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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 the … of 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