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Fall registration underway for low-cost Chinese culture courses
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… for fall Chinese culture courses that begin the week of Sept. 24 . The low-cost courses are open to the public. A half-price tuition discount is offered to those age 55 and older, WMU part-time faculty and … pay no tuition, except for Tai Chi classes, which are offered to all WMU faculty and staff members at a half-price …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1645
WMU trustees select new board secretary
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… its Dec. 8 meeting, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees named Dr. Kahler B. Schuemann to serve as … down from the position after more than three decades of support for the governing board. Schuemann, whose new … administration from Michigan State University in 2004 and a bachelor's degree in history and secondary education from …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/28993
WMU's ROTC leadership program to be focus at breakfast series
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… training will be the focus at the upcoming Mercantile Bank of Michigan Breakfast Speaker Series hosted by the Haworth College of Business. Lt. Col. Decker B. Hains , chair of WMU's Department of Military Science and Leadership, will give a presentation titled …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30988
Team discovers way to 'tune' abundant elements for semiconductor use
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… about the dwindling supply and skyrocketing prices of rare elements used to make semiconductors, an international team of scientists and engineers has demonstrated that a new … findings of the team's work, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.K. Engineering and Physical …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/10/28099
Celebrate faculty, staff achievement at Fall Convocation 2022
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… celebration on Friday, Sept. 16 , will recognize 15 of the University’s finest, including awards for those … a.m. in the North Ballroom with recognizing recipients of special honors presented by a variety of divisional … (STEP) manager for the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Thomas Howe , senior specialist and co-director of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69054
WMU public health, Unified clinics faculty forge ahead with experiential learning grants
College of Health and Human Services
… by Joel Krauss on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Three separate groups of faculty from Western Michigan University's College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) earned Experience-Driven Learning Venture Grants from the Office of the Provost. The grants are part of a program …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74883
Top seniors to be honored as 2013 Presidential Scholars
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… This year's 44 scholars were chosen from a senior class of 6,386 students. The Presidential Scholar designation is … featuring a keynote address by Dr. John M. Dunn, president of WMU. Also making remarks will be Dr. William G. Rantz, … Mich. Art— Lauren A. Thiele of Plymouth, Mich. Aviation Sciences— Kaitlin L. Klingler of Hillsdale, Mich. Biological …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5560
Using matrix theory to untangle social media explored in lecture
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… theory can uncover obscure relationships among members of a social network when he speaks later this month at Western Michigan University. Dr. Mark Embree, professor of computational applied mathematics at Rice, will … Virginia and received his undergraduate degree in computer science in mathematics at Virginia Tech, where he was …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2286
Child life student completes international internship
College of Education and Human Development
… Leffler on Student Julia Bice gains a deeper understanding of how culture and therapeutic child-centered play can connect. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—As part of the required internship hours for the child life track of Western Michigan University's family and consumer sciences master's degree program , Julia Bice took the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69576
Registration under way for spring Lifelong Learning classes
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… has begun for the spring 2012 classes being offered by Western Michigan University's Lifelong Learning Academy . The academy offers low-cost, short-term educational programs to older … enrichment, international themes, health, history, and science and technology. The spring 2012 session runs from …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/158