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Medical Humanities Conference tackles wide range of issues

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… Medical Humanities Conference tackles wide range of issues Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Medical … Friday's concurrent sessions include: "John Harvey Kellogg and the National Eugenics Movement" "Caring for the Dying … University of Michigan "The Death of Brain Death and What to Do About It" with Dr. John Robinson, associate …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1748

Washington Monthly lauds WMU as one of nation's best values

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… Michigan University students are returning to campus this week just in time to hear the news that their school is … the magazine has run a list of top colleges that "promote upward social mobility, research and public service." After … measures of college prestige are less important than what colleges do for the country and the value they offer …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/8977

Inaugural 'Lavender Graduation' planned

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… the achievements of Western Michigan University's lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and ally students. This special celebration—the first official one of its kind at … winners are encouraged to attend the event. Graduates who wish to receive a certificate during the ceremony must …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/6007

Ethics Center starts spring season with Ninth Amendment talk

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… . Dr. Brian C. Kalt , professor of law and the Harold Norris Faculty Scholar at Michigan State University, will speak … people." Scholars and lawyers have disagreed mightily over what these "other rights" are. This is a tricky question, … he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Danny J. Boggs, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Kalt's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/56

AT&T donation helps Upward Bound students pursue a college education

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… AT&T donation helps Upward Bound students pursue a college education Submitted by … and help pay transportation costs for students making visits to prospective colleges. Ruth Gaudard , AT&T regional … some sort of postsecondary education, and that’s exactly what the Upward Bound program is trying to ensure for these …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/08/48178

Social work grad empowered to uplift migrant and Latinx communities

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… will graduate with a bachelor's degree in social work and is on an accelerated track for a master's degree in social … has blossomed at Western Michigan University. "I don't know what my life would have been like if I didn't have the … relate to those students because I was a student who struggled. I was in the bottom 10% of my class through …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67907

Alexis Brown: Achieving Excellence in Aviation

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… Alexis Brown: Achieving Excellence in Aviation Submitted by Tom … Jones made a pitch for her to become affiliated with what became the WMU chapter of the Organization of Black … better pilot and individual.  They make certain I am doing what I am supposed to do so I can advance my career." Then …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58976

Western celebrates first-generation college students, alumni

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… "Walking in the line (at commencement), I was in disbelief that I had made it through; I graduated. I had 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 … conferences to game nights after class, it was exactly what I needed to change my thinking from 'I don't belong' to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69691

Hypnotist plays 'Mind Games' at the Bernhard Center

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… Hypnotist plays 'Mind Games' at the Bernhard Center Submitted by … full of hypnotized students. KALAMAZOO--Professional hypnotist Paul Ramsay's "Mind Games" comes to Western Michigan … audience members steer the course of the show by voting on what they want to see happen on stage. "Mind Games" …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/270

Film students capture top prize in national CNN contest

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… at Western Michigan University are about to find out what it's like to have their work broadcast on CNN and … singled out for honors by an international team of journalists. Cassandra Stagner a sophomore from Troy, Mich., and … in March. "The general concept of our PSA is to voice what is typically unspoken and to show how this world is

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/361