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Famous writer, director to speak as part of Humanities Center season

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… neighborhoods and tells of Nuha Dweikat Shaer's important work empowering disadvantaged families in Palestine. In … Klodawsky and Nuha will describe their recent experience of working together, with Nuha offering insight into what it … is "Reimagining Community." In a global culture of war, social injustice and environmental calamity, and with the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31505

Gender-based violence topic for fall 2015 Lyceum Lecture Series

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… of topics including gendered violence in college life, at work, in the family, on the street and in other institutions … The categories, dates, topics and speakers are: Campus and workplace sexual dating violence Sept. 16: "Origins of … health services, and Dr. Karen VanDeusen, WMU professor of social work. Reproductive violence Oct. 28: "Maternal and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26686

WMU program offers free tutoring, mentorship to KPS middle and high school students

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… are ready to help KPS students in need of academic and social support. (Getty Images) Funded by the … Western students are employed to mentor and help with homework free of charge. Roughly 50 KPS students signed up for … often stretch beyond homework help. "It's as much about the social aspect as it is about getting better grades and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63181

Earning His Western Wings – Shane Rembold Embraces All Aspects of Aviation

College of Aviation

… a good dose of what the aviation industry is all about by working as a student assistant in the office of Dave Powell , dean of the college.  "Working in there," he says, "gave me some good insight into …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/04/rembold

Cheering Up a Career in Aviation Technical Operations with Katelyn Mobley

College of Aviation

… Windy City for a while.  Still somewhat of a rookie as she works through the "tech ops" curriculum, Mobley cites the … in the classroom."  If she achieves her dream job of working as a certified airframe and powerplant (A&P) …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/04/mobley

Hanging out with Helen Manumbu – Traveling Down the Aviation Tech Ops Path

College of Aviation

… a beautiful fall day in Kalamazoo Manumbu's stepmother, who works in safety management for Delta Air Lines, attended … Manumbu to a place where the "dream job" is reachable -- working for an airline such as Delta and United in a …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/11/manumbu

Original Raise Your Voice show uses Theatre of the Oppressed methods

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… Mich.—Western Michigan University theatre students, working with the innovative theatre company Shifting Forms, … active participants in the theatrical experience, promoting social and political change. Raise Your Voice Series The … for a safe and supportive environment in which to study, work, live and love. The series addresses issues of street …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/27549

Harvard scholar to address caregiving in Humanities Center talk

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… and professor of medical anthropology in global health and social medicine and professor of psychiatry in the Harvard … degree from Stanford University and a master's degree in social anthropology from Harvard. He was trained in … medical anthropology, cultural psychiatry, global health, social medicine and medical humanities. Since 1978, he has …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22634

Aspiring aviator’s dreams take flight at WMU’s College of Aviation through Make-A-Wish

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… off, inside lab spaces where students paint airplanes and work on engines, and inside the cockpits of some of the many …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/05/college-aviation-make-wish-flight-simulator-vail-fear

Clemson University prof, ethicist to give ethics talk

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… of the Robert J. Rutland Institute for Ethics. Wueste's work has appeared in various journals, including Cornell Law … Wueste is the editor of the book "Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility." He is a senior fellow of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22320