Events

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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-Houck
October 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)