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The Evaluation Center announces launch of innovative e-learning courses on program evaluation

The Evaluation Center

… at WMU and beyond, they created Valeo , bringing their vision for engaging and practical e-learning about program … Approaches to Program Evaluation . The U.S. Centers for Disease Control played a pivotal role in Valeo's inception, … ranges from about 45 minutes to 3 hours.  “We focus on what people really need to know, without the fluff or …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75490

Counseling alum writes her trauma and journey to heal with memoir

College of Education and Human Development

… her trauma and journey to heal with memoir Submitted by Chris Hybels on Demarra West, author of "Me Too: A Therapist's … that I use to help support my clients and community. But what I realized through finding these practices that I had … that I faced in terms of trauma, the aftermath and struggle to talk about it and allow for my healing journey," …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75465

Student veterans find place to grow, thrive at WMU

News

… student, completed several tours of duty including this deployment to Afghanistan in 2011. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— On … good mentors who helped me (through my courses)." Unsure what the future might hold, Duck is focused on finishing his … Corps veteran, Gough has seen friends from his old unit struggle to find their place once they finish their service. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56507

Enterprising alumna finds herself in fashion

News

… Enterprising alumna finds herself in fashion Submitted by Anonymous … ages 8 to 13. "I just want girls to know it's OK to wear what you want to wear and be who you want to be," she says. … she worked in the nonprofit sector for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Forbes Funds, and the Girl Scouts in New …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37905

Black mason broke barriers, laid first building blocks for learning at Western

News

… buildings in Kalamazoo, including the foundation for what has become Western Michigan University. And thanks to a passionate and persistent alumna, the community will finally know his impact. … how they were named as well as the community as a whole and what it was that made the community unique," Parker says.  …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74599

WMU biologist helps settle 50-year-old fish evolution debate

College of Arts and Sciences

… WMU biologist helps settle 50-year-old fish evolution debate Submitted … fishes through genome sequencing. Early classifications suggested that the "bony-tongues" were the oldest group, while … the right answer because you can’t go back in time and see what evolution did,” says Thompson. “We can infer them using …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73661

Be in a place you know: Dietetics student comes full circle

College of Education and Human Development

… returned to Kalamazoo to take a job at Bronson Methodist Hospital, the same place where she completed her first … opportunity to do as a clinical dietitian,” says Price. “What I learned during the medical nutrition therapy lab and … apply, and I knew that down the road I would always wonder 'what if' if I hadn't applied. Thankfully, I got matched and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69546

Bridging cultures and celebrating unity, International Festival returns to Miller Auditorium

International Student and Scholar Services

… Saturday, Oct. 5 , from 2 to 5 p.m. at Miller Auditorium. This free event welcomes students, staff, faculty and the … Haenicke Institute for Global Education , the festival is a longstanding tradition, bringing together members of … celebrate the diversity of our students while recognizing what we all have in common."  The festival features a …

https://wmich.edu/international/news/2024/09/international-festival-2024

Professor transforming aviation education using augmented reality

News

… the first self-contained, holographic computer. Brown, who is recognized internationally for her use of technology in … design an entire virtual airport, where the user controls what they see and how they see it. This puts the educational … Brown sees augmented reality as a solution to meet what she describes as unprecedented global training demands …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/45008

WMU advertising students take first place

Haworth College of Business

… WMU advertising students take first place Submitted by Amy Coughenour … consumer touch points and carrying the tagline “Explore What’s Next. Quest is Ready.,” the WMU team conducted … Olivia Neitzke , strategy and consumer insights associate Maggie Neuman , social media associate Bailey Papich , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68200