Our Shared Work
‘Creating Pathways Where None Seem to Exist’
Dr. Gilda Gely is executive vice president for academics at Davenport University. She served as a WMCAT board member from 2020-2023 and donates monthly to ...
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Rooted In Community
For Tim and Shoran Williams, their giving philosophy is rooted in community — and they see WMCAT’s mission as a mirror of their own life ...
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‘You Can Count on Us’
Imagining the future is about more than hopes and dreams — it’s about creating the conditions for lasting change. Kaellen and Daniel Williams have spent ...
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The “WMCAT Effect” : A Culture of Opportunity
At the West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology we witness what is called the “WMCAT effect.” It’s the transformation that happens when students develop ...
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‘Full Circle of Support’
Stephanie Collier has a vision for her community: “My dream is for all of us to be at the same table, on the same page, ...
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Investing in Confidence
Do you consider yourself confident? How has confidence influenced your life? At the West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology, we know confidence doesn’t just ...
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Impact of an Educator
Maleika Joubert Brown didn’t always want to be a teacher. She took steps toward becoming a child psychologist, then a school counselor, before pursuing a ...
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Create Opportunity for Students to Embrace their “Why”
Do you know your “why”? The reason you show up every day to work, family, and community; the thing that keeps you pushing forward on ...
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Building a Bigger Table in Tech
Jessica Plowman is uniquely familiar with the opportunities she and her wife, Jennifer, are helping to provide through their monthly gift to WMCAT. She played ...
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Teen artists amplify their voices with Black History designs in all Meijer stores
WMCAT Teen Artists Anala Millbrooks and Minni Peters and WMCAT Teaching Artist Jalexia Stoutmyre joined forces to create original Black History Month designs for apparel ...
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Create a Place for Pathmakers: Support WMCAT Today
If you were to plot your journey through school and career, what would it look like? Is it a straight line? Or does it look ...
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Supporting WMCAT: Be Part of the Work
Lynzey and Travis Gibbons, with their son Silas, are WMCAT Opportunity Curators. Travis and Lynzey Gibbons are new parents who are NOT new to philanthropy. ...
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