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Services, programs at WMU highlighted during LBGT Pride Month
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… and across the country, members and allies of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender communities recognize June as Pride Month. "Pride, to me, is the what it means to be able to live in a world that actively … think the Office of LBGT Student Services is an example of what it looks like to bring together people who, for …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53968
From a galaxy far, far away, a winner in 'Star Wars' contest
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… Ethics in Society. The center invited people to write about what ethical lessons they have learned from the "Star Wars" … lessons on ethics that can be found in the Star Wars movies is that anger doesn't always lead to the dark side," Clark wrote. "It depends on what you do with the anger. Anakin had chosen to get revenge …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/29095
Business students vie for share of $250,000 competition prize
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… job site. Brenna Vaughn, right, and Danny Rogers, left, display the prototype for their product, SnapDuct. Seniors … says Vaughn, whose father owns Mattawan Mechanical. "What I found to be a problem in the industry is the process … a better understanding of entrepreneurship as a whole and what you need to be successful with any idea," Vaughn says. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52859
From grading to wading, student finds success shifting academic focus to follow passion
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… field research. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Eyeing a career as an English teacher, Adam Austin probably never imagined how much … like that, but then somehow that didn't translate to what I went to college for initially." Nearly finished with … degree along the way. [caption align="right"] [/caption] "What draws me back has always been the faculty who have been …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/60045
Product design major gets a broad range of internship experience through Broncos Lead Internship Program
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… Broncos Lead Internship Program Submitted by Erin Flynn on Isabella Waite got the opportunity to experience product … experience relevant to her career goals in product design. What she wasn’t expecting was the remarkable range of … skills I have learned through these internships are beyond what I could have ever imagined," says Waite. “It was an …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72524
Richmond Center hosts 'Trace + Gestures Print Portfolio' exhibit
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… by Anonymous (not verified) on Richmond Center for Visual Arts KALAMAZOO—The exhibit "Trace + Gestures Print … . The exhibit relates to how traces can effect change, how what imprints us as individuals can effect real changes in culture, politics and in our personal lives. What may seem ephemeral, such as an echo, can generate …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13744
Identity, purpose take center stage in WMU Theatre's 'Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea'
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… purpose take center stage in WMU Theatre's 'Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea' Submitted by Erin Flynn on Kemar Williams … American young man who's trying to discover his roots and what that means. And telling it in a poetic way and in a … strikes a personal chord with Harrington, who has also struggled to learn about her own roots. "Because of the history …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70533
Graduate success reaches all-time high at WMU
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… of social work," says Johnny Anderson III , who earned his bachelor's degree in 2019 and is now pursuing his … are impressive, numbers only tell part of the story. "What's really important is the engagement of students while … ecologist at the University of Georgia. "They taught me what truly goes into research as well as how to think …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57465
Self-watering planters sow seeds of sustainability across campus
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… Mich.—A planting project with roots in sustainability is blossoming at Western Michigan University. Crews from … time to get all of the pots and flats ready to go. "The biggest challenge was space or, more specifically, lack of … her voice cracking with emotion. "(Projects like) this are what I did it for. I want people to be aware. When these …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64318
WMU Signature awarded for outstanding innovation
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… highlights Western Michigan University student experiences is garnering acclaim. WMU Signature received the Innovative … annual conference. "WMU Signature is a way that we validate what students have been doing outside the classroom," says … students to share their own classroom challenges and struggles with classmates to collectively find solutions, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56585