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Navigating the digital landscape: WMU expert publishes book for early childhood pros

College of Education and Human Development

… Navigating the digital landscape: WMU expert publishes book for early … book published by Teachers College Press titled "Screen-Aware Early Childhood: A Realistic Approach to Helping Young … current and future early childhood professionals to develop what we define as screen awareness: the knowledge and …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2026/03/melinda-holohan-new-textbook-digital-screen-awareness-education

The rise of women’s sports—triumphs, challenges and the road ahead

W Magazine

The rise of women’s sports—triumphs, challenges and the road … went on to play professionally for the Omaha Supernovas. What’s so great about the resilience of women in sports is … Stars from soccer’s World Cup and women’s gymnastics are frequent newsmakers. In 2024, two new volleyball …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/rise-womens-sports-wmu-coaches-athletes-weigh

WMU is closed due to severe winter weather

News

… WMU is closed due to severe winter weather Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU is closed … today, Jan. 31, due to severe winter weather. All classes are canceled. The closure includes the University's main … be made available on the department phone line at (269) 387-5830 or via the Gilmore box office line at (269) 387-6222. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4446

Fall lecture series taps international ethics experts

Study of Ethics in Society

… in Latin America, Western Michigan University's Center for the Study of Ethics in Society launches its fall lecture … national and international experts discussing topics that are relevant and timely. All events are free and open to theof War (KNOW). Thursday, Nov. 9 , at 7 p.m. in Room 2452 of Knauss Hall, Reginald Dwayne Betts , executive …

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

Sales students receive top honors at regional competition

Haworth College of Business

of Toledo and Central Michigan University. Three of the students were also included in the top five finalists in … and provided support for all team members as they prepared for the competition. "I knew preparation would be the … We are all committed to each other's success, which is what makes the sales program special." The WMU team Rachel …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/11/50121

Nutrition and dietetics students share healthy eating habits with community youth

College of Education and Human Development

… Nutrition and dietetics students share healthy eating habits with community youth Submitted by … and basil leaves. Derek Fischer and Migdalia Martinez from the nutrition and dietetics master's program. HCPP students … health field to get a little piece of information as to what nutrition is and dietitians do just so they can have a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71963

New permaculture orchard demonstrates WMU devotion to sustainability

News

… Submitted by Madeleine Fojtik on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—What was previously a parking lot and, for a long time … grove of nearly 70 fruit trees—apple, peach and plum—and other plantings.  WMU’s landscape services team, known for its out-of-the-box campus land-care ideas, envisioned remaking this “unproductive” site …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46645

New on-campus thrift store supports sustainability, affordability

News

… S.H.E. Shed creator, and Brianna McCann, program manager in the Office for Sustainability, show off some of the wares available at the on-campus thrift store. KALAMAZOO, … model, creating our identity and branding and deciding what our marketing and business plans were. We established …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/08/campus-thrift-store-opens-sustainability-housing-equipment-she-shed

Gov. Snyder announces Kellogg Foundation's Woodrow Wilson Fellows

News

… Fellows Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Eleven of the 43 teaching fellows will attend WMU. KALAMAZOO, … Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship recruits accomplished career changers and outstanding recent college graduates in … to meet the nation's most critical challenges. In 1945, the foundation was created to meet the challenge of

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16559

Politics played a role in pandemic shelter-in-place orders, WMU researchers find

News

… orders—SIPOs—enacted by state leaders across the country to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 have drawn … both applause and criticism. Schools, restaurants, daycares and gyms closed and many businesses sent employees home … by governors in all 50 states in order to determine what factors led to issuing SIPOs. People gather on the

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61626