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'Ultra Reflection' student fashion show takes sustainability to the stage

College of Education and Human Development

… brand new for their line and use things from their closet, go to second-hand stores or design it yourself.” adds … material, which is a durable fabric and can last a long time. And I was also gifted a whole bunch of patchwork … so easy for people to purchase that they don't think about what impact it has on the world." Julia LeKander , a fashion …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71360

With rural and small clinics in mind, professor uses COVID-19 grant to create low-cost respiratory device

News

… pandemic increased that need exponentially. “We are now going through a very similar, but much much more amplified, … says he has no intention of profiting from his design. He does, however, want the device to particularly benefit rural … in these areas,” Danna-dos-Santos explains. “I understand what buttons to push.” He learned to push those buttons as …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60231

Taboo topics course uses dialogue to break through barriers

W Magazine

… As it turned out, however, their crucial talk happened at a time when Hernandez was best-equipped to receive the … learn about topics so contemptible and controversial, and what educational value do those lessons offer? Mangrum says … “I realized that just because you have something to say doesn’t mean that, 1) it has to be said, and 2) you can …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59619

Renowned scholar to tackle evolution, intelligent design

News

… Sciences' annual Theodosia Hadley Lecture, discussing "What Darwin Said (and Didn't Say): Evolution, Intelligent … faculty member since 1980, is a leading voice of support for science in national conversations about teaching … focusing on the evolution of flight in pterosaurs. A one-time high school teacher, he was principal author of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/249

Newell Rubbermaid to build at BTR Park

News

… University Business Technology and Research Park, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced today. Atlanta-based Newell … take place at the site. WMU trustees approved the sale of what is known as Parcel No. 26 at their Feb. 27 meeting. Since that time, changes to the original proposal will mean a slightly …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/6076

Uncovering untold stories, traditions through the East Campus Oral History Project

University Libraries

… several years with the staff at the Zhang before the right time, interest and talent intersected to move it forward. … and a reporter there. And through COVID-19, especially, I got a lot of experience in very different formats of … on her professional trajectory. "It really impacted me in what I want to go on to do," she says. "The type of stories …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71894

WMU political science professors field election calls from far and wide

News

… via email about the election by the Singapore Straits Times. All of that comes in addition to the many interviews … the interest, both worldwide and locally, might sound somewhat unusual. But Clark, department chair, says it's all … scientist. And I think, 'Man, there's always something going on in American politics.' But what makes election …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36122

WMU professor awarded prestigious Bellagio Residency: continues work on grief

College of Arts and Sciences

… on her monograph, which seeks to explore the complex, oftentimes isolating experience of grief, drawing upon contemporary grief memoirs.    She began her study of … to be intellectualized substitutes, quite removed from what people are grappling with when they lose someone they …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2024/12/ashley-atkins-bellagio

Why I Give: David Sluyter

W Magazine

… I can finally admit I’m getting older,” he jokes.  “It was time to figure out what kind of legacy I wanted to leave,” he continues, “and … the realtor who sold Sluyter his own home convinced him to go on a canoe trip through old fur trader routes in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71780

Theatre to present 'The Game's Afoot'

News

… Gillette in "The Game's Afoot" KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Just in time for the holiday season, Western Michigan University … of Holmes, this time to track a real-life killer. Who knows what will happen next in this castle full of mirrors and … comes together, our audiences are in for a real treat. "The gorgeous period costumes and detailed scenic design are …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43524