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Student helps theater launch program for visually impaired patrons
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… Student helps theater launch program for visually impaired patrons … a theater performance but not being able to see why people are laughing or gasping during the show. With the help of a … impairments," says Miller. "Sometimes you don't realize what people need until they say it." Miller researched the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52232
Western celebrates first-generation college students, alumni
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… by Erin Flynn on Zenia Gutierrez reads a book from the bilingual library she helped create at Bloomingdale … School. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University alumni are going places. But as the saying goes, a journey of a … "(First-generation students) often have more of an idea of what they want to do in life and how they want to make an …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69691
Brush to be burned this month at Asylum Lake Preserve
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… burns in Western Michigan University's Asylum Lake Preserve are being planned this month to improve the aesthetics and ecology of the natural area. The burns … last spring to start removing invasive vegetation in a 15-acre section of the preserve. Since then, numerous brush …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/260
Department chair's book on teaching LBGT history wins award
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… 2014 Lambda Literary Award. Dr. Susan Freeman , chair of the WMU Department of Gender and Women's Studies, is the … history should be an all-inclusive story. The authors share the opinion that, though largely neglected in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/06/24987
Gibbs Fellowship application deadline approaching
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… approaching Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on The Gibbs House KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Gibbs House, a program … applications through March 30 . Gibbs House Fellows are paid to research and work on campus sustainability … House on Parkview Avenue. The program runs from August 15, 2015 through July 15, 2016. The program cost is $2,000 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22340
Internationally known researcher, philosopher to give Ethics Center talk
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… will give a talk at Western Michigan University as part of the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society's Fall Lecture … On Lesser Evil Justifications for Harming," begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4 , in 157 Bernhard Center and is … people from physical harm. Frowe's main research interests are permissible harming and the ethics of war. Her recent …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28762
WMU launches new effort to advance climate commitment
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… to reducing its carbon footprint, as scientists around the world sound the alarm about a growing climate crisis. … reveal the science is happening faster than we think. We are already seeing effects of climate change," says Dr. … on this, everything is telling us we need to reevaluate what we're doing and what that goal is." The University is …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/55956
Construction to refresh Waldo Library's lower level continues this fall
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… this fall Submitted by Sara Volmering on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The lower level of Western Michigan University's Waldo … December. All other floors and collections in Waldo Library are open and operating as normal. "Our priority is … size and extensive print collections add complexity to what may seem to be routine carpet and lighting updates. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68971
Campus office hours released for Thanksgiving recess
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… hours Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 26-29 . Listed below are Thanksgiving Day hours for selected University offices and services. Faculty, students and the public are encouraged to call ahead to make sure that a … . Aviation Shuttle service will run through Nov. 25 , with the last departure from the College of Aviation at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/62015
Portuguese scholar to lead WMU's international initiatives
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… provost for Global Century Education and director of the Global Engagement Office at the University of Montana, … a commitment to best practices in the international arena, and extensive experience over many years with the … says Zagalo-Melo. "WMU has a campuswide understanding of what it entails to internationalize a university and seems …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/07/41172