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WMU to recognize top staff members for outstanding service

News

… excellence. 2012-13 recipients Debby Honsberger , utility worker in the Bernhard Café and Market Jill Hamilton , … the Bernhard Café and Market," one colleague wrote. "She does this with her positive attitude, her hard work, her … She is very responsive when asked for her suggestions on how to enhance business or the customer experience." Other …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9757

Persisting through the pandemic

W Magazine

… is not the same world it was a year ago. We’ve seen tremendous challenges—a pandemic, an economic crisis, political … Sime Curkovic provided business students with professional work experience by coordinating remote projects with … once COVID-19 happened, we would do a livestream of the show and that would be it," says Noelle Dewees, a junior …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63786

Student Spotlight: Jose Ortiz-Martinez – From Soccer Fields to Cybersecurity

Information Technology

… throws you out there—you learn a lot about people and how to talk to them correctly. It’s helped me grow … WMU was inspired by his sister, Evey Ortiz-Martinez, a standout alumna whose success story is well-known across campus. … and accessing—it’s more dynamic.” Jose Ortiz-Martinez works as a Tech One at WMU’s Technology Help Desk—helping …

https://wmich.edu/it/news/2025/06/jose-ortiz-martinez-it-student-highlight

Grad designs completely online introductory anatomy class

News

… a minimum of three or four trips to campus for laboratory work. In Paskin's class, students complete all labs at home. … "My main goal was to find a way that students could do hands-on lab experiments at home in a budget-friendly … are elementary, but you understand in greater detail how it relates to physiology and how things actually work in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4402

Aviation alum delivers critical supplies, personnel for pandemic response

News

… In order to save lives and protect vital frontline health workers, they need supplies and professional … 115 destinations across North America. “The flights that I do operate carry badly-needed essential health care … skills to fly an aircraft at a high level—included how the pilot fits into the global aviation industry, how to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58982

Theatre student gives back to hometown with youth summer program

News

… Beast." BATTLE CREEK, Mich.—College student juggles course work, auditions, a recording career and running a youth … a successful production of "Beauty and the Beast" with dozens of burgeoning performing artists. Austin is entering … a set and everything that it takes to put our entire show together," Austin says. "It's a lot of work, but it's a …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/08/jack-austin-youth-theatre-summer-program

WMU faculty head to South Africa, Thailand this summer on Fulbright Specialist Awards

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Awards to support overseas consulting and advocacy work this summer. Greg Jasperse , associate professor of … vocal pedagogy and vocal jazz arranging. “I got to see how another jazz and music department operates and how Wits … music in primary and secondary educational systems as we do.” Greg Jasperse, associate professor of applied jazz …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/06/fulbright-specialist-summer-2025

CAMP, family science alum prepares for career in bilingual childcare with El Concilio

College of Education and Human Development

… and through their preschool, Escuelita Nuevo Horizonte. However, Zuniga's first experience was as a volunteer in … as a learning experience for myself because I wanted to work with children," explains Zuniga. "I was learning and … trying new things on her own without us directing her to do it." Zuniga attributes this accomplishment to the child …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2024/08/family-science-camp-alum-internship-kalamazoo-elconcilio-preschool

Facing the future: Artificial intelligence is evolving at warp speed—but at what cost?

W Magazine

… the future and revolutionize the way we communicate, work and live—for better or worse. Drs. Autumn Edwards and … waves of it,” says Dr. Kuanchin Chen. “The question is, how are we going to create unique opportunities for humans … of quantum physics for a group of middle schoolers? It can do that. Want to create an agenda for a work meeting …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71771

WMU student develops AI solutions to enhance K-12 education assessment

College of Education and Human Development

… Studies in the use of artificial intelligence (AI). A doctoral student in the evaluation, measurement and research … scalability in student assessments. "My research looks into how well AI grading systems, especially ones using GPT, can … "These skills are central to 21st-century learning frameworks but notoriously difficult to assess fairly and …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2025/06/amoateng-artificial-intelligence-education-research