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WMU first Michigan campus to bring live visual interpreting to users 24/7
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… Alicia Marques navigates obstacles using a white cane, formats papers with the help of an audible screen … a sighted assistant to help. This fall, the University became the first institution in the state to take assisting … am wearing,” she says, adding she’s also taken Aira agents into Miller Auditorium. “It is very helpful because if I …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73591
Haworth College of Business celebrates 2023 Presidential Scholars
Haworth College of Business
… Stacey Anderson on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Each year, faculty members from across Western Michigan University select the most … Scholar at Western, the highest academic honor that WMU can bestow on its undergraduates. In the Haworth College of … is in the same boat. Things will begin to fall into place, and you will start to feel like you belong." …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71308
Externships, research opportunities helped nursing grad chart path to success
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… Hospital in Kalamazoo. He's also leaving his soon-to-be alma mater as a Lee Honors College graduate and the … Presidential Scholar, the highest award an undergraduate can receive. "The faculty at the College of Health and Human … college student who is also first in his family to go into health care. "It was a great opportunity; I really …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75401
Richard L. Hodges obituary
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… Hodges , a retired Western Michigan University faculty member, died Jan. 30. He was 67. Hodges, associate professor … to join the University of Nebraska at Omaha faculty, but returned in 1985 and retired in 2010 after 25 years of … in several professional organizations, including the American Accounting Association, National Association of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/121
WMU to celebrate Arbor Day, 2012 Tree Campus recertification
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… on Image courtesy of arborday.org. Note: This event has been postponed due to the forecast of strong thunderstorms in the area, and will be rescheduled as weather permits. KALAMAZOO—Western … Goldsworth Valley Pond. WMU landscape services staff will be planting a Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum), a tree …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/04/6443
Esports summer camp at WMU lets youth hone skills, explore growing industry
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… just a way to get you in a mindset of what it feels like to be a professional gamer." When most people think of summer … campers are eager to learn and improve their craft so they can go back to their school and start their own team. "We … "We've been pushing the idea that you can incorporate this into your curriculum." The esports program has already begun …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54279
Isaac Ortega creates real relationships
Haworth College of Business
… found encouragement at WMU Haworth. “My professors have been such a great support system. Every professor I’ve had, … has wanted me to succeed and pushed me to be the best I can be. They are always willing to stay and talk after … whether it’s in classes or Delta Sigma Pi, has been the biggest factor in my sense of belonging. Every day I’m …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/01/business-analyticsisaac-ortegabait
Webinars explore WMU research regarding social consequences and response to COVID-19
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… isolation, religion and the future of higher education will be highlighted in a series of webinars throughout the … onset of COVID-19 in the United States, but the most significant has been state-level political party control. This … of online instruction. The findings of a yearlong study into the implications of the COVID-19 crisis, their …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61262
Most WMU offices closed Labor Day weekend
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… services, Western Michigan University offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 3 , in observance of U.S. Labor Day. … Monday, Sept. 1-3, are: the Bernhard Information Desk, Biggby Coffee, Buster's, Campus Trends, Subway and Textbook … Portions of a particular building that do not normally go into night setback mode will not go into holiday mode. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1282
Most WMU offices closed Labor Day weekend
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… Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Most offices will be closed in observance of U.S. Labor Day. KALAMAZOO—Except … through Sept. 2, are: the Bernhard Information Desk, Biggby Coffee, Buster's/Textbook Alley, Santorini Grill and … Portions of a particular building that do not normally go into night setback mode will not go into holiday mode. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/08/9016