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Preparing workforce for state-of-the-art bridge construction
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… Michigan University. Bridge engineers, contractors and decision-makers are invited to attend the workshop from 8 a.m. … systems tout such advantages as minimal traffic disruption and on-site construction time, improved work-zone … Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to present the state and national perspectives and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/225
Top brass: Western alumnus leads trumpet master class as member of U.S. Marine Band
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… in 2022. "One of my favorite things about the Marine Band is some of the artists we get to play with. I played under … techniques," he remembers. "I didn't have a lot of faith in what I could do as a player." Proseus teaches a master class … that sense of consistency and professionalism that I knew what I was doing and that I can play," remembers Proseus. "I …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73221
Bronco basketball player gets down to business, scores food marketing career
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… decided to give it a shot. "I really was just going to see what would happen. Because honestly, I think if I didn't do … allowed me to join the team—just a small town girl on a Division I basketball team!" She didn't rack up a ton of points … definitely have to put in a lot of work, but you get out what you put in," says Douglas. "I just knew it was going to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68321
Landscape Services plants seeds of stewardship, innovation on WMU campus
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… staff are hundreds, if not thousands, of plants saved by Christopher Jackson —a greenhouse specialist who could easily … up, we would gently take them out and transplant them into what's called plug flats," says Steve Root , a Landscape … staff inside Finch Greenhouse. "It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say there were 10,000 baby plants generated …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60122
E.J. Dionne on campus for humanities center speaker series
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… on Dionne KALAMAZOO—A high-profile Washington Post columnist will lead off when the University Center for the … will be waiting on deck to tackle such thorny issues as what the outcome of the election means for science policy, … Chris Mooney, a science and political journalist, blogger, podcaster and experienced trainer of scientists in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2283
Fashion program hosts annual career week giving students an inside look at the industry
College of Education and Human Development
… students an inside look at the industry Submitted by Chris Hybels on Kathy Fulton, founder of The Fulton Foundry, … and design student looks at a sweatshirt from Hurley's NASCAR collaboration. The design for a women's top … to come into a variety of different classes to speak about what it is they do in their job,” explained Kelly Weathers , …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71206
Student helps theater launch program for visually impaired patrons
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… Student helps theater launch program for visually impaired patrons Submitted by Erin Flynn on … started looking into audio description services at the suggestion of an audience member. "We had a patron who … 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
WMU's Evaluation Center teams up with CDC to boost disease surveillance and response amid pandemic
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… WMU's Evaluation Center teams up with CDC to boost disease surveillance and response amid pandemic Submitted by … isn’t something our staff members have expertise in. What we know how to do is help our clients think critically … that’s needed to assess program quality and help them use what they learn through evaluation to be strategic with …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59912
Construction to refresh Waldo Library's lower level continues this fall
University Libraries
… to refresh Waldo Library's lower level continues this fall Submitted by Sara Volmering on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The … size and extensive print collections add complexity to what may seem to be routine carpet and lighting updates. … spaces. We will do everything we can to help our users get what they need throughout the project's duration." Waldo …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68971
The birth of a new career: Externship leads to labor and delivery job for nursing grad
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… job for nursing grad Submitted by Erin Flynn on Cade Hine is starting his career as a labor and delivery nurse after … this was the perfect fit for me; it's exactly what I needed." Hine has been enamored with Western since … his doctor found a lump that turned out to be a rare and aggressive form of testicular cancer. Within days, he was …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71474