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Event management alum brings first-of-its-kind tater tot festival to Grand Rapids

College of Education and Human Development

… tater tot festival to Grand Rapids Submitted by Chris Hybels on Kendall Soto KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Get ready to … a Western Michigan University event management alumna, is part of the team bringing one of the nation's first tater … been a staple in some way," says Soto. "We got thinking what was the next best thing and potatoes are one of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74872

We Talk and Fetzer Institute partner to ease political divisiveness

We Talk

… We Talk and Fetzer Institute partner to ease political divisiveness Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … grant to support Western Michigan University's civil discourse initiative, We Talk , to expand its educational … not about politics but rather about who we are as people, what we care about and our dreams for the future. Every …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67459

Leveling up experience-driven learning opportunities

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… opportunities Submitted by Erin Flynn on Students in Dr. Lisa Baker's lab learn about neuroanatomy through the … providing students with opportunities to practice what they learned in applied settings, be it through … in experiential learning," says Vasquez Heilig. "What Western offers students is remarkable, and we want to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75848

Speaker to address today's changing perspectives on gender

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… next month, a noted diversity educator on transgender issues will offer concrete, easy-to-understand guidance for … will cover topics such as how to respect pronouns, what topics are off-limits and how to negotiate using the … acclaim. He went on to sell out some of the world's biggest theatre venues. After more than a decade as an …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/39114

Western student leaders attend inaugural first-generation college celebration at White House

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… House. They also toured other buildings and met with legislators. Méndez calls visiting the White House "a 'wow' … "(Sen. Peters) asked us who we were and where we're from, what we're studying," remembers Méndez. "He was really talking to us … and was genuinely interested in what we were saying to him, so it was a really unique …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73523

Dream realized for Western alum working on Marvel's 'WandaVision'

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… Dream realized for Western alum working on Marvel's 'WandaVision' Submitted by Erin Flynn on LOS ANGELES—Spider-Man. … "I went back to the textbook and started reading more about what editing was, and I saw that it combined my previous … and are excited to watch and my wife is proud of, that's what it's all about." Already an exciting accomplishment, it …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63090

2014 marks 75 years of aviation education at WMU

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… of Western Michigan University's most technically advanced disciplines are about to spend the coming year turning back … mark its 75th year of providing aviation education through what has become one of the top such collegiate programs in … to 1997, when it moved to Battle Creek, Mich.'s W.K. Kellogg Airport. In 1999, WMU's aviation programs were organized …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13369

Popular plant TikTok showcases student’s succulent humor and self care

W Magazine

… humor and self care Submitted by Megan Looker on Known by his handle @theplantprodigy, Jacob Soule educates TikTok … me a copy of Peter D’Amato’s ‘The Savage Garden’ and that’s what inspired me to buy my first carnivorous plant.”  … views and 1.6 million likes. And his video montage of what to do and not do with your venus fly trap has a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71781

A new hub for belonging and connection

W Magazine

… on The WMU Student Center—a project decades in the making—is a place for the Western community to connect and engage … on other campuses so they could start thinking about what they might like at Western. She also began searching … he remembers. “It was fun to take students and see what they liked.” One of those students was Cameron Smith , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73398

WMU to recognize top staff members for outstanding service

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… WMU's Annual Make a Difference Award for 2012-13. The award is the highest honor the University bestows specifically on … employees. She is very responsive when asked for her suggestions on how to enhance business or the customer … seem like small things," the nominator wrote, "but they are what makes for a positive work environment and what gives …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9757