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Student skin care company claims entrepreneurship award

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… identify which ingredients can irritate sensitive skin is her inspiration for Transparent Beauty Company. … KALAMAZOO, Mich.—When you have sensitive skin, the struggle to find products that work well for you is very real. … available that nobody had developed a way to keep track of what products a person has tried and how it worked for them …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/07/64816

In pursuing MBA, Jacobi Wright’s career takes flight

Haworth College of Business

… by Amy Coughenour on Jacobi Wright on a bike during his study abroad trip to Portugal KALAMAZOO, Mich. — After … and marketing experience, I like how I can easily take what I am learning and apply it the next day.” Having been a … and in his own educational experience, Wright reflects on what being a part of the WMU community has taught him. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72876

Western celebrates cultural diversity during virtual International Festival

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… the southwest Michigan community to experience in just one visit to Western's campus. While the pandemic still prevents … on three topics that are universally important to all of us—what we eat, what we wear and how we have fun," says Zagalo-Melo.  Tune …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63694

Engineering professor elected vice chair of worldwide computing society

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… groups and their over 220 annual conferences worldwide. He is also a non-voting member of the organization’s board of … and approaches on where the computing field is headed, what the push will be in the next 5 to 30 years and what different policies are being formulated by various …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66831

WALI helps expand access to space education

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… (left to right): Carlos Zamorano, Douglas Adams, Dr. Kristina Lemmer, Larissa McKenzie, Ryan Barker and Luke … is spurred by people who look to the stars and dream of what remains to be discovered. And those inspired people are … team projects. From this experience, she had an idea of what it could do for WALI. “What if we took all of this

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/73466

Book clubs examine college admissions, immigration, medical establishment's treatment of Black Americans

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… Book clubs examine college admissions, immigration, medical establishment's treatment of … Michael Sandel’s award-winning The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? Why do we think that … If we think merit plays too big a role in our lives, what other options do we have? Participants will explore …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65599

Robert W. Thomas obituary

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… 20 years of service to the University. At the time of his retirement, he was manager of trade services in what is now Facilities Management-maintenance services . Born in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/208

Agendas in reporting about global warming to be examined in talk

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… in the reporting of global warming will be examined later this month when a New York Times reporter speaks at Western … obviously more correct. Chang believes the actual goals of what can be conveyed in the space of a newspaper … environmental and social climates are changing and what the earth's inhabitants need to know and do about it. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/11039

English department faculty, students help Kalamazoo high school students write scholarship essays

College of Arts and Sciences

… English department faculty, students help Kalamazoo high school … the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. Photo credit: Jake Waggoner and the Kalamazoo Promise KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Department … their scholarship essays, beginning with a discussion about what constitutes a good essay. During the dedicated …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71174

A catalyst for environmental justice

W Magazine

… by climate change, and they're impacting vulnerable and historically marginalized communities at higher rates than … for K-12 curriculum related to environmental justice. "What these lesson plans hope to do is engage students who … justice concepts and literacy," she says. "Things like, what is environmental justice? Why is environmental justice …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68145