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WMU awarded $3.7 million for programs in blindness and low vision
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… Orientation and mobility professionals supported by this award will teach safe and efficient travel … percentage of the overall population and require crucial support for education, workforce training and ultimate … the National Eye Institute estimated that there were up to 5 million Americans who were visually impaired and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20138
New Michigan budget includes $4M for WMU autism initiatives
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… colleges and universities. Developing innovative on-campus support networks for college students on the autism spectrum. … this state, we will no longer have families waiting up to two years to get services." Joining O'Brien for the … and State Rep. Aric Nesbitt , both of Lawton, who supported the funding decision. The new funding is part of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16702
Professor's documentary to screen at Waterfront Film Festival
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… in video production and post-production. We created a very supportive team. Everyone brought wonderful enthusiasm and … footage. In all, she worked on the project for a year, logging well over 100 hours. "It was really a great … says Masters, who now lives in Saginaw and works as a freelance video editor. "I'm hoping the experience will help …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/06/16566
Southwest Michigan slates Chávez dinner, awards program
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… works at all hours and on weekends making home visits to support as well as recruit migrant families in labor camps. … it, "Our mission is to make America stronger, healthier and freer than when we found her." Betances grew up in the inner city and dropped out of school, yet went on …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14270
WMU wins $500,000 grant to create wide range of autism services
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… Lt. Gov. Brian Calley. Online and on-site training of supervisors for practitioners wishing to become board … certified behavior analysts, whose training requires a supervised training module. By training more supervisors, it is hoped more practitioners will obtain their …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13787
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
Responsibilities for Data Security
Information Technology
… or University owned network servers that are backed up regularly. Secured servers can be accessed from both on … software where definition files are current and routinely updated in order to prevent damage or compromise to … grade information tied to a student including individual assignment grades and final course grades. Student work, such …
https://wmich.edu/it/responsibilitiesdatasecurity
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
Program celebrates 40 years of supporting "ATYP-ical" young students
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… Program celebrates 40 years of supporting "ATYP-ical" young students Submitted by Deanne … a milestone Middle school students wait to be picked up outside of Sangren Hall from their ATYP classes. On … of the Zhang Legacy Collections Center . The endowment supports an ATYP coordinator position; the inaugural …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/67780
Carls Foundation awards $314,400 to help children hear
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… 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