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Hope in the darkness: WMU music therapy alum finds calling in hospice

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… see walking down the halls of a medical facility. But the work she does is life-changing for the patients and families … variety of settings with patients," she says. "I got to work with kids in a school with developmental disabilities. I got to work with geriatrics. I got to work in a children's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55317

Western’s ‘Golden Girls’ soar through cross-country air race

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… I am proud to champion. Racing for WMU has given me invaluable skills, lifelong connections and tremendous personal … instructor, and Annie Quardokus , B.S.’16, an alumna who works for Bissell in Grand Rapids . “The 2025 Women’s Air …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/07/golden-girls-soar-through-cross-country-air-race

Ethics event focuses on fictional portrayals of legal issues

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… trade regulation, teaches classes in business policy and social and ethical environment, legal environment, business …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45482

New $2 million grant supports nursing pipeline from KCC to WMU

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… from KCC to WMU Submitted by Jillian Fraze on Students work in the lab at the Bronson School of Nursing. BATTLE … about nursing is the ability to sit for boards and start working as an RN with an associate degree. This education … (NSSRN), administered by the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis in collaboration with the U.S Census …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2024/08/state-grant-supports-nursing-pipeline-kcc-wmu

AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at WMU

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… Project Foundation—the international caretaker of the quilt—works to preserve, care for and use the AIDS Memorial Quilt to foster healing, advance social justice and inspire action. The quilt began in San …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/45041

English, Theatre departments establish new regional play festival

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… donors. Playwrights from across the region submitted their work to a reading committee, and four plays were selected … festival, one of these plays will be selected to receive a workshop production in August at the Victory Gardens Theatre … "We are very excited to be training our students in this work—to be engaging with these tremendously talented …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24528

WMU students capture first prize at engineering conference in Istanbul

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… Mich.— Two Western Michigan University students took their work in creating a 3D virtual laboratory to an international … Creating a 3D virtual laboratory The two WMU students both work with Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur , professor of mechanical and … WMU Undergraduate Research Excellence award for their work on the 3D virtual laboratory project. For more news, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24620

Bronco-turned-NFL star Sam Beal tackles Alzheimer's awareness in national campaign

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… up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he watched his mother work as a caregiver for elderly patients. She recently … "I used to always hear about her favorite people to work with and the challenges patients faced," says Beal. … of the mix before the season even started. Beal says he's worked hard over the past year and, after getting the okay …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53687

Spektral Quartet and Mark DeChiazza present new works

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… Spektral Quartet and Mark DeChiazza present new works Submitted by Deanne Puca on Spektral Quartet … Quartet will return to Western Michigan University for a workshop-performance of a gripping new work by WMU faculty composer Lisa Renée Coons at 7:30 p.m. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45969

University welcomes two explosive-detection K-9s to police force

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… detection and patrol in mid-January. "It has been a lot of work for the officers, but I think that they both would … in Kalamazoo County and the surrounding areas already work closely together. The explosive-detection K-9 unit is … live with the officers in their homes, travel with them to work and train several days a week—K-9 Oso with Officer …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/02/51620