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WMU employs state-of-the-art cleaning technologies in effort to keep COVID-19 off campus

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… WMU employs state-of-the-art cleaning technologies in effort to keep COVID-19 off campus Submitted by Erin Flynn on A Custodial Services … with the ultimate goal of continuing to provide safe and valuable in-person instruction and services. "We've distanced …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/08/60573

'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 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

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

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

Fast-tracking dreams into reality: Urban Teacher Residency Program a ‘blessing’ for one of cohort’s first graduates

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… Urban Teacher Residency Program a ‘blessing’ for one of cohort’s first graduates Submitted by Deanne Puca on … at the Discovery Enrichment Center in Benton Harbor Area Schools. Koretta King-Jackson knew she had a passion for … be a substitute at her local public elementary and charter schools. “My heart was in it; I wanted to do it very badly, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69855

WMU and Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers team up to improve the reliability of autonomous vehicles

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… Laboratory researchers team up to improve the reliability of autonomous vehicles Submitted by Liz VandenHeede on Dr. … road to improving the reliability, safety and efficiency of self-driving electric vehicles. Dr. Zach Asher , assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and director …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71976

WMU hosting inaugural conference, forming statewide coalition to bring more teachers of color to classrooms

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… forming statewide coalition to bring more teachers of color to classrooms Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) … President William Wright working with Kalamazoo Public Schools students Kwan Green-Hemphill, left, and Davon Norman. (Photo by Linda Mah for Kalamazoo Public Schools) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Remember that one teacher who most …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58144