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… 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," …

… Groundbreaking enzyme discovery leads to Western professor receiving prestigious … by Erin Flynn on Dr. Ricky Stull, right, works in his lab after receiving the NSF's CAREER Award. Undergraduate … something that is completely unknown, that we have no idea what the answer will be, because no one's ever done it …

… Music challenge aims to build harmony, community from a distance Submitted by Erin Flynn on Watch Blake Morgan (left) … show that we can still make music together," Code says. He is now challenging the WMU community to join in, using the … our community to share videos with each other engaged in what we all love to do—make music." Kennedy Dixon , a senior …

… Tent Transit" by Patrick D. Wilson KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Art is meant to be experienced. While the pandemic extinguished … saw his creative vision come to life. "The translation from what you think it's going to be to what it ends up feeling like at full scale is quite a …

… He was 77. Randt joined the staff in 1969 and retired from what is now Facilities Management-maintenance services in 1999 … to the University. Survivors include Jodie Laraway, assistant director of scholarships and loans in WMU's Office of …

… best chance of completing her life cycle, greenhouse specialist Chris Jackson had to come up with a creative solution. … begin to appear. (Photo by Michael Lanka). KALAMAZOO, Mich.—What's a plant to do when it’s about to grow through the … but it is kind of bittersweet knowing that no matter what we will soon be saying goodbye,” says Jackson. In the …

… barriers among marginalized populations Submitted by Chris Hybels on Dr. Gemarco Peterson KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western … Michigan University's  Dr. Gemarco Peterson,  assistant professor in the Department of Counselor Education … respectively, individuals from underserved populations. "What we've started doing is conducting preliminary analyses …

… 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 …

… job waiting in the wings Submitted by Erin Flynn on Luis Jaime will graduate from Western with a degree in … showed me how it could be a great career. I got the feel of what this kind of major in college would be like and whether this was what I wanted," he says. "The summer camp showed me the …

… humanities Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Discovery comes in many forms, and several will be celebrated … theorists and philosophers have from time to time suggested that something like loss lies at the very heart of … endemic losses could be seen as an important aspect of what it is to exercise citizenship." The idea of "democracy …