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Undergraduate selected to receive prestigious Boren Scholarship

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… Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Wiley Wiley is an honors student double majoring in Spanish and global and international studies and minoring in … Argentina and felt the impacts of economic and political crisis in that country. She chose to pursue a study abroad …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47663

WMU engineers design novel methods that could accelerate virus vaccine development

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… research studies using new methods that could help scientists create more effective vaccines for viral infections … the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an as-yet unpublished paper titled “Structural Motifs, Disorder, and the Efficacy of Viral Vaccines” recently …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/60015

Financial, academic support available for student-parents in need of child care assistance

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… available for student-parents in need of child care assistance Submitted by Erin Flynn on Gabriel Josts makes a … Josts , a busy, curious, almost 18-month-old boy, spends his time at day care playing pretend, chasing friends on the … my wife makes as a teacher weekly. We would have been struggling financially and with a whole bunch of other things if …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/07/64780

Evolving Waldo Library for students

University Libraries

… student accessibility and interactions. Dean Julie Garrison walked the lower level during the renovation project … for students. “We have the honor of being the stewards of this library,” says Julie Garrison , dean of University Libraries. “We have the …

https://wmich.edu/library/updates/2024/02/impact-report-evolving-waldo

Roosevelt Montás - Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation

Humanities

… Senior Lecturer in American Studies and English at Columbia University.  Montás holds an A.B. (1995), an M.A. (1996), and a Ph.D. (2004) in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University.  He … with a particular interest in American citizenship.  His dissertation, Rethinking America: Abolitionism and the …

https://wmich.edu/events/74835

Most WMU offices closed Labor Day weekend

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… closed Monday, Sept. 5 , in observance of U.S. Labor Day. Listed below are Labor Day weekend hours for select … to call ahead to make sure that a particular office is open before driving to campus. For emergencies only, … Monday, Sept. 3-5, are: the Bernhard Information Desk, Biggby Coffee, Buster's/Textbook Alley, Santorini Grill and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/08/34340

Amy Avery

Dance

… Instructor, American Sports & Fitness Association Amy Avery is a Part-time Instructor II in the School of Theatre and … Arts degree in Dance from Western Michigan University. She is a Certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor … through the American Sport and Fitness Association. Amy is the creator of the WMU Certificate in Dance Studio …

https://wmich.edu/dance/directory/avery

Scholar examines role of social media in mass violence

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… , in the Brown & Gold room in WMU's Bernhard Center. It is free and open to the public making headlines Benesch's … man used Facebook to broadcast mosque massacres live in Christchurch, New Zealand. In this attack, and many others, perpetrators have shared and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52594

History

School of Communication

… History The School of Communication is one of the oldest departments at Western Michigan … to the teaching training curriculum. Since its genesis, the School of Communication has taken many incarnations, …

https://wmich.edu/communication/about/history

Confined Space Entry Policy

Environmental Health and Safety

… Policy Confined Space Entry Policy Purpose The purpose of this confined space policy is to protect Western Michigan University (WMU) employees … that can be aspirated to cause death by filling or plugging the respiratory system or that can exert enough force …

https://wmich.edu/ehs/policies/confined-space