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Education meets innovation: Interior design students envision accessible future for teen living with rare progressive disease

W Magazine

… floor. Kim Buchholz , director of Western's interior design program, saw a learning opportunity for students in her … and share them with those families who are also struggling to find accessible spaces. "Every step of this …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69849

A WMU researcher and pond dwellers illuminate the nervous system

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… Photo of an illuminated leech At the end of a lab table clogged with notebooks and instruments, five European medicinal … leech. He came to WMU in 1995, establishing his research program using leeches. The researcher stops short of … Think about the alternating complex rhythms of walking, jogging or sprinting in human locomotion. The European …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20011

Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in March

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Brown Hall, hosted by the Global and International Studies Program. This talk features Ann Miles and Susan Pozo. Free …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45285

COVID-19 at Western: One year later

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… Student Connection. (April 2020) WMU nursing program students, faculty are pandemic prepared : Western … in phases, beginning with outdoor and virtual fitness programming to promote wellness and prevent the spread of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63586

Bridging Barriers: A firsthand look at immigration issues

W Magazine

… in the United States. It’s part of the Study in the States program offered by Lee Honors College. “It’s a hands-on …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57379

WMU students create apiary, study the imperiled honeybee

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… the students checked to see if each colony had a healthy, egg-laying queen. And how was that "nuc" hive coming along? … I know the queen is in there. I know she's laying eggs and everything looks good," he announced to the group … and establish more plant habitat on Conservation Reserve Program lands to restore the bee population," he said. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20781

Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in November

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… and the U.S. Department of Education in efforts to promote programs that prepare U.S. Americans for a global … "Strategies to confront implicit biases and avoid micro-aggression" workshop —noon to 1:30 p.m. in 2033 University … The panel-style session will be led by Sara Jacobs, program director of Out Proud Safe, Jay Maddock, executive …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43532

Facing the future: Artificial intelligence is evolving at warp speed—but at what cost?

W Magazine

… new. It's not Alexa telling you the weather or Siri digging up an obscure fact on a celebrity; this technology is … interaction (UX/HCI) minor. Students in the program study the social and societal implications of … and how to make technology for everyone. Other courses and programs are in development across the University, including …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71771

Taboo topics course uses dialogue to break through barriers

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… Taboo Topics in 2015 and currently serves as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Racial Equity Program officer.  Outsiders, such as parents and roommates, … heard and said. Discussions can be traumatic. They can trigger anger and fear. Eyebrows are raised and deep breaths …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59619

Take advantage of global engagement opportunities in October

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Gay and Transgender Student Services, and Lindsay Palar, program coordinator for the Office of Diversity and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42659