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Making 'work from home' work for you
W Magazine
… FOR ideal desks. However, like your lights and darks on wash day, work and home life became difficult to separate … Common Mistakes Sitting up straight about an arm's length away from the computer monitor is an optimal position to … with the carpal tunnel can occur when the wrists are heavy on the desk or keyboard, very flexed or very …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/62168
Waving the Western Flag: Claire Holloway immerses herself into Aviation and WMU culture
College of Aviation
… Waving the Western Flag: Claire Holloway immerses herself into Aviation and WMU culture Submitted … Thinnes on WMU Aviation Flight Science Student Claire Holloway Getting Ready for a Flight If the adage that it takes a …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/04/holloway
Community collaboration: Nursing students help Kalamazoo County expand flu clinic offerings
College of Health and Human Services
… and the Kalamazoo County Flu Clinic. This partnership was designed to give senior-level students experiences in … staff who are needed meet the community's daily needs for walk-in immunizations. However, this season brought a … by Master Faculty Specialist, Dawn Smith , a collaboration was established with the students in the WMU Bronson School …
https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/02/clinic
Maintaining Aviation Excellence – Christopher Myrick Purposely Picks A Career in Aviation Technical Operations
College of Aviation
… airport to see my grandmother in Detroit. I remember always looking up and seeing the planes fly over (interstate highway) I-94 to land. They were so big and it always fascinated me." Request College of Aviation Info Not …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/04/myrick
University to honor its top four staffers for 2014-15
News
… have been selected to receive the Annual Make a Difference Award. The recipients for 2014-15 are Kevin Knutson , … Service, Distinguished Teaching and Emerging Scholar awards. The Annual Make a Difference Award is the highest … example of how Riemland goes above and beyond the call of duty. "Terri is a staff member who is absolutely …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27159
Why I Give: Cheryl TenBrink
W Magazine
… ′77, is carrying on her friend's legacy and paying it forward by contributing to her scholarship at Western. … Endowed Scholarship through her estate before she passed away in 2022. The scholarship was established for full-time … two sons, Cory and Carl, both born while Burt was on active duty as an officer in the U.S. Army. They also experienced …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72480
Goats to be tested on WMU campus as woodlot management tool
News
… Sunday, July 10. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Hungry for a better way to control invasive plants damaging campus woodlots, … an environmentally friendly solution to controlling the unwanted vegetation. The University will add Buba, Cinnamon, … quiet, all-weather workers that have many advantages over heavy machinery, Gooch continues. Instead of compacting …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/07/33450
Student, actor, advocate: Margaux Wellman takes leading role in breaking down barriers for people with disabilities
News
… that I have cerebral palsy, and the first person they see walk on stage is me—whoa! What does that do?" Wellman says. … of disorders that affect movement and muscle tone. When she was younger, she underwent several surgeries and used a … advocacy. And I do feel a responsibility, but it's not a heavy burden. It's just something that I love doing because …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64331
Blood and relief personnel in short supply locally due to hurricane
News
… on KALAMAZOO—Efforts to help the East Coast in the wake of Hurricane Sandy have resulted in a local shortage of … distribute them to veterans, military families and active-duty service members at hospitals and installations around … publicized the mail campaign so well that the initial round was a resounding success. "The American Red Cross Club at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/11/3150
Three faculty members honored as academia's rising stars
News
… will be presented the Emerging Faculty Scholar Award during WMU's Academic Convocation at 2 p.m. Friday, … several other Universitywide faculty, teaching and service awards. Coryn Chris L.S. Coryn Lauded by colleagues for … of how the first stars in the Universe evolved and produced heavy elements, a topic that has perplexed astrophysicists …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/9808