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Professor receives award for contributions to LGBTQ-inclusive literature in elementary education

College of Education and Human Development

… a book discussing what LGBTQ-inclusive literacy teaching can look like in practice, including what teachers might say and how students might respond. The book also provides readers …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71204

WMU engineering student one of nine nationwide invited to competition

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… Challenge coinciding with the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nine finalists were selected for … The competition was open to students in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Over 1,000 students applied by submitting … an electrical engineering student. He plans to graduate in fall 2016. "We'd like to stay in Michigan, for sure," he …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31131

University Theatre travels the globe in 2018-19 season

Theatre

… Group. Season passes are on sale now and offer significant savings. Single tickets for fall semester shows will go on sale Tuesday, Sept. 4 . Tickets can be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48385

Check out WMU’s latest Human Library event Feb. 12

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… sessions for those interested in being “books” that can be checked out. Visitors, who must present a valid WMU … then discuss their findings with their classmate to explore how that research does or doesn’t individually align. For … in case conversations become too heated, traumatic or triggering. Last year’s event offered 16 books. This year, with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57540

Award-winning WMU poet will launch Frostic Reading Series

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… read selections from his new book of poems to kick off the fall 2017 Gwen Frostic Reading Series at WMU. Dr. William … most recently "TechnoRage." His work has received the Norma Farber Award, the Poetry Northwest Theodore Roethke Prize, … Loyola Marymount University, and Chuck Rosenthal, American novelist, poet and short story writer. Dec. 12: WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42757

Area events to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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… to cold weather a bus service will be available. Marchers can walk to the Bernhard Center from Kanley Chapel and board … following keynote (participants choose one): "Child Welfare Law in Michigan as it Relates to Parents with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28803

Western community celebrates outstanding observations in CDC study on campus

W Magazine

… impact mask mandates are having on campuses, specifically how many people are wearing masks and how many are wearing them correctly—meaning covering both …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63785

Campus, local community members weigh in on transportation issues

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… plan that is serviceable for many years to come." Significant input gathered Facilities Management's campus planning … from feedback from our neighborhood over the years. One is, how do we get safe, efficient access to Western's campus and … and handicapped people? I think it's our job to point out how we can help Western and how Western can help us. We all …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53148

Kalamazoo's commitment to education topic of panel at WMU

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… Court. This case stood for the principle that communities can opt to use their tax dollars for investments in … to educational equity means and engage in dialogue on how to map a common future to expand equity and access. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45977

Fieldwork in Alaska: Students bring mobile tax preparation to residents

Haworth College of Business

… was very eye opening,” says Roosien. “It became apparent how the sheer vastness of our country promotes differences … geography. By traveling across the barren tundra and seeing how another community lives, I was able to comprehend how we take simple things for granted like access to mail …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75147