations. Sessions run from 11 a.m. to noon. Free lunch is provided by the CHHS Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Date: Wednesday, Nov. 15
Time: 11:00am to noon
Location: College of Health and Human Services

Custer Speaker Series

In this talk, Priyanka Khandalkar, M.S.’15, M.S.’10, founder and COO of Scale to Grow LLC, executive coach, operations consultant and podcaster, will present her perspective on leadership in a presentation titled "Contagious Leadership: Your Contagious Presence as a Leader." Learn more about this presentation and Khandalkar at https://wmich.edu/engineer/custerseries.

Date: Wednesday, Nov. 15
Time: 6:00pm
Location: D-208 Floyd Hall

November 16, 2023

School Supply Donation Drive

In honor of National Education Week, the College of Education and Human Development will collect donations for every K12 school district in Kalamazoo County. One box for each district will be set up in the Student Services Suite collecting items such as school supplies, warm hats and gloves, and disinfectants for the teachers. For a full list of requested items visit wmich.edu/education/cares.

Date: Thursday, Nov. 16
Time: (All day)
Location: 2421 Sangren Hall

CEHD Cares Day

College of Education and Human Development is hosting the second annual day of service on Thursday, November 16, 2023. On this day, faculty, staff, students and alumni are encouraged to get involved with the community through volunteering activities, donations drives, etc. Participants can join in on a volunteer event already in the works or come up with something entirely on their own. Learn more.

Date: Thursday, Nov. 16
Time: (All day)

Faculty, staff headshots

Sessions for formal headshots specifically for faculty and staff have been scheduled during fall semester. Headshots will not be taken between 12:30 and 1 to p.m. Photos are taken on a walk-in basis, and no appointments are needed. View the sessions

 

Date: Thursday, Nov. 16
Time: 10:00am to 5:30pm
Location: 2503 WMU Grand Rapids

Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk: Can Communication and Understanding Facilitate Accommodation in the US-China Relationship

Join us for Light Center for Chinese Studies guest lecture presented by by Dr. Suisheng Zhao, Professor and Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver.

Topic: Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk: Can Communication and Understanding Facilitate Accommodation in the US-China Relationship

Presenters: Dr. Suisheng Zhao

Date: Thursday, Nov. 16
Time: 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Location: 1750 Sangren Hall

IIAS Meet and Greet

Come meet the faculty and students in the Institute for Intercultural and Anthropological Studies!

 

Learn more about our majors and minors in:

African American and African Studies (AAAS)

Anthropology (ANTH)

Race and Ethnic Relations (LWIR)

 

We'll have live music, dancers, artifacts, swag, door prizes and free food!

Let us know if you are part of a Cultural Affinity based RSO and w

Date: Thursday, Nov. 16
Time: 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: 1101, 1071 Moore Hall, 1st floor

Books and Beer: Natural Allies: Environment, Energy, and the History of US-Canada Relations - Daniel Macfarlane

The University Center for the Humanities at Western Michigan University invites you to “Books and Beer,” our celebration of the publications from University faculty over the last year. Daniel Macfarlane (Environment and Sustainability) will read from "Natural Allies: Environment, Energy, and the History of US-Canada Relations." There will be a brief Q&A / discussion after the reading. Light snacks and beer from the WMU Sustainable Brewing program will be available.
Date: Thursday, Nov. 16
Time: 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Location: 2500 Knauss Hall, WMU

November 17, 2023

School Supply Donation Drive

In honor of National Education Week, the College of Education and Human Development will collect donations for every K12 school district in Kalamazoo County. One box for each district will be set up in the Student Services Suite collecting items such as school supplies, warm hats and gloves, and disinfectants for the teachers. For a full list of requested items visit wmich.edu/education/cares.

Date: Friday, Nov. 17
Time: (All day)
Location: 2421 Sangren Hall

WMU Theatre Presents CLUE

Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth–the butler, Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs.

Date: Friday, Nov. 17
Time: 7:30pm
Location: WMU - Gilmore Theatre Complex

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