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WMU alumnus creates meaningful connections through storytelling

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… people as possible through your passion. Entrepreneurship can provide some amazing highs, but also can be lonely and tough. Find friends and mentors to help …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48156

Western leads NSF-funded, multi-university research into ancient rocks

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… understand the conditions under which dolomite forms, we can better understand Earth history." Micrometer-scale … reservoirs that host groundwater, oil and natural gas and can serve as sites of carbon capture for carbon dioxide …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65485

WMU experts, alum explain why locally sourced food is enjoying a renaissance

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… processes, but other fresh options such as greens and eggs will be available. Learn about Natural Cycles Farm … changing the way we acquire and value food, and what can we learn from these experiences? Western Michigan … to food-handling practices because of the pandemic. What can be discovered, Webber and Rojhani say, is a culinary …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59822

Richmond Center hosts 'Trace + Gestures Print Portfolio' exhibit

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… Thursday, April 17 . The exhibit relates to how traces can effect change, how what imprints us as individuals can effect real changes in culture, politics and in our … personal lives. What may seem ephemeral, such as an echo, can generate cataclysmic changes globally; similarly, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13744

Aviation grad finds runway to make a difference at Western

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… you know, do some good in the world around me wherever I can," Stein says. "I didn't know what I wanted to do. I … our tour guide was a woman and I just remember thinking, 'I can do this. This is what I want to do.' And I applied, got … Gay Pilots Association and Aviation Student Council. "I can show people airplanes all day long. But when they hear, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71467

Climate change disinformation poses increasing threat, says WMU history professor

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… are certainly more blatant, there's no question words also can do a great deal of harm. And when it comes to mis- and disinformation, the impacts can be widespread: Words fueled animosity and violence … in terms of the concepts in the early 20th century. So you can be generous and say that for about 90 years, we have …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66880

New name for WMU program reflects commitment to support students' Essential Needs

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… Needs program manager. “We know that unmet basic needs can prevent students from attending class or even … them to move beyond their circumstances so that they can academically engage and successfully graduate. Every … or having interactions with students who were struggling, and it seemed at the time like isolated pockets of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73121

WMU’s East Hall to be renovated for use as alumni center

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… to ‘save something, or lose it all.’ We’ve decided we can wait no longer, and it is of paramount importance to our … demands of a great university. Their conclusion is that we can and should revitalize East Hall and make that beautiful … core into an alumni event center and gathering space that can be a focal point for alumni efforts and information …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3415

The birth of a new career: Externship leads to labor and delivery job for nursing grad

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… degree in nursing from Western. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A cancer diagnosis nearly derailed Cade Hine 's college plans. … his doctor found a lump that turned out to be a rare and aggressive form of testicular cancer. Within days, he was scheduled for emergency surgery. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71474

WMU professor unites health care heroes, Broadway stars to raise spirits and funds during pandemic

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… inserted an abrupt intermission. "When the reading was canceled, David and I were talking about how 'Resilient' (a … The video will benefit their colleagues through the American College of Physicians , Broadway Cares/Equity Fights … watched his own industry uprooted by COVID-19 production cancellations, and says this project was the least he could …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59467