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Area youths participating in 2016 Asylum Lake Adventure Day
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… nature center and WMU's landscape services department with support from the University's Office of the President. About … hands-on environmental lessons at educational stations set up throughout the Asylum Lake Preserve. Others will act as … participating schools and school districts, with funding support coming from the Kalamazoo Community Foundation and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32040
Learning across the globe in WMU's College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
… study. “The College of Arts and Sciences is incredibly supportive of study abroad programs, encouraging their … peoples and cultures, more compassionate about their struggles, more sensitive to other people’s needs.” With these … impacts every aspect of life, Orbe says, and while there is significant cultural diversity in the United States, it’s …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2025/05/cas-magazine-studyabroad
World’s medievalists to convene virtually during annual congress
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… David Konstan , New York University. Virtual talent show Upload a short video to the virtual talent show from May 7- … ask questions about their offerings. Registrants can set up private appointments to meet with individual exhibitors, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/63939
WMU’s Food Marketing Conference to draw over 700 industry leaders
Haworth College of Business
… this year, the conference is packing "a stellar speaker lineup," says Dr. Frank Gambino , professor of marketing and … attendance to reach more than 700 people, and possibly up to 1,000, as a lineup of sought-after speakers takes the … from Kroger, Trader Joe's, 7-Eleven, Rite Aid, Kellogg and H-E-B Food-Drugs. About the conference Now in its …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30897
Professor’s research in Ecuador helps create globally engaged students
College of Arts and Sciences
… as she has studied both Ecuadorian women diagnosed with lupus and the effects of globalization on the city of Cuenca. … once considered ‘isolated’ but since 1988 there has been significant migration of workers to the United States who … women diagnosed with the chronic illness systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with the goal to collect “illness …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/miles-ecuador
Western alum appointed to leadership post in U.S. Department of Transportation
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… commission's community development committee, and showing up and participating in volunteer activities were all … class in 2005. Bolstered by faculty who Brown says "supported and encouraged me, wrote letters of recommendation, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/63812
Now is good time to consider winter weather issues
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… rushing to work who has slipped on the ice before and ended up with a broken bone. To view the Winter Safety Tips PDF, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/29989
WMU instructor and education students make privacy screens for virtual learning
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… parents purchased dozens of privacy screens kids can set up to block out the background during their virtual classes. … where they're actually teaching as well. They saw the struggle immediately, because half of the students they work … 60 decorated privacy screens to the Friends of KPS Supply Closet, which was created earlier this year to help …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62393
Pathways of Change: Natives, Newcomers, and the Waterways of Northeastern North America
College of Arts and Sciences
… eastern Canada on the St. Lawrence River and north to the “Upper Country” (pays d’en haut) around the Great Lakes, said … of the native peoples. In spring as soon as the ice broke up, French traders went to the Upper Country (pays d’en haut). They used canoes, a …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/brandao-pathways-change
Passion for helping drives family studies graduate's success
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… definitely a place where you can go and thrive." Marin grew up going to Camp Blodgett, then volunteering and working as … education," she says, grateful for her family's constant support on her journey. "So, I'm just really proud, really … made at WMU to the Foundation Scholars program . "The support I've gained has definitely helped me be more social …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62463