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Seeing beauty amid the chaos, WMU photography students tell their stories
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… unfamiliar territory this spring. They were budding artists with little access to cameras and editing software. But as … his storied career, including working in the Amazon basin, North Africa, Korea and Eastern Europe. “I wanted students … parallels between the Great Depression and 2020,” he adds. With hopes that this period of instability would foster a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59462
WMU librarian maintaining state hospital COVID-19 data online
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… [caption] [/caption] KALAMAZOO, Mich.—To help researchers now and in the future, curated state hospital COVID-19 data … day, disappeared the next, only to reappear shuffled around with a name change," says Orlowska. "I decided on a set … Coronavirus Michigan COVID-19 Overview Tracking that aggregates demographic data of confirmed and potential …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60165
Western students earn scholarships for verifying vaccination
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… Alexis Pettit - $2,500 Meghan Rohn - $2,500 Emlyn Verbrigghe - $2,500 Roderick Angoman - $1,000 Aaron Cappello - … of vaccination incentive scholarship winners has been announced. "When I saw that I won $10,000, I did not believe … years." Any student who verifies their COVID-19 vaccination with Sindecuse Health Center is eligible for a monthly …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65422
Alumni competing in goalball at Paralympics in Rio
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… competing in goalball at Paralympics in Rio Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Kusku KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The U.S. … John Kusku Kusku, of Commerce Township, was born with a hereditary degenerative retinal disease and is … throw it into the opponent's goal, with the ball traveling upwards of 40 mph. The game was developed in Eastern Europe …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34778
WMU public health students’ social media campaign: #Bewellwmu during pandemic
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… media campaign: #Bewellwmu during pandemic Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Western Michigan University … as an educational opportunity for themselves and others. With their Society for Public Health Education and national … for mental and physical wellbeing. Working in partnership with the University’s COVID-19 Task Force, and with Dr. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58876
Robert 'Bob' L. Smith obituary
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… Robert 'Bob' L. Smith obituary Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Dr. Robert L. Smith Dr. Robert L. … of Speech (now the School of Communication) and affiliated with the communication unit after the performing arts were … 150 productions since 1951. Smith enjoyed collaborating with his faculty colleagues from the music and dance …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31808
Event provides 'peek into treasures' of award-winning authors' collection
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… by Sara Volmering on David Small and Sarah Stewart pose with selections of their published and unpublished works that are now a part of the University Libraries. KALAMAZOO, … and Sarah Stewart Archive and facilitate a conversation with the authors during the event. “Gerald and I have …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/10/65958
Updated location and time: MLK Day campus speaker is author, educator and daughter of Malcolm X
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… Malcolm X Submitted by Deanne Puca on Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz NOTE: This event has been relocated from Miller Auditorium … in Miller Auditorium will follow a campus teach-in event with four sessions from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the WMU Student … online . MLK Celebration events are held in partnership with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Lewis Walker …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/73796
Media production company founder next up in entrepreneurship series
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… founder next up in entrepreneurship series Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Romeo KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The … Hall. The event is free and open to the public and begins with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Reservations are required and … or register at wmich.edu/business/e-rsvp . To suggest an entrepreneur who should be considered for the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44904
Oboist joins percussion duo in free concert
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… Mich.—Guest oboist Andreas Oeste will join forces with percussionists Brant Blackard and Connor Stevens of Duo Tierra Fria in a program of eclectic … Musical Arts degree at the University of Michigan, studying with Dr. Nancy Ambrose King. Duo Tierra Fria Duo Tierra Fria …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44781