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From outlawed to sustainable: Fashion student's outfit from hemp to be featured in touring exhibit

College of Education and Human Development

… 2024 . And according to organizers, the exhibit will most likely tour to different places in the country after being … only having the confidence but skill set to put something like this together." According to Covell, the experience …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2024/09/fashion-design-student-hemp-exhibit-winner

Forging a Creative Path: How Kayla Powers Built a Career on Her Own Terms

College of Fine Arts

… Arts. She helped organize an exhibition called Heroes Like Us, corresponding professionally with a renowned fiber …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/news/2025/09/wmu-alumni-kayla-powers

Pipeline program expanded to increase health care workforce diversity

College of Health and Human Services

… experiences working toward those careers. Dr. TaLawnda Bragg, internal medicine hospitalist at Spectrum Health, speaks … fields. We want to show them that students just like them are already there to show them the way.” “We’re … “The last two years have illustrated the need for programs like this,” says Dr. Paul Jaklitsch , president of Medical …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/66994

Students turn ideas into market-ready products at RID+I’s Venture Studio

Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation

… they’re pitching consumer-ready innovations to panels of stakeholders, investors and local business leaders. Design … their ideas are market ready. The students explore concepts like intellectual property, patent preparation, and venture … "This class has helped us see more in depth what it's like to work in a corporate setting and understand the …

https://wmich.edu/designinstitute/news/2025/04/venture-studio

The Evaluation Center announces launch of innovative e-learning courses on program evaluation

The Evaluation Center

… course as part of her orientation at the lab. “It wasn't like any other training platform I had used in the past, … the experience so much better! The training didn't feel like ‘work’ due to the activities throughout the course that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75490

Understanding grief: WMU philosophy professor awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship

College of Arts and Sciences

… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—In a world where grief often feels like uncharted territory,  Dr. Ashley Atkins , Western … I have an exchange where someone is able to open up, I feel like I am on the right track. It’s a very special part of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/75178

Chemistry student awarded NSF graduate research fellowship

News

… he says. "So it's an exciting field to be in, and I really like that interplay, especially between biology and chemistry." Sellers would like to stay in the area after earning his doctoral degree …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2409

Broncos find meaning, networking and career prep through Detroit’s Umoja Debate Team internship

W Magazine

… to talk to social workers regularly but never feeling like those experiences were personal to her, Dobson is … attend an actual city council meeting and see what that’s like.” "The networking is huge for me. I got to interact … attend an actual city council meeting and see what that's like," says Nykyla McCarthy, a pre-business law student. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72532

Record number of undergraduate patent applications filed at WMU

News

… more stressful—but it was also quite empowering to feel like as students we actually have the capabilities to make a … goods with surrounding global enterprises and companies like Whirlpool, Newell brands, MillerKnoll, Haworth, …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/06/record-number-undergraduate-patents-filed-wmu-richmond-institute

In the heart of Samburu

College of Arts and Sciences

… identify this as part of my community, which may not sound like a very professional stance, but it’s unavoidable. A … into something that’s really meaningful to them, and it’s like ‘That's important.’ I listen to my research partners.” … roadsides for miles, going up to water points.”  For people like the Samburu, whose lives are heavily reliant on …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-samburu