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Sweet success: Food marketing student cooks up skills to help business thrive

W Magazine

… at 10 years old and continues to successfully run with a mission to support low-income families in Kalamazoo. … WMU women's track team. “It’s the adrenaline; not knowing what’s going to happen but just going for it and having to give your all to something is what I enjoy,” says Wallace, who is also part of Western’s …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2024/11/layla-wallace-food-marketing-student-leads-kalamazoo-business

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

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

Campus community, alumni welcomed to homecoming week events ahead of game

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… faculty and staff are gathering across campus under this year’s theme, “Home Sweet Home,” to welcome alumni, … early days: How did Western expand across Stadium Drive? What was here before it became Main Campus? Parking is … lots adjacent to the Bernhard Center. Wednesday, Oct. 12 "What is (American) football," a cultural workshop primarily …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69383

Taboo topics course uses dialogue to break through barriers

W Magazine

… Kalamazoo breakfast eatery, Claire Hernandez found herself listening to a friend contemplate committing suicide. The … Taboo Topics in 2015 and currently serves as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Racial Equity Program officer.  Outsiders, … learn about topics so contemptible and controversial, and what educational value do those lessons offer? Mangrum says …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59619

WMU grad student wins coveted NEA creative writing fellowship

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… KALAMAZOO—A Western Michigan University graduate student is one of 40 people nationwide to be awarded a 2013 National … is language," she says. "I love language and I love seeing what language can make happen in terms of creating … But I think part of my love for poetry is that it's what I do to learn how to live. I can't answer my questions …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/12/3834

Students earn accolades for innovative construction adhesives research

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… withstand extreme weather, earthquakes and other threats. Israel Medrano Israel Medrano and Sneha Nath earned a top 15 … their ideas and knowledge with other researchers; learn what the research community is focusing on; discover what most interests businesses in the industry; and interact …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66837

Western students engage with state legislators at environmental policy town hall

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… Western students engage with state legislators at environmental policy town hall Submitted by Erin … groundwork for how I can speak to my representatives and what I need to be speaking to them about. It opened up this … students as well as constituents," Keele says. "My biggest goal is to open students up to the experience, (teach …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66596

"Pandemic Meals" - Emma Somers

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… Muffin" "Sushi" "Western Scramble for Two" "Adjusting to isolation after the COVID-19 outbreak included confusion, … want to show off our culinary skills even more. At first this project was fun for us because cooking became a good distraction. The more it progressed, though, the more we …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59472

Banderas and Anaya star in 'The Skin I Live In' at Little Theatre

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… 9:30 p.m. Saturday; and 2:30, 5 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5. After his wife is burned in a car crash, an … caretaker becomes his accomplice, but who becomes--and what happens to--his guinea pig makes a master film maker's … Theatre movie line at (269) 387-8221. Contact: Tonya Durlach February 3, 2012 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/128