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Libraries awards 10 grants to reduce students' out-of-pocket textbook costs

University Libraries

… Libraries awards 10 grants to reduce students' out-of-pocket textbook costs Submitted by Sara Volmering on … will continue to champion the adoption and creation of OER at WMU because it makes a difference in our students’ … will be shared widely for the benefit of students at other schools as well," Behr adds. "The savings for students …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68028

Poet Alison Swan reimagines the freshwater heart of North America in a literary way

College of Arts and Sciences

… Poet Alison Swan reimagines the freshwater heart of North America in a literary way Olga Bonfiglio College of … home to two ghost towns, one of America’s oldest summer art schools, The Oxbow School and to Saugatuck Dunes State Park and Natural Area.  …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news-poet-swan

WMU Department of Spanish instructor publishes new poetry collection, holds upcoming reading events

College of Arts and Sciences

… WMU Department of Spanish instructor publishes new poetry collection, holds … instructor in Western Michigan University’s Department of Spanish, has recently published a new poetry collection, "The Taste of the Earth." The collection of poems weave together …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/habrapoetry

WMU partners with Goodwill of Greater Grand Rapids for employee leadership, growth training

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… WMU partners with Goodwill of Greater Grand Rapids for employee leadership, growth … Michigan University is partnering with Goodwill of Greater Grand Rapids to launch the Leadership, Engagement and Development Experience. The program is part of an intentional effort by Goodwill of Greater Grand Rapids …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/55838

'Twist of fate' gives painting grad space to come into her own as an artist

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… 'Twist of fate' gives painting grad space to come into her own as … stage management program her senior year of high school. She didn't get in, but instead of getting … and really change a lot and make some waves in the Frostic School of Art," she says. "So I was really, really happy …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62508

WMU professors developing prototype to give doctors extra level of protection against COVID-19

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… WMU professors developing prototype to give doctors extra level of … members in Western Michigan University's Gwen Frostic School of Art is getting creative to help mitigate some of … a prototype. "Our doctors and medical personnel are more valuable to us than ever. We have to do whatever it takes (to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58767

Gifts to WMU during 2015-16 top $70 million, impact all parts of campus

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… to WMU during 2015-16 top $70 million, impact all parts of campus Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … major gifts were recorded to the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, WMU's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute … Refurbish research space and grow programs in the medical school. "We are enormously thankful to our donors who …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34739

From The Crown to All Quiet on the Western Front: The Notion of Adaptation as Violation

Study of Ethics in Society

… From The Crown to All Quiet on the Western Front: The Notion of Adaptation as Violation Submitted by Sandra Borden on … Sandra Borden Email for more information Lucia Krämer, professor of English cultural and media studies at the University of

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Western dance students will take audience on tour of campus with 'In-site/Outside'

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… Western dance students will take audience on tour of campus with 'In-site/Outside' Submitted by Erin Flynn on Dance students rehearse on the steps in front of Waldo Library  for "In-site/Outside." KALAMAZOO, … weekend. WMU Dance presents "In-site/Outside," a display of site-specific, student-choreographed performances on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/10/65864

Fueled by her own trauma, doctoral student fights to break cycle of sexual violence

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… by her own trauma, doctoral student fights to break cycle of sexual violence Submitted by Erin Flynn on Tabitha … known as the Mutera Healing Foundation—to break the cycle of sexual and gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa. … her own childhood trauma.  She was volunteering with a nonprofit in a Ugandan village ravaged by HIV/AIDS in 2015 when …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65358