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Remembering trailblazing alumnus who reshaped college experience for foster care youth

W Magazine

… Michigan. Seita, associate professor emeritus of social work at Michigan State University, was instrumental in reshaping thinking about how students made their way to Western from foster care. The … 88 former foster youth are at home on Western’s campus and working toward their degree. Since accepting its first class …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73609

Fall lecture series taps international ethics experts

Study of Ethics in Society

… events or that reinterpret prior literary and cinematic works. The event is co-sponsored by the Haenicke Institute … science at the University of Michigan, will address how colonialism and U.S. foreign policy have shaped … Hall, Reginald Dwayne Betts , executive director of Freedom Reads, will speak about the non-profit organization's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72760

Western student powers launch of new compostability testing center

News

… Lon Pschigoda, general manager of the WMU Pilot Plants, and doctoral candidate Jason Wang provide a glimpse of the … test: Disintegration: Confirming the test product breaks down in size. Biodegradation: Making sure it converts to … brand owners coming together to make a positive change in how we impact the environment," Pschigoda says. For more WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/07/68373

Business student earns national social impact scholarship

Haworth College of Business

… Lemus, a senior majoring in marketing, was recognized for how she has used her marketing skills in a variety of … social service institutions to provide creative programming Working as a media marketer and funding assistant at … strong relationships with past, current and prospective donors where her campaigns assisted in raising $2.1 million …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53545

WMU administration to launch employee engagement survey

News

… will help its senior leaders better understand employees' work experiences and measure progress on meeting WMU's … will collect, and no one at the University will know if or how any employee personally responded. In addition, … email addresses are only being used to notify employees how to access the survey, send reminders about completing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52385

Western's ‘Battalion Mom’ retires after 28 years

Haworth College of Business

… by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Cris Obreiter has worked with six Western Michigan University presidents, … of systems and procedures at the University. She knew how to get things accomplished, who to talk to and the best … continuity. She was also able to explain why things were done the way they were. She made sure that the military …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70295

Students present research at international conference

News

… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Undergraduate students Blake Tindol and Brandon Buxton recently got the rare experience of … information systems. “Both Blake and Brandon started working with me on separate projects at the beginning of the … and support other value-added activities in the hospital. However, these studies suffered from intervention bias. In …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57402

Broncos Lead intern pursues passion for early child development at preschool

College of Education and Human Development

… helps Chance, a preschooler at JDI, cut shapes out of Play-Doh. Hoeksema voices the whale character while reading to … in WMU's child development and services program, she is working at the Jennings Development Interplex's (JDI) … teacher was totally not for me, but coming here and doing it I now know  this is what I want to do," says …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/07/72185

Haenicke Institute for Global Education announces International Education Week 2025

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… "International Education Week is an opportunity for WMU to show off its long history of global engagement, which began … to Pieve del Grappa, Italy, with CIMBA Italy ; Diego Sandoval, a graduate student of organizational change … Global Education. "When AI Meets Chinese Language Teaching: How Teachers Can Thrive in the New Era ” will be Nov. 3 at …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/10/international-education-week-2025

WMU secures federal grant to battle opioid epidemic

News

… to make far-reaching impacts through health care workforce expansion in the state," says Dr. Ron Cisler , … Buren counties, which have the highest rates of opioid overdose deaths and lowest access to behavioral health care in … can all be encouraged that Western Michigan University is showing commitment to address this epidemic and that they …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54593