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Student Perspectives
Precollege Programming
… '18, Calvin University ATYP can often be hard to keep up with but it is a lot of fun once you get through the … the text beyond just what is on the page. As far as assignments go, ATYP challenges its students to push … ATYP, besides being a memorable acronym, is a completely freeing experience. For once in my life, I have the ability …
https://wmich.edu/precollege/atyp/studentperspectives
Lice
Sindecuse Health Center
… and risk factors Head lice infect hair on the head. Tiny eggs on the hair look like flakes of dandruff. However, … of flaking off the scalp, they stay put. Head lice can live up to 30 days on a human. Their eggs can live for more than … nits) on the bottom of each hair that are hard to get off Signs and tests Head lice can be hard to see. You need to …
https://wmich.edu/healthcenter/clinic/self-care/lice
Carls Foundation awards $314,400 to help children hear
News
… has given $314,400 to Western Michigan University to support programs designed to help older children with hearing problems. The … hearing screening has reduced the age of identification significantly, not all cases of permanent childhood hearing …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1243
Statement on Social and Racial Justice
Seita Scholars Program
… hopes and dreams that intersect in ways that would light up like a starlit sky. As a group, college students from foster care are beautifully … toward a vision of support and services that openly and freely embraces equality and social justice, staff of the …
https://wmich.edu/fosteringsuccess/statement-on-social-racial-justice
Interview with David Hadbawnik, Editor of Postmodern Poetry and Queer Medievalisms: Time Mechanics
Medieval Institute Publications
… time we read an older piece of poetry in English and struggle with antiquated diction. Words that held currency and … contemporary English, we might simply clear those away and "update" the language. But in the second part of the … adaptation called "The Mere Wife" in 2015, followed that up with an actual "Beowulf" translation that came out in …
https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/hadbawnik-interview
Services
Upjohn Center for the Study of Geographical Change
… decision-making at all levels of public service. The Upjohn Center at WMU continues a tradition of over 20 years … county, choose appropriate new or renewal layer at the ShopWMU website and type County/State name in the Authorization … out – download AvenzaMap app and search “ WMU Grad ” for a free download bundle to get a taste of our product. Our maps …
https://wmich.edu/geographicalchange/services
Michigan Geological Survey receives $14 million in funding
College of Arts and Sciences
… are excited and grateful that this funding will once again support the survey to conduct resource assessments and … 167 of 2011, the scientific functions of the survey were assigned to Western, which was already home to the Michigan … of the MGS and director of MGRRE. “This really is a significant turning point that can lead to impactful …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73664
Haworth College of Business alumni recognition program wins award
Haworth College of Business
… 30 program has received the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Gold Award for Best New Alumni Program. … , project leader and editor; Liz Haskin , graphic and web designer; Cindy Wagner , web designer; Ashlie Harper Perry , writer; and Samantha Hooker , …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/12/57002
New climate and energy advisor develops vision for cleaner, greener Michigan
News
… thinker who knows how to set objectives that matter, design programs to accomplish those objectives and measure … U.S. Climate Alliance toward the goal of reducing emissions up to 28% by 2050 which aligns with the Paris Agreement—a global climate effort signed by nearly 200 countries. Brown hopes to surpass that …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/08/54484
Faucet attachment cuts down on grease and the competition at Bronco Pitch
Haworth College of Business
… Haworth College of Business. The Lux Scrub, an invention designed to clean dishes better than any sponge, scrub pad or dishwasher alone comes from the creative minds of a group of industrial and entrepreneurial engineering students. … of Nairobi, Kenya with a $500 prize for their solution to foggy glasses. T.E.G. Glasses is an implement for frames that …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67954