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Psychology department to host day-long focus on research
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… Feb. 14 , when Western Michigan University's Department of Psychology hosts its 11th annual Research Day. Research … to 4:10 p.m. in 1028 Brown Hall . It will feature the work of more than three dozen faculty members and graduate … nearly 60 prospective graduate students as well as members of the broader community. The event is free and open to the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/02/13485
Fotoula 'Tulla Kaz' Kazanowski obituary
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… Michigan University, died Jan. 7 . She was 89. Kazanowski, of Findlay, Ohio, joined the staff in 1959 and retired in 1990 after 31 years of service to the University. She spent her first decade at WMU working in the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs as a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/30233
Compensation project moves closer to rollout with Aon Hewitt visits
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… Michigan University moved closer to the rollout of a new compensation structure for nonbargaining staff … reviewing with managers and supervisors the first drafts of job classifications based on extensive input from employees. As of Jan. 20, more than 1,050 of the 1,270 individuals in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/22188
Business pitch competition open to WMU student entrepreneurs
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… pitch about an innovative business idea for an audience of potential investors. Students will be evaluated in progressive rounds by panels of judges comprised of faculty, entrepreneurs and members of the business …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21767
Center for Disability Services awarded accreditation
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… Center for Disability Services received the highest level of accreditation from a national organization that promotes quality, value and optimal outcomes of services for people with disabilities. The center has … for more than 30 years, in addition to providing valuable learning experiences for students and interns at the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22299
Help session scheduled on new Library Search engine
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… Mich.—Western Michigan University is assisting members of the campus community in learning about the new Library … May, the tool may be accessed via a search bar near the top of the University Libraries home page. Library Search combines the library catalog with hundreds of databases to provide expanded results for books, articles …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26772
State group elects WMU executive to vice presidential post
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… Alliance . Lynn Kelly-Albertson, WMU executive director of professional and career development, was elected to the … a constituent liaison for the organization, assumed her new office June 20. The Michigan Career Educator and Employer …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17565
Town hall meetings set to update employees on compensation issues
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… on its Staff Compensation Project, including the review of the exemption status of certain jobs under the Fair Labor Standards Act, during … expected to last about one hour, depending on the number of questions received from the audience. For employees who …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32019
Faculty stepping up to support transition to distance education
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… University students. The transition to online forms of learning is an effort to flatten the curve and mitigate … For Lucinda Stinson , a part-time instructor in the College of Health and Human Services, it means that her dining room … change seemed daunting at first. "There was a wide range of emotions, running from fear to confidence that I can do …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58532
WMU salaried employees to move from 26 to 24 paychecks per year
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… (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—As the July 1 start of the 2015-16 fiscal year approaches, Western Michigan … will feature paychecks dispersed on the fifth and 20th day of each month. The new pay schedule will apply to all … as well. New pay periods The first through the 14th day of each month, with payment on the 20th day of each month. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23548