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WMU launches climate crisis-inspired writing competition
Sustainability
… WMU launches climate crisis-inspired writing competition Submitted by Brianna … the Anthropocene." The competition seeks submissions about how the planet’s emergency affects the inner life, … fiction writers, essayists and playwrights are encouraged to submit original work. “One invaluable gift of literary …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66950
WMU instructor and education students make privacy screens for virtual learning
News
… WMU instructor and education students make privacy screens for virtual … Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Learning during a pandemic is hard. Many kids in K-12 schools across the country are … Public Schools board member, started thinking about how she could help solve the challenge in the district. She …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62393
The American Dream: Matt Taylor Ascends Through the Airline Operations World
College of Aviation
… Ascends Through the Airline Operations World Submitted by Tom Thinnes on WMU Aviation Alumni Matt Taylor Want a short story about a dynamic career and how the WMU College of Aviation made it all possible? … flight science. It all started shortly after he launched his days as a Bronco in 2007 when he began working at the …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/11/taylor
Services, programs at WMU highlighted during LBGT Pride Month
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… and across the country, members and allies of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender communities recognize June as Pride Month. "Pride, to me, is the what it means to be able to live in a world … on campus (in 2016), a lot of the work I would do is how to be inclusive, how to be an ally," Nguyen says. "But …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53968
Western supports veterans with new Military Ally program; announces Operation Hat Trick scholarship recipient
News
… 9. Others offering their congratulations are (from left to right) Dr. Deveta Gardner, associate dean of Merze Tate … military-connected students, Western Michigan University is celebrating Veterans Day with the awarding of a … employees. Faculty, staff and administrators will learn how to validate issues and listen with a sympathetic ear so …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69797
University Theatre presents 'The Conviction of Lady Lorraine'
News
… member Dwandra Nickole Lampkin will perform the one-woman show "The Conviction of Lady Lorraine" Nov. 6-8 in the York Arena Theatre at WMU. Tickets for this free event can be reserved by calling the Gilmore Theatre … 7:30 p.m. Directed by WMU theatre assistant professor Lofton Durham , "The Conviction of Lady Lorraine" explores the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20071
WMU education professor offers teaching advice for caregivers of homebound special education students
News
… Wallace (center). KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Learning from home is difficult enough for those used to being educated in a traditional classroom setting, but … social distancing guidelines continue during the pandemic, how can caregivers best serve students whose academic …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59245
Design, future consumer landscapes focus of upcoming talk
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… Consumer Landscape: The New Metrics of Success" will be the topic of discussion when futurist Ibrahim Ibrahim visits Western … at 3 p.m. in 105-106 Bernhard Center , Ibrahim will explore how innovation can be ignited through placemaking that …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38421
Physicist melds scientific, humanitarian drive at UN's 'nuclear watchdog'
News
… Physicist melds scientific, humanitarian drive at UN's 'nuclear … Dr. Marc Humphrey works as a team leader for the world's "Atoms for Peace" agency, helping to monitor nations' nuclear … at a national laboratory. "Back then I was convinced I was going to win a Nobel Prize," Humphrey says, chuckling. "From …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37548
WMU students create apiary, study the imperiled honeybee
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… study the imperiled honeybee Submitted by Paula M. Davis on A student beekeeper holds a hive frame containing … to see if each colony had a healthy, egg-laying queen. And how was that "nuc" hive coming along? "Looks good," head … announced a measure providing $8 million in incentives for farmers and ranchers to establish new habitats to support …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20781