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My Four Weeks Studying in the Amazon Rainforest
Study Abroad
… rest of my life. I was able to have a lot of experiences with the different kinds of wildlife while in Brazil. While … local there would be while ordering at a restaurant. The biggest way we worked around this was pointing to what we … type flea market. There was a necklace I was buying from a young girl. I had her type the price into my phone …
https://wmich.edu/studyabroad/blog/2019/07/whiteheadmyfourweeksstudyinginamazonrainforest
Rhetoric and Writing Studies Awards
English
… program recognizes the superior work of its students with the following awards. Bernadine P. Carlson Prize The … for this award, as are texts produced in conjunction with a credit-bearing writing-intensive internship. Recent … writing, hone writing strategies that are effective with readers, and display unmatched promise for future …
https://wmich.edu/english/academics/undergraduate-0/rhetoric-writing-studies/rhetoric-writing-studies-awards
WMU Department of Spanish instructor publishes new poetry collection, holds upcoming reading events
College of Arts and Sciences
… The collection of poems weave together personal history with the complex cultural heritage of Lebanon and Egypt. … 2014 and the 2015-16 Excellence in Teaching Award, along with being honored at the WMU Alumni Achievements Award in …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/habrapoetry
Amy Heath
Physical Therapy
… degrees from Simmons College. She was certified by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties as an Orthopedic … APTA Education Leadership Institute Fellow. Amy has worked with pediatric and adult patients in various orthopedic …
https://wmich.edu/physicaltherapy/directory/heath
Ángela Pérez-Villa
History
… 2009 Dr. Ángela Pérez-Villa is a historian of Latin America with a particular interest in the legal, social, and gender … J. Hanna Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Rollins College, Florida and a … academic year as Academic visitor in the Latin American Centre at the University of Oxford, England, where she's …
https://wmich.edu/history/directory/p%C3%A9rez-villa
Social Justice and Sustainability in India
School of Social Work
… 2016, she is excited to once again share this opportunity with students during the fall 2017 semester. The Social … in India program will take place during fall 2017, with travel to Bengaluru and Kochi, India from December … a presence in India. At the same time, however, India struggles with a number of environmental, health, and social …
https://wmich.edu/socialwork/03-2017-india
History
Medallion
… Medallion Scholarship Program was established in 1983 with its first stipends awarded in 1984. The program was a … among the largest merit-based scholarship programs in American higher education. The Medallion Scholarship Program has had a significant impact on Western Michigan University. This program has …
https://wmich.edu/medallion/history
Barbara Jane Miller obituary
News
… been described as a remarkable, self-effacing individual with a passion for civil rights and at the same time for … was a dedicated volunteer at local hospitals and involved with numerous presidential functions, receiving such notable … President Gerald Ford and the Baroness von Trapp, along with many other foreign and educational dignitaries. In …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38732
Breneman tapped to lead WMU government relations
News
… enhancing WMU's relationships at all levels of government, with a particular focus on developing proposals and … I'm confident that his experience and expertise working with and for government as well as in the business community … strategic interests and strengthen relationships with our constituents," the president says. "It is also …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53922
Ann Miles
Intercultural and Anthropological Studies
… Migration to Cuenca, Ecuador. Journal of Latin American Geography. March 2015. Living With Lupus: Women and Chronic Illness in Ecuador. University … Perspectives, Ann Miles and Hans Buechler (eds), American Anthropological Association, 1997 The journals she has …
https://wmich.edu/intercultural/directory/miles