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Hope in the darkness: WMU music therapy alum finds calling in hospice

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… ARBOR, Mich.—A guitar slung on her back, Kaitlin Ridgway isn't the typical professional you'd expect to see walking … then see the transition in how they interact with her and what she brings to them in that music therapy visit and how … helping them make progress so they can articulate what's happening in music and how that translates into …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55317

Technical skills and personal growth propel student's experience

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Since his very first tour of Western Michigan University,  Jacob … lot of mistakes throughout it, but ultimately learned about what all things need to be considered, prepared for, and … an experiment. A part of Roberts’ journey in discovering what career to pursue was joining Western Aerospace Launch …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75386

Tweets net huge book donation and generous outpouring from Japan

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… calling for the donations. Angles had been working with his colleagues at WMU to offer Japanese as an academic major. … comic books. Touching correspondence sent Angles said what has been most touching to him are the letters that came … belong to her father who had passed away. She had not known what to do with them until reading the tweets calling for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4831

Reading, writing and reflecting on service learning

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… over playground equipment and cleaning up juice box spills isn't the way most college students choose to spend their … "Simply put, having volunteers like Sam means we can do what we do." A Learning Experience The chance to help kids … other student volunteers also give the kids a glimpse at what their future could hold. "It's really special for our …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/53333

WMU sees enrollment gains in key areas, with slight decrease overall

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… Mich.—Western Michigan University's fall 2014 student body is more diverse and substantially more international, and it … working on doctoral degrees. Overall, however, enrollment is is down slightly over last year's enrollment total. The … class number. Incoming freshman credentials continued the upward trend of the past three years, with the average high …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18997

Students pursue a better roadmap of Mars

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… to researchers in a timely manner. Maxwell Allen of Harrison Township, Stephen DeCarlo of Hudsonville, Joseph … known materials. We had to make some assumptions based on what we would need to make the project successful," he says. … theories. The project gave students the unique opportunity what could be possible in the growing field of space …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/53717

World-renowned artist carved path to success at Western

W Magazine

… World-renowned artist carved path to success at Western Submitted by Erin … in 1986 as a “kid from Inkster,” Michigan, unsure of what he wanted to study but excited to explore and follow in … work … and gave it to him to read, and he fell in love with what I do and what I stand for and the work that I’ve made,” …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70894

WMU student puts a twist on traditional travel

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… WMU student puts a twist on traditional travel Submitted by Anonymous (not … the pressure of deciding where to go, how to get there and what activities to plan. Cluventure takes the stress out of … business and your ideas." Contact: Zack Zagula and Tonya Durlach July 12, 2018 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47918

WMU prepares for archives construction on Oakland Drive Campus

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… new home for its University Archives and Regional History Collections on the Oakland Drive Campus. Ground will be broken later this summer for a new facility that will be located near the … of Howard Street and Oakland Drive on the grounds of what was once the Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital. The new …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/05/635

Leo Niemi obituary

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… in 1985 after 30 years of service to the University in what is now the Haworth College of Business. He started computer … chair of the Department of Business Education and Administrative Services in 1977-78 and as chair from 1978 to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/03/206