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Community, campus programs to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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… 5 p.m., Linden Grove Middle School. Reading competition designed to encourage the love of reading and to promote … fiction and one non-fiction selection. Students read the assigned books and prepare with their coaches and teammates … workshops. Mental health agency booths will be set up allowing participants to view the booths, talk with …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36802
Ebony Vision celebrates 20 years of dance at Western
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… (RSO). "We were seeking to create a space of love and support where we knew that there was somebody who had your … different aesthetics, and it's so beautiful to see one group create so many aesthetics." Three live performances are … or persons of color." PLATFORM FOR GROWTH Jackson, who grew up in Detroit, initially started her collegiate dance …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70863
Student Recreation Center reopens with safety precautions in place
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… on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s gym and fitness center workgroup, tasked with guiding the safe reopening of fitness … across the state. With the group’s input, the governor signed an executive order allowing gyms statewide to open … arrive someplace new, that isolation can begin to feel bigger.” “To feel connected and that sense of belonging here …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61100
Dunbar Hall's renovation blends legacy and innovation
College of Arts and Sciences
… became evident, a visionary renovation plan was launched. Designed in partnership with Tower Pinkster and HGA, the renovated building design is intended to create a contemporary educational space that is environmentally sustainable, supports active and collaborative learning and is welcoming …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73667
University getting ready to adopt new email system
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… actual conversions will take place at night to minimize disruptions. Due to the volume of data involved, it will take … WMU's current email provider, Merit in Ann Arbor, will end support of its cloud-based email service on June 30, 2017 . … for Education and Microsoft O365 for Education we found significant strengths in both. The result was that both …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28112
Kalamazoo to be home to nation's first sustainable brewing degree
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… country's highest per-capita densities of craft brewers. Designed to meet the 'industry's gold standard' Science courses will make up a large part of the curriculum. "Water use and water … we enlisted the help of our industry advisors and designed a rigorous science-based degree program that will …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21143
Business student awarded patent for speaking device
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… patent process two years ago. "This patent validates the design of my product and my hard work to this point," says … also make it easier to speak with future influencers and supporters and grow my business." Starting Gate plays role … of Floyd's life since childhood. Speaking clearly was a struggle for Floyd, and therapy helped him immensely. Yet when …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20784
Final direction for Valley Dining Center announced
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… Sept. 15 . During the event, representatives from SmithGroupJJR, the Detroit-based firm selected as the project … direction for the placement and internal and external design character of the dining center . The direction takes … are a unique home away from home that is intentionally designed to support student success." Dining center design The …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19430
WMU professor awarded for book that peels back the curtain on Fetzer's secret life
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… in 2015 for his religious study of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg , the Battle Creek Sanitarium director who essentially … not professional theologians or religious specialists. Kellogg and Fetzer fit the bill perfectly," says Wilson. … very interested in biofeedback—this idea that if you hook up … autonomic functions in the body to a machine that can …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58233
Ethical labor, sustainable supply chain among topics tackled in second Bronco Challenge
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… Ethical labor, sustainable supply chain among topics tackled in second Bronco Challenge … opened my aperture recently and inspired me to think bigger. This challenge was my first opportunity to do that in … in business law and reflected on the project in his WMU Signature capstone presentation . Sponsors supporting the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/05/75531