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Putting student well-being ‘front and center’

W Magazine

… Looker on Students spend time with therapy dogs as part of Mental Health Awareness Week in October 2020. The … unfamiliar with the term “social distancing.” The practice of keeping physical distance from others is key in the fight … me personally.” Breanna Traynor , assistant director of mental health outreach, has heard this concern …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63622

Experiences at WMU serve HR executive well in professional life

W Magazine

… Experiences at WMU serve HR executive well in professional life Submitted by Erin Flynn on Business alumna … Karen Feller Baldwin pauses with emotion when she speaks of her experience as a WMU summer orientation leader. The … interests at the University grew on her path to earning a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance, she still …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57384

In Memoriam, fall 2024

W Magazine

… 04, July 11, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI Emeriti Marlene Breu , professor emerita of family and consumer sciences, Feb. 15, 2024, Kalamazoo, MI Clifford Davidson , …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/memoriam-fall-2024

Student participation encouraged for sustainability survey

Sustainability

… survey Submitted by Brianna McCann on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— The Office for Sustainability at Western Michigan University … Sustainability Survey from mid-March through the end of the semester.    In 2010, at the request of students and with the approval the Board of Trustees, the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63718

WMU Career Services works to connect graduates to employers in new (remote) world

News

… graduate missing out on information or experiences because of the obstacles of distance learning,” says Molly Sell , a newly graduated teacher candidate who completed her bachelor’s degree in art education. [caption align="right"] … now," says Gabriel Hayes , who graduated in April with bachelor's degrees in chemical engineering and applied math. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59795

Indigenous hip-hop artist brings new perspective to Western

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

… , the 35-year-old award-winning Lakota artist and activist of Indigenous culture, has signed on as a faculty member of Western Michigan University’s Irving S. Gilmore School of … journey at Columbia College in Chicago, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in audio arts and acoustics in 2014. Since …

https://wmich.edu/provost/news/2024/09/frank-waln-artist-residence

Philosophy professor awarded Core Fellowship at Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies

College of Arts and Sciences

… Philosophy professor awarded Core Fellowship at Helsinki Collegium for … Kurth KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Charlie Kurth , a philosophy professor at Western Michigan University, was one of 11 … Kurth. “It draws on philosophy, psychology and cognitive science to try to make a case that there are things we can …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69140

Poet, advocate for undocumented writers is next Frostic speaker

News

… read from his works at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15 , as part of the spring 2018 Gwen Frostic Reading Series at Western Michigan University. Castilo, the author of "Cenzontle," "Dulce" and "Children of the Land," will … with his family to California at age 5. He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Sacramento and became …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45699

$3.17 million grant will energize electric vehicle research at WMU

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Liz VandenHeede on Dr. Sandun Kuruppu (center), associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and principal … researchers at WMU’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences include: Dr. Richard Meyer , associate professor of

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/09/3-million-department-energy-grant-wmu-engineering

Student awarded scholarships from pulp and paper organization

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… and is pictured with Deanna Durham, TAPPICON’s Woman of the Year, and Maja Mejsner, TAPPI’s Women in Industry … Ownby  has received $2,000 in scholarships from TAPPI, a professional organization focusing on technical aspects of the … Department of Chemical and Paper Engineering offers bachelor, master and doctoral degrees and is internationally …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/07/68502