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Academic Convocation sets direction for 2014-15 academic year

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… staff members and provide a platform for WMU's president to set the direction for the coming year. The event, set for … weeks of fall semester classes, the annual convocation is designed as a signature event to welcome faculty, staff …   Make a Difference Award—for staff members who reach far beyond their assigned duties to make WMU an even better …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19494

Top names in investigative medicine part of new seminar series

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Top names in investigative medicine part of new seminar … research seminar series for the 2017-18 academic year, is now underway at the Western Michigan University Homer … focused on the mechanisms of B cell homeostasis and how they impact autoimmunity and aging. His previous work …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43455

Scholar examines role of social media in mass violence

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… , in the Brown & Gold room in WMU's Bernhard Center. It is free and open to the public making headlines Benesch's … incites violence is criminalized. Benesch cautions, however, against criminal law as the only way to regulate … help disseminate the message in question. "Geert Wilders, a far-right and Islamaphobic Dutch politician, is an example. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52594

Thousands of students, families on campus for 2015 orientation

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… students and their families, began making their way to the Western Michigan University campus last week for … are offered. The biggest one, New Student Orientation, is for incoming first-year students. A smaller but no less … understanding of the issues college students face and how they can support and meaningfully interact with their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24757

Researchers at WMU seek solutions that could allow machine-driven systems to self-heal

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… WMU seek solutions that could allow machine-driven systems to self-heal Submitted by Liz VandenHeede on Dr. Sandun … encounters an unexpected system failure and can resolve the issue itself—or better yet, your car or the robot identifies … conversion has become very common in our day-to-day lives; however , they still  consist of components that could fail, …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/08/nsf-grant-wmu-electromechanical-energy-conversion-systems

Film about young adults, suicide highlights spring lecture series

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… Puca on Klein KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A screening and panel discussion of "The 'S' Word," a film about young adults and … reduce the shame and silence that have shadowed suicide for far too long, and strive toward prevention of the 10th … objective of this film is to reduce that isolation by showing people that they are not alone. Titled "Mental Health …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44658

Western's student-run radio station earns national award nominations

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… Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Flexibility fueled success this school year for Western Michigan University's student-run … work has been nominated for the IBS awards. Navigating how to run a radio station remotely has been no easy feat," says Molly Farrell , a junior advertising and promotion major from …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63226

Western Michigan University launches 24/7 year-round mental health support for students

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… Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University is taking its well-being support to the next level, offering a new platform to give students … health staff will work with students to explore options going forward. Uwill supplements Western's robust array of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69195

Immigration at the forefront in 2016-17 Sichel Series

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… six experts will take a close look at that thorny issue in the coming months when they visit Western Michigan … This year's series carries the theme "Immigration Policy Today." Presentations are from noon to 1:15 p.m. Wednesdays … immigrant groups. One strand of his work explores how selective intermarriage and ethnic identification might …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34946

Services set this weekend for Evaluation Center founder Stufflebeam

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… Services set this weekend for Evaluation Center founder Stufflebeam … Stufflebeam, a pioneer in the field of evaluation, came to WMU from Ohio State University in 1973. He launched the … dedicated to helping organizations determine and document how well they're accomplishing what they set out to do.  …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41433