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Through community partnerships, Western professor highlights history of African American Muslims in Detroit
News
… have a very rich and complicated history." Perkins is now working in partnership with Dream of Detroit , a nonprofit … grants to Muslim organizations and leaders advancing social good, Perkins recently received one of five $10,000 … and it's also impacting their sense of community." Valuable Experience It's also helping a Western student take …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/07/64682
Cultural Anthropology
Intercultural and Anthropological Studies
… research mostly in the non-Western world, today they work across the gamut of institutions and cultural settings … Department of Anthropology at Western Michigan University work in several geographic areas: East Africa; Japan; Latin … pursue their own research. In general, departmental faculty work in several overlapping areas, as well as some unique …
https://wmich.edu/intercultural/academics/anthropology/cultural
Graduate Auditions
Piano
… stylistic eras, with one of pieces a large-scale piano work such as a multi-movement sonata. While a live audition …
https://wmich.edu/piano/auditions/graduate
Serving the community during the COVID-19 pandemic: My experience with Meals on Wheels
Sustainable Business Practices
… many opportunities to serve were “off limits” because of social distancing, one organization that desperately needed … I quickly learned how the system of drivers and “hoppers” works. We volunteered in teams of two; one person drove the …
https://wmich.edu/sustainablebusiness/spiegla2020
WMU's campus sexual assault prevention state funding increases
News
… Theatre for Community Health peer education and two social marketing campaigns. The grant was the result of … and I hope to see it continue long into the future. Our work is far from over, and we must continue investing in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/11/50527
ATYP Recruitment Information
Precollege Programming
… total income and number of dependents (please black out the social security numbers). Copy of a letter stating your …
https://wmich.edu/precollege/atyp/qualifying/information
B.F.A. with an emphasis in Printmedia
Gwen Frostic School of Art
… in Printmedia Prof. Patricia Villalobos Echeverría (right) working with visiting artist Prof. Sangmi Yoo Prof. Nichole Maury working with student Law Stout The printmedia area is an … new methods in contemporary art such as research into art, social and contextual practices. The aim is to engage …
https://wmich.edu/art/academics/printmedia
Educational leadership alum wins grant from the Dominican Republic to analyze cultural identity in visual arts
College of Education and Human Development
… are inspired by and reference international peers in their works. But can it be forgetful of their cultural identity? … is still a need to convey a clear idea of the historical, social and cultural context in which it emerges. "The main … Pimentel. "I expect that this research will generate valuable and transformative knowledge that contributes to the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74388
Gender and Women's Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
… field that asks questions about gender and other socially constructed aspects of our identities. Our learning and research focus on critical thinking and social transformation, in conversation with local and global …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/academics/gender
Brown University professor to kick off Ethics Center fall 2017 season
News
… emailing jessica.griffith@med.wmich.edu. Baruch's academic work centers on the belief that medicine is a creative act, … Center for the Humanities at Brown, and the focus of his work involves developing a program in pragmatic medical … Brown and Gold Room, Bernhard Center, "Criminal Justice, Social Justice and Climate Justice." Wednesday, Dec. 6: Dr. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42292