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WellTrack app gives WMU community tools to focus on mental health
News
… are we going to be able to thrive and do the things that we want to be able to do?” she says, adding that intentional … hope that through this app students can start thinking that way as well.” “Not everyone is open to participating in … therapy, and not everyone needs to meet with a therapist in order to learn life skills to improve well-being,” Fuller …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61381
Endowed scholarship honors psychology professor’s legacy
College of Arts and Sciences
… legacy—to continue and expand in our field. In order for that to happen, students need to study it and … exclusively to studying those areas in which Dr. Michael was an expert and to have the support of faculty from around the world as mentors.” The scholarship was launched with the help of a committee consisting of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38221
WMed's inaugural class celebrates big day, prepares for next step in residency training
News
… preparation for the Match," Kavanaugh added. The excitement was all part of Match Day, a time-honored event that was held at medical schools across the country on March 16. … to late February, applicants submit to NRMP their rank order lists of preferred programs, and program directors …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45925
Sew worth it—fashion design students use skills to craft masks for hospital workers
News
… the need for hospital masks and realized, finally, there was a way for her to pitch in. "This was an awesome chance to … had to use teamwork to get an assembly-line system going in order to make production the most efficient. It was an …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58737
Frontline for relief: WMU team helps small businesses survive COVID-19 impacts
News
… to the start of COVID-19, a significant amount of our time was assisting our clients with starting and growing their … . In the last few weeks, the small business team at WMU was on the front lines of assisting Gov. Gretchen Whitmer … says. “All of these efforts are being put into place in order to maintain our vibrant community long after the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58749
WMU partners with Goodwill of Greater Grand Rapids for employee leadership, growth training
News
… including Tim Furlong with My Quarter Turns, Justin Walworth with Peckham Inc., and mental health first aid … from Network 180. This opportunity will serve as a way for Goodwill to promote personal leadership among … to employment in developing their marketable skills in order to find meaningful employment. Its efforts are …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/55838
Annual Food Marketing Conference to draw hundreds to Grand Rapids
Haworth College of Business
… and retailers can break through the digital clutter in order to grow, focusing on how the digital shopping … talent and consider the employee experience to build an award-winning culture. She will address how having five … Fitzgerald shines a light on this disconnect and shares ways to bridge the gap. Sessions will also address …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52391
Child life student completes international internship
College of Education and Human Development
… in three hospitals throughout the city over four weeks. She was surprised by several things that were really different … with in Cape Town did not have their own rooms, so there was no privacy within which to receive care. They also … to be creative with the few resources available to her in order to come up with therapeutic child-centered play …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69576
Alumna's personal experience will drive national strategy to combat human trafficking
News
… human trafficking Submitted by Erin Flynn on Hounakey WASHINGTON, D.C.—A Western Michigan University alumna is on … at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, Hounakey knows firsthand the horrors of … of the night to learn a script. "We were children, so in order to live in the false identity that (my aunt) had …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/12/56872
'Julie Loves to Dance'
W Magazine
… Erin Flynn on Nadia Famiano dedicated her book to Quyen Edwards, a librarian at Portage (Michigan) District Library … class and thinking about
a little girl she babysat who was “obsessed” with dancing. Edwards has saved many of the … this book under her belt, she’s thinking another may be in order—potentially combining her two majors to craft a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73420