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Future Broncos use talents to help frontline health care workers
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… the charge to equip critical care providers battling the novel coronavirus pandemic. Using their engineering skills, … do with my time that would benefit people in need … and now I am able to do that with my skill set.” Barker found a … will help me achieve my dream, because WMU alum are known for finding a job after graduation in the field that …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59007
WMU Graduate College going the distance for master’s and doctoral students
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… distance for master’s and doctoral students Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Western Michigan University Graduate … set retreat goals to measure their progress. Students blogged twice each day and developed short and longer writing …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59847
Unmasking the stigma surrounding face coverings
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… at Western Michigan University, who argues masks are not about individuals at all. "The reason you wear a mask is not only so you don't get sick. The reason you wear a mask … swing state … and this is going to be very politicized." Digging below the surface politics of mask-wearing, a much …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59906
Western researchers land $2.5M grant to accelerate energy efficiency in autonomous vehicles
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… land $2.5M grant to accelerate energy efficiency in autonomous vehicles Submitted by Erin Flynn on Dr. Zachary D. … Nicolas Brown, a doctoral student in the Efficient and Autonomous Vehicles Lab, stand next to their autonomous research vehicle. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Automation is the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/07/64919
Five questions with author Dr. Hedy Habra
University Libraries
… art forms such as cinema, music, and dance, and is no longer limited to description but to interpretation and … times with the artist. When I write ekphrastic poetry, I do not aim at offering a mere description of the work of art … different facets of love, friendship, desire, loss, struggle, self-reflection, stages of life, and aging. In many …
https://wmich.edu/library/updates/2024/01/five-questions-hedy-habra
WMU Libraries awards nineteen grants for open textbook adoptions
University Libraries
… to instructors interested in adopting open textbooks—low or no-cost alternatives to traditional textbooks. The six … reported that their students were appreciative of not having the extra expense of textbooks. In a follow-up … Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences Michael Famiano, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences David Flanagan, …
https://wmich.edu/library/updates/2020/10/oer-grants
December 2022 Newsletter
Research and Innovation
… out the semester, I’d like to take the time to thank and acknowledge the hard work of staff and faculty toward research, innovation and creative scholarship. It has been an exciting … with minimum maintenance. Dr. Attanayake states that “the biggest challenges that we have are to make sure that the …
https://wmich.edu/research/dec22newsletter
Sew worth it—fashion design students use skills to craft masks for hospital workers
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… have called sewing a dying skill. That skill, however, is now helping protect frontline medical professionals from the … was an awesome chance to bring together design students who normally only have the opportunity to sew together when it's … she says. "We were able to do something together that was bigger than us and forget for a moment about the chaos around …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58737
Frontline for relief: WMU team helps small businesses survive COVID-19 impacts
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… many small businesses throughout West Michigan are struggling to make ends meet. From lack of sales to growing … aid. However, preparing to secure disaster relief is no small feat, a detail the Michigan Small Business Development Center—SBDC—knows all too well. Housed within Western Michigan …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58749
Willow Martin: Finding your balance
Haworth College of Business
… to check in with classmates on FaceTime to catch up on notes and other course essentials. As she traveled to … Paula Eckert, her grandparents made a surprise appearance, not realizing that Martin was in class, and the class could … Palmer has started to do group chat through Elearning at normal class time to get participation points. This is nice …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58744