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WMU garners $3.6 million in grants in three months

News

… lowest share at $720,125, or 20 percent. The three months combined pushed the University's year-to-date total of … Center for Disability Services. The grant, from Kalamazoo Community Mental Health Services, will provide daily living, communication, behavior control and social skill services to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5446

Gernant Gerontology Scholarship Fund

College of Health and Human Services

… services for older adults. He built alliances within the community that addressed the needs of aging people and used … held numerous posts in which he displayed a far-reaching compassion for people. His daughter Karen Gernant was quoted … up who didn't know where she could go." Gernant chaired the committee that founded the WMU College of Health and Human …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/gernant

Reimagining food, reimagining community

College of Arts and Sciences

… Reimagining food, reimagining community Kami Pothukuchi at the SEED Wayne Wednesday … urban agriculture movement in Detroit and how ideas about community are created through the practice of urban … and draw on a repertoire of strategies familiar to their communities. Thus, community is both an outcome of and a …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/pothukuchi-farmers-market

New collaborative home for student organizations at Western encourages engagement, boosts belonging

News

… student organizations (RSOs) holds the pulse of the Bronco community. Bash Shah, Thomas Ryder, Griffin Baginski and Sochy Urobi sit in a common space in the new SOC. "Hopefully it will really draw … Center), so people are going to be more inclined to come and talk and make friends," adds Thomas Ryder , a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/08/72511

MIDA Research Resources

Political Science

… World development indicators - The World Bank’s annual compilation of data about development. World Resources …

https://wmich.edu/politics/academics/mida/research

Ethics Center selects 3 engrossing books for spring discussions

News

… on the Migrant Trail" by Jason de Leon will be led by WMU comparative religion graduate student Coral Cervantes. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50863

Dual Pressure, Respiratory Assistance Device

Research and Innovation

… device as a stand-alone system, or they can replace one component of their bubble CPAP mechanism to create a “bubble …

https://wmich.edu/research/dual-pressure

HVAC Evaporative Pads with Chitosan

Research and Innovation

… Mondala et al. TAPPI IBBC Conference, Sept, 2014, Tacoma, WA     License Status: Available for Licensing        … toxicity, and the coating process uses no volatile organic compound (VOC) or petroleum-based barrier coating … environmentally benign methanol and acetic acid solvent or combined as an additive to the evaporative cooling pad as it …

https://wmich.edu/research/chitosan

Barrier Coatings Impervious to Water, Oil and Grease

Research and Innovation

… to water, oil, grease or even oxygen.  These materials are commonly covered with a barrier coating to prevent substance … based on the intended use of the coated material and are commercially available.  A binder, and a carrier made of … protection against water, oil & grease •    Uses commercially available components •    Water based barrier …

https://wmich.edu/research/barrier-coating

WMU provost again named among top 200 education scholars in the nation

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

… The RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings , an annual compilation curated by Rick Hess , director of education … reflects years of collaborative work with colleagues and communities. My commitment to shaping educational practice and policy is …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74507