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Bringing social issues to light

College of Arts and Sciences

… “WMU is really where I discovered who I am, who I want to be and my purpose,” says Billings. As an undergrad … her skills, learning that film and media can be utilized in ways more than for pure entertainment. “My time as an … creating an impactful story “I never really go into a project with a strictly set plan,” says Billings. “I have …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/billings-storytelling

Healing through art and community, a choral concert that made a difference

College of Fine Arts

… from its beginnings in the early 80s through today.   It was a year ago when a colleague showed McWilliams “Of Rage … I knew that regardless, if all of that stuff went wrong, it was still going to make a difference in at least a few … who was more than willing to listen to a Western student’s project. CARES has partnered with WMU on events in the past …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/blog/2019/05/mcwilliamsrecital

Making sense out of Donald Trump

College of Arts and Sciences

… and campaigns. “What this means is that he can say what he wants—and he usually does,” said Wielhouwer. “On top of … candidate Mitt Romney made some scathing remarks that Trump was a phony, a fraud, a misogynist and a bully who threatens … earning a respectable number of delegates. On the left, the Green Party candidate for president, Jill Stein, might be an …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/donald-trump

Newsletter

Medieval Institute Publications

… Publications at Western Michigan University looks forward to exploring what it has meant to be human through the … by January 1st for the chance to win $35 in credit towards the purchase of any book published by MIP! Subscribe … new works in early period studies and supporting the projects of our stellar authors.  2023 Issue 35: December …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/newsletter

Saturdays at the market: A service learning reflection by Mark Nowicki

Sustainable Business Practices

… of volunteerism with educational objectives. I knew I wanted to pursue service learning because I had the ability, … of their customers and vendors. For my service learning project, I was to responsibly monitor the customer capacity … organization. He told me that he works full-time at a local greenhouse and will sometimes work as a vendor selling …

https://wmich.edu/sustainablebusiness/nowicki2020

Bringing Japanese Religion and Culture to Career

College of Arts and Sciences

… meeting leaders of lay Buddhist movements, experiencing waterfall purification, creating manga-style art. Welcome to … be even though our worlds seem so far apart,” says Emily Warren, who took the trip in summer 2016 while an … became the topic of my thesis, a book chapter and now a project incorporating the Japanese diasporas’ relationship …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/japan-study-abroad

Past Events

World Religions and Cultures

… interesting and informative read! 2022 DR.ALISA PERKINS IS AWARDED THE WHITING SEED GRANT Whiting Seed Grant (1 of only 5 awarded) Goes to Dr. Alisa Perkins, Department of Comparative Religion, Western Michigan University for her project "Religion, Race, and Revitalization: The Detroit …

https://wmich.edu/religion/events/past-events

2020 History Day Results

History

… "Lakshmibai: The Queen of Jhansi" (National Finalist) by Ishwari Bhatt, The Gagie School Junior Group "Women's Suffrage: … and London Pierson, Baseline Middle School "The Manhattan Project: Atomically Breaking Barriers" by Elliott Anderson, … by Sasha Hollins, Alayna Kuhn, Nya Kuhn, and Aliah Ward, Merze Tate Explorers Organization "James Hanger's …

https://wmich.edu/history/2020-history-day-results

Old English Newsletter Subsidia

Medieval Institute Publications

… An English–Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary Compiled by the Rev. Walter Skeat, MA “Walter Skeat printed … of Old English Edited with a foreword by Stanley B. Greenfield, with contributions from Eric Gerald Standly, … and, like the previous one, it is a benchmark for the project. In April 1997, Prof. Jane Toswell, University of …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/books/oen-subsidia

History of Physics at WMU

Physics

… traces its history to 1904, when instruction began at what was then Western State Normal School. Physics was taught, along with chemistry, under the auspices of the … price tag—at that time, WMU’s most extensive building project ever. The new buildings—Everett Tower and Rood …

https://wmich.edu/physics/about/history