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Community, campus programs to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

News

… in discussion surrounding the differences and similarities between the civil rights era and today. Posters will be … of the Global Automotive Alliance. Register at  tinyurl.com/BLS2018 .  Wednesday, Jan. 24 "The Easiest Conversation on Race," 11 a.m. , Kalamazoo Valley Community College Student …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44323

Dr. Dae Seok Chai

Education Leadership, Research and Technology

… Paper accepted for the 2017 National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (NCORE). Fort Worth, TX Chae, C., & Chai, …

https://wmich.edu/leadership/academics/ocl/ocl-faculty/daeseok-chai

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Climate Change Working Group

… involve using principles of behavioral psychology to better understand the human response to climate change. She … is particularly interested in English-language fiction from India and Pakistan that address the climate crisis. He was …

https://wmich.edu/climatechange/speakers-bureau

Dr. Michael Pritchard, philosophy, honored for 30 years at Ethics Center

College of Arts and Sciences

… Pritchard and Dr. Jim Jaksa, communication, began talking between shots on the tennis courts about Sissela Bok's book, … education, engineering, English, philosophy, physics, race and ethnic relations, nursing, social work, and …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news-michael-pritchard-30-years

U.S. Response to Paris Attacks Explored at Occasional Lecture Series

College of Arts and Sciences

… regions in France, especially the Paris region. French embracement of the Arab community is sorely lacking beginning … to the Paris attacks, John Clark drew the distinction between a policy response and a political response. A policy … well-founded fear of persecution. These conditions include race, religion, national origin, political opinion and …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/paris-attacks-lecture

Mental Illness and Suicide

Suicide Prevention Program

… elation is too rarely reported as an illness. Relationship between psychiatric disorders and mood disorders Depression … can make you feel run down. It can also cause your mind to race and make it hard to focus on the things you need to do. … exercise, connect with others or meditate. Know your triggers. What causes stress in your life? If you know where …

https://wmich.edu/suicideprevention/mental-illness

Facts About Suicide

Suicide Prevention Program

… that there are 25 attempts for one death by suicide. Between 25 and 50 percent of people who kill themselves had … is the most common method of suicide for females (34.8%) By race/ethnicity The Center for Disease Control and Prevention … reported the following statistics for 2015 among American Indians and Alaska Natives: The suicide rate for all ages …

https://wmich.edu/suicideprevention/basics/facts

The Lead: April Edition

Education Leadership, Research and Technology

… to overcoming adversity and dedicating one's life to the betterment of others, Colin Ripmaster emerges as a beacon of … Ripmaster's educational experience took a turn for the better when a teacher recognized his potential beyond the … inequities that segregate our nation's youth along lines of race, class, language, and disability. Currently serving as …

https://wmich.edu/leadership/spotlight-april

Seminar Abstracts from 2006-07

Soga Japan Center

… of their gender performance were drastically differentiated between the time when the term "futanarihira" (androgynous … 21, 2006—University of Wisconsin "Making Democracy Safe: Race, Politics and Rhetorical Authority in the 1913 Japan-US … Koshiro's large nose, for instance, or Iwai Hanshiro's curling lower lip—and, on the other hand, that individuality …

https://wmich.edu/japancenter/seminar/abstracts/archive-2006-07

Greatness from small beginnings: a first-generation immigrant's educational journey

College of Education and Human Development

… he was 8 years with the ambition to provide them with a better future. His parents sacrificed the lives they had … growth.  “Being a first-generation college student is a struggle, there is no way to sugarcoat it,” explained … other first-generation students: “Slow and steady wins the race - do not let your circumstances define who you are. I …

https://wmich.edu/education/first-curielvazquez