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Academic Convocation sets direction for 2014-15 academic year
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… formal annual academic convocation that will honor standout faculty and staff members and provide a platform for WMU's … University address as well as a series of awards honoring faculty and staff achievements and service. Held during the … convocation is designed as a signature event to welcome faculty, staff and students back to campus. The traditional …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19494
John D. Grace obituary
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… Dr. John D. Grace, a retired Western Michigan University faculty member, died May 21 due to complications following a fall. He was 79. Grace joined the WMU faculty in 1969 and retired in 1997 as professor emeritus of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/693
Western Wind Quintet performs at Dalton Center
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… of traditional chamber music. The group is a resident faculty ensemble in the WMU School of Music. Members of the … are held on Wednesdays and showcase guest artists, WMU faculty artists and ensembles, and WMU student groups. Each …
https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/120
Ethics Center announces book clubs for Spring 2025
Study of Ethics in Society
… Age of Machine Thinking by Shannon Vallor . Jon Milgrim , Faculty Specialist in the Department of Philosophy, will … for the Study of Ethics in Society was created after WMU faculty across the curriculum met to discuss their common …
https://wmich.edu/ethics/news/2025/01/ethics-books
Western staff honored for their commitment to student, University success
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… Award, one of the highest accolades bestowed upon nonfaculty employees by Western, and chosen from the Make a … of four other prestigious campuswide honors: Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Distinguished Service, Distinguished … her. She is committed to transforming how students, faculty, staff and off-campus patrons view the galleries and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68716
Top seniors to be honored as 2013 Presidential Scholars
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… March 21 , on campus in the Fetzer Center. Each year, faculty members from across the University select the most … remarks will be Dr. William G. Rantz, president of the WMU Faculty Senate, and Sean Nicholl, president of the Western … The Presidential Scholars Convocation is sponsored by WMU's Faculty Senate and Office of the President. For more …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5560
Survey shows campus diversity climate viewed as positive overall
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… such surveys. The respondents included 4,072 students, 493 faculty members, 924 staff members and 126 administrators. … more positive about the campus climate than the faculty, staff and administrators. Faculty consistently rated the diversity climate at WMU …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9448
Theoretical nuclear physicist to receive Emerging Scholar Award
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… awards: the Annual Make a Difference, Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Distinguished Service and Distinguished … Award program acknowledges the accomplishments of WMU faculty members who are among the rising stars in U.S. … education. It is designed to celebrate the contributions of faculty who are in the first decade of their careers at WMU …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/55331
Savings add up for students under Libraries' grants for free online textbooks
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… University Libraries awarded $1,000 grants each to 10 faculty and instructors. View the 2020-21 Open Textbook … that content for free online. With support from the grant, faculty and instructors replace higher-cost, traditional … his Advanced Research Methods in Psychology course after a Faculty Senate presentation on OER. "I was able to select my …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63257
New School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability positions WMU for the future
College of Arts and Sciences
… and Tourism into a single school is an exciting, faculty-driven step toward enhancing interdisciplinary … from the College of Arts and Sciences and the leadership of faculty and staff in bringing the School of Environment, … formally shifting focus to interdisciplinary academics, our faculty had been talking about and pursuing ways to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71600