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Yes, WMU really has a skydiving team
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… the emotions one would expect when describing jumping out of a Cessna-182 Skylane single-engine light airplane at an altitude of 11,000 feet, free-falling for 40 to 55 seconds at a … indescribable," says Spielmaker, a senior aviation fight science and aviation management double major who joined the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54594
Western researchers develop a special boot to save limbs and lives
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… to save limbs and lives Submitted by Erin Flynn on Doctor of physical therapy students Pham Tram and Sean Clark are … people with diabetes develop a wound or ulcer on the bottom of their foot, it may become chronic and they are slow to … says Lawson. Through the support of the Western's Biosciences Research and Commercialization Center and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64303
WMU education instructors offer advice for parents navigating virtual learning with young kids
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… WMU education instructors offer advice for parents navigating virtual learning with … Give grace: Don't expect everything to be perfect! "A lot of this can burn parents out really fast. We saw that in the … Michigan University's Department of Family and Consumer Sciences in the College of Education and Human Development . …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/08/60874
University to honor its top four staffers for 2014-15
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… event also will feature WMU President John M. Dunn 's State of the University address and presentation of four other prestigious campuswide honors: the … director of academic advising in the College of Arts and Sciences since 2006. He began his WMU career in 1994 as a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27159
Camp for blind and visually impaired athletes breaks down barriers
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… as they try to defend their net, which stretches the width of the court. Teammates on the sideline wait in anticipation … jump for joy. The player who threw the ball claps. None of them, however, saw any of the action on the court. WMU … at camp. He eventually enrolled at WMU where he earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education and master's …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/53866
Decline in pollinators prompts WMU staffers to build them a home
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… reproduce. Their foray into the life cycles and importance of these dwindling creatures prompted the duo to create a … employees Zachary Smith and Cameron Youngs. Mostly made out of recycled material, the pollinator house was built by, … flower, unconcerned that the Engineering and Applied Sciences Building looms in the background. "The idea of the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54576
Bridging Barriers: A firsthand look at immigration issues
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… Flynn on A student speaks with a child on the other side of the border fence. Feet away and worlds apart, a small group of WMU students speaks to two young brothers through the … learning experience,” says Kaylee Tegethoff, a political science major from Bloomingdale, Michigan. “You make …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57379
The Velvelettes: A legendary Motown group born on Western's campus
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… when I was a kid," says Bertha Barbee-McNeal , co-founder of legendary Motown group The Velvelettes. At 9 years old, … My parents let me take lessons, and I would walk four of five blocks every day … I don't think I missed a lesson … to have our families," says Barbee-McNeal. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in music from Western and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63261
WMU students create apiary, study the imperiled honeybee
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… honey, bees and brood. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After hours of meticulous work in unrelenting summer heat and well away from an apiary buzzing with thousands of honeybees, the students paused for a sweet, golden treat. … of the students gathered that day were new to the art and science of beekeeping, and a few of them were more veteran, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20781
WMU ranks nationally for best online master's in education programs
College of Education and Human Development
… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's College of Education and Human Development has again been recognized for offering one of the country's best online master's in education …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/03/74785