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Student, actor, advocate: Margaux Wellman takes leading role in breaking down barriers for people with disabilities

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… Wellman was acutely aware of the lack of people who looked like her in the TV shows and movies she watched. She found a … pageant for girls with disabilities and challenges just like her. "As soon as I read the article, my mom got in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64331

Criminologist tapped for his expertise on video games and violence

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… positive relationships with their parents are a lot less like to engage in violence—regardless of whether they play …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45673

WMU, WMed join forces in $1.37M project to reduce prehospital medication errors for children

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… for this,” says Hoyle in a news release. “Using technology like this offers the opportunity to make a change for the … children might respond to EMS providers who kind of look like Cyborgs as they exit the van, or how (using the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71778

Adjunct jazz professor Duane Davis wins prestigious Ellis Marsalis, Jr. Educator of the Year Award

Jazz Studies

… that Davis receive the Ellis Marsalis Jr. because he, like Marsalis, is the father of two very accomplished … footsteps as educators, they have also played with the biggest names in jazz— Cecile McLorin-Salvant , Christian …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74753

Social work grad empowered to uplift migrant and Latinx communities

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… University. "I don't know what my life would have been like if I didn't have the opportunity to come here," she … relate to those students because I was a student who struggled. I was in the bottom 10% of my class through … RSO executive board, I started doing new things. And I feel like if it wasn't for them motivating me to do something …

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

'I matter here': HRM student finds her place at the Haworth College of Business

Haworth College of Business

… human resources intern, she spent her summer interviewing hourly production applicants, creating and leading a student … providing resources to ensure student success. I feel like I matter here.” Preparing to graduate this summer, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73712

Western Michigan University teams up with Detroit Lions as official educational partner

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… are employed quickly, working in their field in jobs they like. WMU students make their mark on the world—Grammy …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/western-michigan-university-detroit-lions-official-educational-partner

University choirs to perform 'A Choral Christmas'

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… From standards such as "Carol of the Bells" to newer carols like Will Todd's "My Lord has Come," this concert will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36561

Ethical labor, sustainable supply chain among topics tackled in second Bronco Challenge

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… opened my aperture recently and inspired me to think bigger. This challenge was my first opportunity to do that in … move toward commercialization or implementation. He'd also like to see artificial intelligence incorporated into some … going to graduate and be lightyears ahead. I think colleges like Western that can get in front of that cutting edge and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/05/75531

WMU celebrates opening of Business Technology and Research Park North, Ascension Borgess Cancer Center

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… their education and their future, it leads to advances like the expansion of the BTR and the opening of the … of Trustees is proud to represent the University in efforts like this one that benefit our community, and we share our …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65768