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Healing arts in the spotlight during WMU Humanities Center season

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… of Pi" won the 2002 Man Booker Prize and became an academy award-winning motion picture. His talk, titled "Healing … for Fiction as well as the 2001-03 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. Martel was born in Spain, and his first … to write a story about sharing a lifeboat with a large cat after reading a review of the novella "Max and the Cats" by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19571

Group started to fill students' critical unmet needs

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… Student Affairs. Students will be escorted to the pantry after showing their Bronco IDs to a staff member in that … Whole-grain dry cereals and pastas. Dried (preferred) or water-packed fruits and vegetables. Olive oil and dried …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/09/18486

WMU teams identify potential for seven-figure Detroit city savings

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… Garage, a citywide vehicle maintenance and parts warehouse facility, and the Shoemaker Terminal Garage, a bus … Detroit mayor’s office, city council members and major city services department heads. The teams' reports outlined work … nation, became involved with the city's focus initiatives after several months of conversation about needs and goals. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17539

Broncos receive 2023 Excellence in Diversity Awards for commitment to diversity and inclusion

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… Broncos receive 2023 Excellence in Diversity Awards for commitment to diversity and inclusion Submitted by … recognize recipients of the 2023 Excellence in Diversity Award at this academic year’s Fall Awards Celebration on … of student recruitment and outreach and director of student services in the College of Aviation before coming to the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/09/72744

Detroit enlists help of WMU teams to boost city operational efficiency

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… Monette of Sterling Heights; current student Leo Bieniek of Warren; alumnus Joe Fleck of Oakland, a retired senior … lean systems to the projects, with the goals of eliminating waste, reducing expenditures, and providing the structure, … program became involved with the city's focus initiatives after several months of conversation about needs and goals. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16655

Getting it done

Haworth College of Business

… work and daily life. They come from her grandmother, a Word War II labor camp survivor and immigrant who often invoked … quote, and one that keeps me going,” says Montague. “I want to be successful, so I must take the necessary steps to … associate at Alvarez & Marsal on March 23, just a few days after things began shutting down. She found herself on video …

https://wmich.edu/business/montague2021

WMU researchers awarded NIH grant to improve canes used by blind

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… WMU researchers awarded NIH grant to improve canes used by blind Submitted by … . The grant, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, was awarded to Drs. … years. Kim decided to investigate canes and cane techniques after first noticing differences in the detection of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15729

WMU Graduate Standard - Walwood History

Graduate College

… WMU Graduate Standard - Walwood History WMU Graduate Standard: Graduate College Spotlight A Brief History of Walwood Hall—by Carson Leftwich “My husband and I met at a … the Dean of Women, Bertha Davis founded the group after learning with horror that a number of female students …

https://wmich.edu/grad/wmugradstandard-2018f-wallwood

WMU's Unified Clinics offer specialty care to thousands each year

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… their future professions. Through these outpatient clinical services, which include occupational therapy, … spoon designed to be virtually spill-proof, but his goal was to go from swivel spoon to regular utensil. "By the end … who was inspired to pursue a degree in occupational therapy after observing the care and comfort an OT provided her …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45318

Betting on an adventure: Bryan Cranston brings story of alumnus who beat the lottery to the big screen

W Magazine

… in a sleepy town stumbles on a lottery loophole, finding a way to take luck out of the equation and make millions. The … four choices—A, B, C, D—pick one of those letters and always answer your questions you don't know with that same … on an ice fishing trip with his son and son-in-law shortly after making the discovery. "I had already determined this …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68890