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All Life is Learning - December 2024
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU
… All Life is Learning - December 2024 Director's Note Year-End Appeal We Need YOU! The … are invaluable lifelines for our scholarship fund, programming, and overall operations—and by participating in OLLI at … as well as drop off and pick up equipment for OLLI classrooms on campus, mostly at the College of Health and Human …
https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/december-2024
Western team works to increase gender, racial diversity in higher ed STEM fields
News
… gender, racial diversity in higher ed STEM fields Submitted by Erin Flynn on A team at Western is partnering with … left, and Dr. Kristina Lemmer stand with a vacuum chamber in Lemmer's lab. The device is used to simulate … women of color, in STEM. Work on the three-year grant began in early 2020 . Western's team created a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67503
Michigan has minerals America needs
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… Michigan has minerals America needs Submitted by Anonymous … are located in Michigan, although more research needs to be done to better characterize their locations, quantity and quality. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/54012
WMU digital marketing students take second and third place in global case competition with 200+ competitors
Haworth College of Business
… place in global case competition with 200+ competitors Submitted by Abbie Griffith on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two teams of … integrated strategy for the company. Second-place team members, left to right, Brandon Westbrooks, Derek Gleaton, … Andrew Charles and Crizio Sinuraya. Second-place team members Team captain Derek Gleaton of Three Rivers, Michigan …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71581
Students learn of triumph and persistence in life of Walt Disney
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… learn of triumph and persistence in life of Walt Disney Submitted by Deanne Puca on WMU Lee Honors College students at … Mich.—The Disney name evokes nostalgia for many who remember their first visit to the Magic Kingdom, treasured … University students this summer had the opportunity to look behind the curtain at the process and journey of creator …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54752
Meet Trey: Organizational change leadership (M.A.'17)
College of Education and Human Development
… types of projects involving people. So I often will describe the work I have at Bronson is, I get to take care of the … patient care. And so this program allowed me to to get better at that. Getting better at changing or managing … classes I had with him about taking that theoretical, academic research and then taking it and applying in the real …
https://wmich.edu/education/spotlight-trey
An ‘open heart’ opens the mind: Students find value in giving and receiving through service learning
W Magazine
… An ‘open heart’ opens the mind: Students find value in giving and receiving through … good citizens. You might ask what’s motivating this good behavior? Pride—and a trip to the school store stocked with all the goodies you can imagine. Before the pandemic, you could walk the halls of the school …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69884
Communication professor's immersive exhibit in media and news literacy will debut at Kalamazoo Valley Museum
College of Arts and Sciences
… and news literacy will debut at Kalamazoo Valley Museum Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sue Ellen Christian … “The attacks on honest journalism and the popularity of belief over fact are serious concerns in our society right … and why? What does this message want me to do, think or believe? The digital games and interactive kiosks are …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67102
Gov. Snyder announces new teaching fellows
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… Gov. Snyder announces new teaching fellows Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Woodrow Wilson … student achievement by placing into secondary-school classrooms career changers or recent college graduates who are … programs. Goals of this initiative are to attract the best candidates to teaching, cut teacher attrition, put …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/779
NYT gives first study abroad innovation award to WMU faculty
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… gives first study abroad innovation award to WMU faculty Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Palmer and Harrison … KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two Western Michigan University faculty members have earned the inaugural New York Times inEducation … of how The New York Times news, content and archives can be used to enhance education-abroad learning before, during …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/11/50449