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Yes, WMU really has a skydiving team

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… members’ first jump or more than 60th jump, as is the case with WMU senior Nathan Kueterman of Monroe, Michigan. "For your first jump, you build up a lot of nervousness when … organization into something that other collegiate teams can follow and model themselves after, and potentially …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54594

$4M state funding boost will help WMU's Kalamazoo Autism Center expand services

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… Silvia Robazza, an undergraduate psychology student, works with a young patient at the Kalamazoo Autism Center. KALAMAZOO, … services … and it's a vote of confidence in us that we can help fulfill at least some of that need and perhaps …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/07/72115

Delia Dohm’s curiosity guides her to success as the first WMU student in new co-op program

Haworth College of Business

… Dohm of New Lenox, Illinois, had the opportunity to intern with Perrigo through a new co-op program at WMU. As the … “Keep an open mind to new experiences,” she says. “Once you find something that you are good at it is easy to become … with your curiosity because you never know where it can take you!” For more WMU news, arts and events , visit …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74490

Social work grad empowered to uplift migrant and Latinx communities

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… Submitted by Erin Flynn on Jessica Cortes will graduate with a bachelor's degree in social work and is on an … says Cortes. "Whenever I go to tutor at El Concilio, I can really relate to those students because I was a student … And now to be on the other side, I can say, 'I understand your struggle. We can make it out, we just have to work …

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

Ebony Vision celebrates 20 years of dance at Western

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… on, Ebony Vision reached many communities by collaborating with various student organizations to perform at nearby colleges. Here, they can be seen performing at Michigan State University circa … and support where we knew that there was somebody who had your back. There was somebody who looked like you that …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70863

Product design alumni on leading edge of innovation

W Magazine

… meeting. “I asked something along the lines of, ‘How do you see creativity and design being more integrated into … day and asked what I did (in school). That led to a meeting with the vice president of innovation who gave me and … from day one was super important, because sometimes school can become really detached from what the real, working world …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73419

Japanese studies speakers to give public presentations

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… Wednesday, Mar. 27 Yoshizumi Higuchi , an editor with Iwanami Shoten, Japan's foremost academic publisher, … Arai is one of the leading feminist poets of the young generation in Japan and is known for her dramatic and … them appealing as dramatic heroes and in what ways ghosts can be more compelling on stage than ordinary humans. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5519

Fashion history instructor uses expertise to restart archival project

College of Education and Human Development

… Iris Cooper is creating an archive for historically significant garments and accessories. The Historical Garment … to build it so anyone can be able to access it, whether you're familiar or not with fashion history," says Cooper, a fashion history …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73074

TRIO future educators celebrated during cord ceremony

College of Education and Human Development

… Tyler McClenny, a secondary education student, is presented with a cord and certificate from TRIO FESP staff. Cheyenne … including WMU President Edward Montgomery . "You persisted, you hung in there and you didn't just survive … Participants in the program also have access to mentors who can assist them during career and graduate school …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71435

CEHD students explore India through interdisciplinary study abroad

College of Education and Human Development

… at the base of the Himalayas. In Darjeeling, they worked with the children of tea plantation workers at a rural … keep reaching for my goals, and gave me confidence that I can reach them. Not only have I made connections in India, … always heard that traveling internationally will change you as a human because you get to experience life …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74398