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WMU's Unified Clinics offer specialty care to thousands each year
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… who had suffered brain injuries successfully using a spoon with his weakened hand in a public setting. In addition to … therapy through the Unified Clinics. Rhoda is pictured here with Jenna Buscemi, a speech-language pathology student … to regular utensil. "By the end of the semester, he did not need the special spoon anymore," says Caspers, a Bay …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45318
Empowering Futures takes student support to new levels
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… student support to new levels Submitted by Erin Flynn on Kannon Hoffman, a sustainability studies major, works with a three-row planter crafted to help farmers in … kind. The new online portal connects undergraduate students with a personalized success team tailored to their needs, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71795
Pitch competition helps tee engineering grad up for business success
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… Flynn on Spencer Rochowiak created an unbreakable golf tee with sustainability in mind. It's the signature item for his … golf accessories. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Pairing passion with pragmatism, Spencer Rochowiak is taking a swing at … The 2021 Western Michigan University engineering design technology alumnus recently launched Bowden 3D, making …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68053
Western, Kellogg Community College renew agreements to maintain smooth transfer pathways for students
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… Western, Kellogg Community College renew agreements to maintain smooth … is thrilled to strengthen its longstanding partnership with Western Michigan University and make it easier than … we’re setting the framework for their success. Western is honored to renew and strengthen this agreement today.” The …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71418
West Michigan investment fund secures $21 million for local business community
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… Mich.— Sleeping Giant Capital , a private investment firm with ties to Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business, has secured commitments now totaling $21 million with the first close of the fund. Launched in August 2020, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64313
Graduate students honored for research
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… Graduate students honored for research Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … on Quantitative Problems: Are Their Values Consistent with Their Practices?" sponsors Dr. Charles Henderson, … of Maternal Race and Neighborhood Racial Segregation with Birth Outcomes," sponsor Dr. Amy Curtis, associate …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/444
National film showing, panel focuses on male survivors of sex abuse
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… panel focuses on male survivors of sex abuse Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Screenings at 7 p.m. Tuesday, … clergy. "We also will have four to five on-site therapists with private spaces for anyone who needs them," Moe says. "We'll have display tables with additional materials as well as staff from the YWCA, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/285
Chemistry student awarded NSF graduate research fellowship
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… awarded NSF graduate research fellowship Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Schoffers and Sellers KALAMAZOO—A … West Branch, Mich., in 2005. He completed an honors thesis with Dr. Bruce Baldwin at Spring Arbor University and earned … degree in 2009. After graduation, Sellers volunteered with Resource Development International-Cambodia for five …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2409
Nation's health inequality to be addressed in lecture, conference
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… to be addressed in lecture, conference Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Gibbs KALAMAZOO—An upcoming … Brian K. Gibbs Gibbs, a former occupational therapist with 30 years of experience in reducing health disparities, … as associate dean for diversity and cultural competence with responsibility for all matters of cultural diversity …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4772
Book read looks at ethical questions of immortal cell line
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… at ethical questions of immortal cell line Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO--A reception and panel … Lacks, who was known to scientists as HeLa, and cells with unusual properties removed from her cancerous tumor without her knowledge. In 1951, Lacks, a poor black woman …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/227