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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 earning his bachelor's degree in nursing from Western. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A cancer diagnosis nearly … of here. And my professors really cared; they all asked, 'How are you doing? What can I do to help you?'" The personal …

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

Chemical engineering grad ready to make a splash in sustainability efforts

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… efforts Submitted by Erin Flynn on Zahi Sanchez is ready to step into her career as an environmental … something completely different. So (our professors) first showed us how to do the math, and then they showed us how to … filter, you can just put it into the soil or send it to a farm. … And when it's placed in the soil, it will cause no …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71513

Life-saving innovation crafted by WMU engineering alum

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… merged amid stay-at-home orders during the pandemic, time is in short supply. Still, Bornhorst, manufacturing … workers. Andy Bornhorst It started with a social media post from a friend. Brady Beauchamp , a local nurse anesthetist … facilities proved more challenging. "We started looking at how much space the boxes took up, how difficult it would be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59275

Network neuroscience: Alumnus finds career at the intersection of data science and the brain

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… continue to improve the human condition, data scientists in the specialized field of network neuroscience are … the world. This exposure has allowed me to learn as much from them as they do from me, both culturally and … latent links between diversity, equity and inclusion and how these are related to human brain functions.”  Already, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67152

"Eyelashes of the Forest" - Olivia Novak

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… Submitted by Megan Looker on "Eyelashes of the Forest" "Seafarers Above and Below" "I believe that life itself is the ultimate artist, and I am the curator. Life creates … every single day–in all shapes, colors, sizes and mediums. From the shadows of tree branches on a stop sign in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59469

Researchers explore human-robot communication with Pepper, a humanoid robot

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… their knowledge of human-robot interactions with a new, glistening white-plastic being that stands nearly 4-feet tall, … moment." Needless to say, Pepper has been a big hit so far. Drs. Chad and Autumn Edwards are working with Pepper to … interlocutor. Or, owing to more normative expectations of how a robot "should" communicate, will people prefer less …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/42083

Upjohn Center takes top international honor for map product

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… for map product Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on This section of map from the GeoChange series shows part of Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula. KALAMAZOO—A … work necessary to bring its maps to market. Available so far are some 35,000 maps of U.S. places, primarily Michigan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10286

Small business advocate: Madie Gracey’s journey to developing her local community

Haworth College of Business

… Western Michigan University senior Madie Gracey from Ann Arbor, Michigan, is eager to own a business of her own someday and help … along the way. Studying entrepreneurship, she is learning how to grow her community. Madie Gracey “I chose the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70832

Grad student uses creativity, collaboration to keep her students learning

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… special education teacher and master’s student in the Interdisciplinary Preparation in Autism—IPA—program, Jenna … is able to share her screen with students one-on-one to show the lesson she would normally show in person in a small … has been to be able to still support my students from afar and see they are still learning and making progress, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58673

WMU finance student graduates with B.B.A. in two years

Haworth College of Business

… , a senior finance student at Western Michigan University, is making an impressive start in her career. Condensing her … me to expand my knowledge of financial topics. I learned how to develop a financial plan and how to communicate … management. I learned to listen first and approach problems from the client’s perspective.” Connections in her academic …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73257