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Jim Bachmeier, Vice President for Administration and Finance Administration & Finance Jim Bachmeier, who carries over 30 years of experience in higher education, serves as Ferris State University's Vice President for Administration and Finance. Bachmeier has a strong record of administrative, financial, operational and professional accomplishments and community engagement. He is a certified public accountant with extensive higher education experience at Grand Valley State University and Western Nebraska Community College....

loss of power for life-sustaining equipment transportation challenges meaning people have to evacuate without equipment they need nowhere to go because warning information and environments (such as the homes of friends or family, or evacuation facilities) are inaccessible. Disaster planning for people with disability matters. We perpetuate inequality with every step we don’t take, and risk entrenching disadvantage. And if you make things inclusive for people with disability, you tend to make it inclusive for large swathes of groups also at risk in emergencies, including older people, soci...

New playground, pavilion coming to Muskegon city park Updated Dec 23, 2020; Posted Dec 23, 2020 Muskegon's Aamodt Park, in the Jackson Hill neighborhood, is getting a large new play structure and picnic shelter. (Photo by Lynn Moore | MLive.com) Facebook Share MUSKEGON, MI – A neighborhood park in Muskegon’s Jackson Hill area is in line to get some much-needed love. Aamodt Park is one of the first of several city parks to get overdue upgrades, according to city officials. The city is planning a large new playground structure and picnic shelter at the 2-acre park off Marquette Avenue bet...

PWDs demand employers see beyond their impairment  December 20, 2020 Written by NATHAN ATILUK Eric Wakoko, the disability inclusion facilitator for Light for the World (L) wants employers to see beyond their physical disability Persons with disabilities (PWDs) want their workplaces to see them as persons first, and not a...

Disability Network of the Thumb helps Upper Thumb families through the pandemic Paige Withey, paige.withey@hearstnp.com FacebookTwitterEmail 3of3 UPPER THUMB — With the coronavirus pandemic taking a financial toll on individuals and families across the upper thumb, the Disability Network of the Thumb and Huron County Homeless Solutions is working harder than ever to help those struggling to pay back rent or utilities, through the help of some newly implemented state programs. Previously known as Blue Water Center for Independent Living, the Disability Network of the Thumb is the main housi...