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Activist to highlight spring Lyceum Lecture series at WMU

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… Wednesday in the Lee Honors College lounge, will kick off with "Taking Inspiration from Women of the Civil Rights … her life to transforming grief into advocacy for empowering youth. Since the death of her 17-year-old son during a … Payne Law Office, Kalamazoo. Feb. 15 —"Activist Tools You Can Use," PechaKucha presentation with WMU student leaders. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37365

Former NBA team president highlights WMU Food Marketing Conference

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… industry, the tremendous value of leadership associated with this time of change and share innovative approaches … Changing World." The conference kicks off at 4 p.m. Monday with John Phillips , senior vice president of customer … Supermarkets Darcey Macken , senior vice president at Kellogg Co. J.K. Symancyk , chief operating officer of Meijer …

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WMU hosts ‘Dine 4 Justice’ fundraiser for Youth Juvenile Justice Fellows

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… WMU hosts ‘Dine 4 Justice’ fundraiser for Youth Juvenile Justice Fellows Submitted by Erin Flynn on … for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations is partnering with the BLOCKS Club Initiative of Kalamazoo to support … to continue to develop youth social justice advocates who can recognize the unique ways their voices can be used to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71381

Better buildings through innovation and problem-solving

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… on Jessica Schneider chose the civil engineering major with a minor in climate change because of the … Schneider is vice president of the WMU chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers and captain of the WMU … many resources to get involved on campus in what interests you. What you get involved in opens so many new doors and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73180

Event set to help students, employees learn about rec center

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… verified) on A CycleFit class during the 2017 New Year, New You event. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The Student Recreation Center … sampling of the SRC's numerous classes and activities that can help members of the campus community get on a healthy … to 10:30 p.m. Students and employees can—at no cost—show up with their Bronco Card and workout clothes and check out …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44327

Family overcoming adversity thrives through WMU programs, partnerships

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… attributes much of her daughter's success to the WIRE Youth Development Programs offered by the Lewis Walker … that they needed," says Perkins. "They would help with tutoring. She had a lot of students help her with her … heavily involved in WIRE programs. "We try to get it so we can start our kids early and do third grade math and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57303

Partnership between Western, Gun Lake Tribe promotes suicide prevention

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… training and awareness about suicide among Native American youth. "Suicide prevention is everybody's business," says … in our communities." One factor Sherwood talks about with people in Native American communities is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66452

From classroom to catwalk: Western students headed to New York Fashion Week

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… for fashion, and now she will have the chance to rub elbows with some of the industry's top designers. As the winner of … Week Competition, she will attend one of the most significant events in the fashion world. "If you told me freshman year that I'd be going to New York my …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66946

Impacts of COVID-19 and social isolation on mental health explored in WMU study

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… how that social isolation impacts mental health among Americans and uncovers potential mitigation strategies as this … in pandemic shelter-in-place orders, WMU researchers find With rural and small clinics in mind, professor uses … be with difficult thoughts and feelings when doing so helps you live your life in meaningful ways," Smith says. "So, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/61977

WMU researcher wins $800,000 NSF grant to assess education efforts

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… Foundation to develop resources to plan studies that can better assess how well professional development … trove of large-scale data sets, analyze them and come up with ways to inform the design of large evaluations of … we're going to write papers and disseminate them so that if you were a researcher and wanted to test the curriculum you

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