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Student Recreation Center creates lasting impact on students’ personal growth, sense of belonging

Student Life

… room in the SRC. The SRC's second floor weight room offers many different options for students' routine. The second … climbing wall on the first floor of the SRC also is popular with students. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University … a significant impact on student’s feelings of well-being with more than 80% of students experiencing an increase in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70910

WMU education professor offers teaching advice for caregivers of homebound special education students

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… of homebound special education students Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Dr. Luchara Wallace (left), Greg … teacher who coordinated programming to support students with learning disabilities and emotional/behavioral … fellow students, but also from specialists who provide them with necessary services such as physical therapy, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59245

Results-oriented academic leader, public policy scholar will lead Western’s academic affairs division

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… affairs division Submitted by Erin Flynn on Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig will join Western as Provost and Vice … a bold thought leader and change agent to work in concert with faculty and staff in an environment designed to help … more than 70 programs across a wide range of fields. With an emphasis on recruitment during his three-year …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69883

Sports coaching master's program one of 13 accredited by national organization

College of Education and Human Development

… master's program one of 13 accredited by national organization Submitted by Chris Hybels on KALAMAZOO, … coordinator. "Being accredited the NCACE also provides us with national recognition and brings attention to the work … that meets rigorous national standards and provides them with the necessary skills to succeed."   SPORTS COACHING AT …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75880

Western researchers develop a special boot to save limbs and lives

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… Western researchers develop a special boot to save limbs and lives Submitted by Erin Flynn on Doctor of physical … research on SenLore, a boot designed to help patients with non-healing foot ulcers. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Diabetes is a … healing and saving limbs and lives. "When people with diabetes develop a wound or ulcer on the bottom of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64303

Alumnus returns for one more challenge—a master's degree in finance from WMU Haworth

Haworth College of Business

… returns for one more challenge—a master's degree in finance from WMU Haworth Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Pavel … skills as a strategic planning specialist. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—With graduate degrees in engineering, business and … Kolyvanov completed multiple internships in Michigan with Eastman Outdoors. Following graduation, he spent six …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71376

Business faculty help coordinate interdisciplinary international conference

Haworth College of Business

… from the Haworth College of Business recently helped lead an international conference that intentionally blurs the … guiding mechanism. Businesses are now being tasked with considering their impact on the world at large. … in person in the future. The ability to network not only with other academics but with the many practitioners who …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/01/62695

Celebrate diversity at Western Michigan University's International Festival 2023

International Student and Scholar Services

… Celebrate diversity at Western Michigan University's International Festival 2023 Submitted by … traditional dances, delicious cuisine and booth displays. With over a dozen cultures represented, the festival … promises to take visitors on a journey around the world without ever leaving Kalamazoo. Registered Student …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71191

WMU wins 2013 diversity award from national publication

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… 2013 diversity award from national publication Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on HEED award recipients were … to diversity and inclusion." WMU will be featured along with 55 other recipients in the magazine's November 2013 … that includes gender, race and ethnicity as well as people with disabilities, veterans and members of the Lesbian, Gay, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10337

Climate change disinformation poses increasing threat, says WMU history professor

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… Climate change disinformation poses increasing threat, says WMU … was reduction of fossil fuels that would have coincided with the energy crisis, when there was a great deal of … alternative energy sources. And we could have transitioned with very little sacrifice at that point. But we're now at a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66880