The Office of the Vice President for Research works to advance the overall discovery enterprise at Western Michigan University with its four focused areas of service:
Strategic planning and initiatives.
Support for faculty, staff and students in their creative activities, discovery and research endeavors through grant proposals and contracts or sub-awards.
Compliance with University policies along with all appropriate federal and state regulations.
Technology and innovation advancement and knowledge dissemination, along with commercialization, patents and licensing of new technologies.
Drs. Patricia Reeves and Jianping Shen will use one of the largest single grants ever awarded to WMU for a three-year effort aimed at intense school leadership development in high-poverty schools across West Michigan.
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition has awarded a $2.6 million grant to a team of WMU professors to boost professional development efforts for teachers working with English learners.
Dr. Stephen Magura has received a $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, to fund a major three-year project to study the effectiveness of national behavioral health registers.
Presentations by these candidates have been scheduled. All presentations are from 1:30 to 3 p.m. • Wednesday, Oct. 18, Fetzer Center's Putney Auditorium, Dr. Sherine Obare • Tuesday, Oct. 24, Fetzer Center's Putney Auditorium, Dr. Richard Inouye • Thursday, Oct. 26, Rooms 157-159 of the Bernhard Center, Dr. Terri Goss Kinzy • Tuesday, Oct. 31, Fetzer Center's Putney Auditorium, Dr. Kent Keyser
The 13th International Conference on the Arts in Society to be held June 27-29, 2018 invites proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, virtual lightning talks, virtual posters, or colloquia. Submission due date is Nov. 27, 2017.
Drs. Ariel Anderson, Louann Bierlein Palmer and Gwen Tarbox will be recognized as recipients of this year's Distinguished Teaching Awards during WMU's Academic Convocation Friday, Oct. 6.
Dr. Gellert Mezei will be presented the 2017 Emerging Scholar Award during WMU's academic convocation ceremonies at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 6, in the Bernhard Center.
Dr. Xiaoyun Shao, associate professor of civil and construction engineering, and Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, have received a National Science Foundation EAGER grant expected to total $111,834.
Dr. Charles R. Henderson, director of WMU's Mallinson Institute for Science Education, has received a National Science Foundation grant of $622,992 in support of his project, which evaluates instructional strategies.
Drs. Charles Henderson and Andrea Beach have received a $905,141 grant from the National Science Foundation to support their work on institutional change in higher education.
Experience some of the ground-breaking work being done by WMU researchers and scholars.
October18
Candidate presentation
For the position of vice president for research, Dr. Sherine Obare, WMU, Fetzer Center's Putney Auditorium, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Free.
October23
Colloquium
"How might Physics Education Research facilitate the coming computational revolution?" by Dr. Danny Caballero, Michigan State University, 1110 Rood Hall, 4 p.m. Free.
October24
Candidate presentation
For the position of vice president for research, Dr. Richard Inouye, Utah State University, Fetzer Center's Putney Auditorium, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Free.
October26
Candidate presentation
For the position of vice president for research, Terri Goss Kinzy, Rutgers University, 157-159 Bernhard Center, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Free.
October30
Geosciences Seminar Series
"Statistical analysis of soil moisture impacts on climate extremes," Lei Meng, Department of Geography and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, WMU, 1118 Rood Hall, 4 p.m. Free.
