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Counseling alum writes her trauma and journey to heal with memoir

College of Education and Human Development

… her trauma and journey to heal with memoir Submitted by Chris Hybels on Demarra West, author of "Me Too: A Therapist's … that I use to help support my clients and community. But what I realized through finding these practices that I had … that I faced in terms of trauma, the aftermath and struggle to talk about it and allow for my healing journey," …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75465

Groundbreaking enzyme discovery leads to Western professor receiving prestigious National Science Foundation prize

News

… Groundbreaking enzyme discovery leads to Western professor receiving prestigious … by Erin Flynn on Dr. Ricky Stull, right, works in his lab after receiving the NSF's CAREER Award. Undergraduate … something that is completely unknown, that we have no idea what the answer will be, because no one's ever done it …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70536

Music challenge aims to build harmony, community from a distance

News

… Music challenge aims to build harmony, community from a distance Submitted by Erin Flynn on Watch Blake Morgan (left) … show that we can still make music together," Code says. He is now challenging the WMU community to join in, using the … our community to share videos with each other engaged in what we all love to do—make music." Kennedy Dixon , a senior …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58869

The Labor of Research in Modern Academia

Medieval Institute Publications

… am happy to see The Language of Heresy in Late Medieval English Literature released—and I appreciate so much the work … Institute Publications and De Gruyter have done on this book. I have nothing but praise for the editors and … of an adjunct. Or an even higher teaching load. This is what academia, in 2024, looks like. And it doesn’t look set …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/blog/2024/04/labor-research-modern-academia

WMU researcher's grant renewed for investigation of employment barriers among marginalized populations

College of Education and Human Development

… barriers among marginalized populations Submitted by Chris Hybels on Dr. Gemarco Peterson KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western … Michigan University's  Dr. Gemarco Peterson,  assistant professor in the Department of Counselor Education … respectively, individuals from underserved populations. "What we've started doing is conducting preliminary analyses …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73205

Adults Preparing for Work Clinic

Occupational Therapy

… Therapy for Adults Preparing for Work clinical program is located within the College of Health and Human Services … by counselors at Michigan Rehabilitation Services. There is on-going communication between the occupational therapy … or training within a group format. The interests and what will be of most benefit to the customer will always be …

https://wmich.edu/ot/academics/fieldwork/preparing-work

2019-20 Events and Colloquia

Psychology

… to improve productivity and outcomes. While not unique in this respect, academic workplaces, especially those in higher … use and respond to these strategies, we must understand what we are saying. The term bidirectional naming (BiN) has … and categorization tasks. These results suggest that to solve complex tasks participants must be …

https://wmich.edu/psychology/2019-20-events

Prior Years’ Results

Sustainability

… climate change. Solutions from the Previous Years Challenge is heading into another year of innovation with the Bronco … sustainability relatable and inclusive. Despite challenges, what kept us going was a strong belief in our idea, the … into opportunity, and stay committed to a mission that is bigger than ourselves.   Presentations from 2023-24 and …

https://wmich.edu/sustainability/bronco-challenge/results

Teaching and Archaeology

Fort St. Joseph Archaelogical Project

… interest in bringing archaeology into your classroom.   This curriculum  was designed to fit within the Michigan standards for 5th grade and includes suggestions for a pre-lesson on archaeology and archaeologists … time you can incorporate a hands-on lesson will reinforce what students have learned and aid in learning retention.  I …

https://wmich.edu/fortstjoseph/outreach/teaching