Events
Submit your events or news items to the College of Health and Human Services. Please fill out the CHHS Marketing Support form.
October 2023
October 6 - Open House (Honors)
October 7 - Peace Jam Fall Slam - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Learn more at greatlakespeacejam.com/events.
October 11 - Study Abroad Info - 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the CHHS Atrium
October 13 - Grand Rounds - Human-Centric Design and Innovation in Healthcare
David Grandy, VP in the Office of Transformation at Kaiser Permanente - noon to 1 p.m.October 13 - SPADA 50th Anniversary Celebration - 5:30 to 8 p.m. - Learn more at wmich.edu/addictionstudies/50
October 14 - WMU Homecoming
October 20 - Fall Break
October 25 - CHHS DEI Lunch and Learn - Ableism and its Influence in Health Care Settings
with Dr. Hope Gerlach-HouckOctober 27 - Barbara Rider Colloquium - more info at wmich.edu/ridercolloquium
October 27 - Open House
November 2023
November 3 - Open House
November 15 - CHHS DEI Lunch and Learn - Implicit Bias in Healthcare Experiences for LGBTQ+ Folx
with Dr. Melinda McCormick
December 2023
December 1 - State of the College - 9 to 10:30 a.m. in CHHS room 4010
December 1 - Open House
Weekly events
Weekly events
Join us in the CHHS Atrium for these weekly happenings.
- Popcorn (and Apple) Fridays - starting Oct. 13
- Walking Wednesdays - noon to 12:30 p.m. - starting Sept. 13
Information Sessions
Blindness and Low Vision Studies
Learn about master's degree options in this exciting field of study.
- October 10 - 3 to 4 p.m. - VIRTUAL EVENT - Sign up today
DEI Calendar of Remembrances and Recognition
January:
- 4 - World Braille Day
- 6 - Epiphany
- 11 - Anniversary of the Bread & Roses Labor Strike (1912)
- 15 - Martin Luther King Jr Birthday
- 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February:
- Black History Month
- 4 - Rosa Parks Birthday
- 19 - Anniversary of the Executive Order 9066 (creation of Japanese internment camps)
- 20 - World Day of Social Justice
- 21-27 - Eating Disorder Awareness Week
March:
- 6-7 - Purim
- 8 - Holi
- 8-10 - Holla Mohalla
- 22 - World Water Day
- 23 - Start of Ramadan (until approximately April 22)
- 26 - Purple day for Epilepsy
- 31 - Cesar Chavez Birthday
April:
- 2 - World Autism Awareness Day
- 5-10 - Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness week
- 5-12 - Passover
- 7 - Good Friday
- 9 - Easter
- 21 - Eid al-Fitr
- 22 - Earth Day
- 27 - Coretta Scott King Birthday
May:
- 4 - International Stand up to Bullying Awareness Day
- 5 - Buddha's Birthday
- 24 - Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day
- 25-27 - Shavuot
- 28 - Anniversary of the Indian Removal Act
- 28 - Pentecost
- 31 - Tulsa Race Riot (1921)
June:
- Aphasia Awareness Month
- 5 - National Cancer Survivors Day
- 19 - Juneteenth
- 20 - World Refugee Day
- 28 - Eid al-Adha
July:
- 2 - Anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
- 19 - Islamic New Year
- 26 - Americans with Disability Act Anniversary
- 30 - World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
August:
- 6 and 9 - Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (1945)
- 26 - Women’s Equality Day
- 28 - Anniversary of March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)
- 28 - Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s "I have a Dream" speech (1963)
September:
- Id al Adha, Islamic Festival of Sacrifice
- National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
- September or October – Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Jewish Holy Days
- 10 - World Suicide Prevention Day
- 15 - National Hispanic Heritage Month begins
- 15-17 - Rosh Hashanah
- 20-27 - International Week of the Deaf
- 29 - Start of Sukkot
October:
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Second Monday of October - Indigenous People’s Day
- 1-6 - Sukkot
- 10 - World Mental Health Day
- 11 - International Day of the Girl
November:
- Native American Heritage Month
- National Homeless Youth Awareness Month
- 19 - World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse
- 20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance web
- 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
December:
- 3 - International Day of Disabled Persons
- 25 - Christmas
- 29 - Anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)