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Annual Relay for Life fundraiser starts this week
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… verified) on Participate in Relay for Life as a walker, donor or observer. KALAMAZOO—The Colleges Against Cancer at … cancer awareness and fundraising. Relay For Life is its biggest campus fundraiser. The event celebrates cancer … never sleeps, teams of friends, neighbors, families and co-workers commit to keeping at least one team member walking …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15028
Simulation trains employees to aid military veterans
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… veterans. Participants get hands-on experience learning how to: Connect students to appropriate campus resources. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37670
WMU's foster youth support program to get $750,000 from state
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… Seita Scholars program. The program provides a support network for students who have aged out of foster care and are … in the past by providing two state employees at WMU to work with Seita Scholars and serve both as caseworkers and two of the program's five campus coaches. DHS …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/771
WMU graduate students author infant foster care grant
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… course taught by Dr. Rick Grinnell , professor of social work. The students who wrote the grant proposal are: Holly … out of home care, and the time needed for successful adoption. Other objectives include lowering the percentage of … after reunification and the percentage of disrupted adoptions. Long-term objectives include reducing future costs …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1512
Francophone Film Fest to feature seven films, two filmmakers
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… films this year is outstanding," Desroches says. "We will show films that will be having their U.S. and Midwest … to meet the public and answer questions about their work and their experience. This is a tremendous opportunity for all to appreciate first-hand the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5568
WMU's Graduate College names fellows
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… Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO—Five Western Michigan University doctoral students recently received a fellowship from the … of Charlotte, N.C., is the recipient of a Gwen Frostic Doctoral Fellowship. She is writing her dissertation, … Molecules for Alternative Energy Applications." Ariyadasa's work is interdisciplinary and covers aspects of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7016
Psychology professor emeritus, 3-time alumna launch nonprofit school
College of Arts and Sciences
… back to the late 1960s. Initially focused on experimental work, the Department of Psychology at Western quickly … child's unique learning needs.” KABAS officially opened its doors to its initial class of eight students in September 2023, with a mission that doesn't stop at the classroom door. By collaborating with a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73634
Shining a spotlight on senior engineering design partnership
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… and Applied Sciences’ students from all disciplines to showcase their work, share fresh perspectives and develop new systems. Each … for this investment in our students.” Dana Hammond So why does Landscape Forms invest so much into senior design …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69981
Japanese studies speakers to give public presentations
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… as part of its pre-modern Japanese Studies Speaker and Workshop Series. The talks, which are free and open to the … of early modern travel writing, Árokay will try to show how travelogues are structured and how they are informed … in Japanese Theater: A View from the Stages of Edo-Period Kabuki" from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the University …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5519
Graphic design student learns art of networking at WMU
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… Graphic design student learns art of networking at WMU Submitted by Erin Flynn on A post-graduation … on a campus tour at WMU. "A professor was talking about how they have interns out in New York and Chicago, even … to immerse myself in it in New York City." Strait dove into the program headfirst, taking advantage of the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57683