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Two WMU researchers answer invitation to visit White House
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… a grant program funding work they are doing to develop new ways to increase the degree completion of first-generation, … Dr. Andrea Beach and Monica Liggins-Abrams were in Washington for the annual meeting of research principals for … to degree completion. Beach, who co-directs WMU's grant project with Liggins-Abrams and Physics Professor Dr. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/04/31523
Panel to tackle integrity of criminal justice system
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… P.C. in Kalamazoo; and Donya Davis , a WMU Cooley Innocence Project exoneree. Tonya Krause-Phelan , auxiliary dean and … Division, and the Special Response Team until he was promoted to sergeant in 2005, serving as detective … Court of Appeals in Grand Rapids. In December of 1997, she was hired at the Kent County Prosecutor's Office in their …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/38393
WMU Ethics Center announces keynote speaker on privilege in research ethics
Study of Ethics in Society
… Foundations and Practices in Research Ethics.” NSF awarded the Ethics Center $49,792 for a one-year grant to … diverse audiences. Privileged Logics 2024 aims to r aise awareness about issues of privilege in research ethics , … practices that already exist in research ethics. This project promotes fairness and equity in science, in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73512
Advertising team places third in district competition
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… presented a three-phase campaign. "The judges' feedback was very positive for our team's submission," says Dr. Karen … and the focus on consumer-generated content." The WMU team was among 20 teams from universities across the region and … as the advertising and promotion major student's capstone project in the Integrated Marketing Communications Campaigns …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/04/367
WMU 3D printers producing face shields and masks for health care workers
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… and transparency sheets similar to those used for overhead projectors. WMU's information technology unit has enough … material to create 1,500 shields, with more material on the way. Each shield takes about 45 minutes to produce. “With … running simultaneously all day, we expect to make upward of at least 70 shields per day,” Ledbetter says. Shield …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58813
WMU researcher's grant renewed for investigation of employment barriers among marginalized populations
College of Education and Human Development
… of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, has been awarded a five-year, $150,000 Langston University grant to … a historically Black college/university, Peterson was part of a $4.6 million, five-year grant from the … Research. The grant provides funding to multiple research projects, all aiming to reduce the disparities in employment …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73205
Trustees agree to 18-month extension on Cole-Gilmore property
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… would allow the task force more time to identify a final project. For more news, arts and events , visit …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/08/26184
WMU earns seventh consecutive Tree Campus USA designation
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… designation Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU was one of two Michigan universities to be recognized as a … establish and sustain healthy community forests. WMU was one of 29 U.S. colleges and universities, and only two … expenditures. A tree-related student service-learning project. An Arbor Day observance. "The honor of a Tree …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22470
Chinese research grants available to faculty
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… of an academic book. Applicant salary and research hardware expenses are not eligible expenses. Funded projects must be completed in the calendar year beginning May 1 following announcement of the award, and awardees will be required to submit a two-page …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19724
Archie E. Watson obituary
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… Archie E. Watson obituary Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Archie E. Watson Archie E. Watson , assistant professor emeritus of … time as a consultant for the WMU/Battle Creek Teacher Corps Project as well as coordinator of student teachers at the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19654