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WMU students create apiary, study the imperiled honeybee
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… bees and brood. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After hours of meticulous work in unrelenting summer heat and well away from an apiary … to see if each colony had a healthy, egg-laying queen. And how was that "nuc" hive coming along? "Looks good," head … luck, develop into another full-size colony. "We want to do as little tinkering as possible. I know the queen is in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20781
Sport management grad ready to hit the court running
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… Western Michigan has; it sets you up for success." Her hard work could pay off soon; Niaz has been in contact with … Office of Student Transitions as well as a student ambassador for the College of Education and Human Development . "I … class discussions about what was happening in the world and how we could connect what we were learning to those …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71990
Acclaimed journalist, WMU alum marks Homecoming as distinguished speaker
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… the Online News Association and others. In addition to his work for CNN and sports reporting for ESPN, Granderson … story — pulled from the WMU Magazine archives — about how he came to WMU and blossomed: 'I loved my time at … has one of those gripping graduation stories, a sort of double rite of passage in which he becomes a first-time dad …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19764
Seminar to focus on building adult literacy in southwest Michigan
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… social and nonprofit agencies, businesses interested in workforce development, researchers, students, and others who … and consultant. The symposium will include sessions on how interns play a major role in the work of the literacy … education that will help us expand what we're able to do as a community," says Evans. For more news, arts and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28805
Alumna Rachel Swearingen wins Rona Jaffe writers' award
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… because my biggest hurdle has been finding the time to work on a larger project and finish a book," says … seven years, she moved to the area from Seattle to pursue a doctorate in creative writing at WMU. While there, … National Book Award for fiction. Too few people realize "how good Western's writing program is, and how many great …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1599
Author Michael Eric Dyson headlines MLK event
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… Michael Eric Dyson KALAMAZOO--Award-winning author, talk show host and scholar Dr. Michael Eric Dyson will speak this … University as part of events celebrating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dyson, a professor of … his book "Can You Hear Me Now? The Inspiration, Wisdom and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson." He also is a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/01/49
Bestselling author to help mark health program's 30th year
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… anniversary also include the dedication at 5 p.m. of an outdoor labyrinth installation as well as a reception and book … Advantages of a Painful Childhood," "Learning to Pray: How We Find Heaven on Earth" and "How, Then, Shall We Live? … the Harvard Divinity School, Muller spent the past 35 years working with people suffering from abuse, alcoholism, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2160
WMU researcher wins $800,000 NSF grant to assess education efforts
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… to develop resources to plan studies that can better assess how well professional development initiatives for science teachers are working. Dr. Jessaca Spybrook , WMU associate professor of … Too often, such large-scale teacher development randomized trials are inconclusive, she notes. So it's unknown …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/29895
New Native American Affairs Council aims to build relationships, understanding across campus and in community
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… institution. The new Native American Affairs Council will work "to support, elevate and advocate for Native American … Native American Affairs Council will make great strides in doing that both inside and outside the classroom." The … he adds. "Having the chance to learn about the tribes and how you do business with them, how you interact with one …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/10/66068
Mindful change: One professor's vision to transform stroke recovery
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… us engage in the physical recovery ... years and years down the road. I’m five years post-stroke, and every day I can do something I couldn’t do the day before. “My vision is to … it would come to this. I feel very fortunate to do this work.” After Gray had her stroke in 2017, she spent several …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70900