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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
Campus events scheduled for Veterans Week
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… run, gift card giveaway and pancake breakfast are some of the activities planned Monday through Saturday, Nov. 6-11 , in recognition of Veterans Day on the campus of Western Michigan University. Sponsored by the Office of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43613
Sales students claim top spot at regional competition
Haworth College of Business
… by Samantha Hooker on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A 13 - member team of Western Michigan University students placed first overall … University. The team was led by Mary Nielsen , instructor of marketing. The winning team stands together. Three of the … experience, I learned that hard work and practice are invaluable," he says. "We spent hours in practice sessions with …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58363
Special Olympics Michigan basketball state finals return to WMU
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… Student Recreation Center. Unified basketball teams consist of players both with and without intellectual disabilities. … effort among Special Olympics-Michigan, the staff members of University Recreation and the Epsilon Alpha Chapter of Phi Epsilon Kappa, the event is planned, staged and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/02/37900
Engineering students show innovations at annual conference
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… University will showcase and demonstrate imaginative and often highly technical projects this month during the 54th … from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m . Tuesday, April 15 , at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences on WMU's Parkview … to solve problems facing business and industry. Many of the projects are sponsored by 40 southwest Michigan …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/14936
Theatre to present 'The Game's Afoot'
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… Holmes, hosts his fellow cast-members for a weekend of revelry in his Connecticut castle. The festivities take a turn when one of the guests is stabbed and Gillette dons his iconic deerstalker hat to assume his persona of Holmes, this time to track a real-life killer. Who knows …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43524
University welcomes two explosive-detection K-9s to police force
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… have joined Western Michigan University's Department of Public Safety. K-9 Brax and K-9 Oso, both less than … canines. The dogs and their handlers, WMU officers Travis Cable and Michael Lininger , trained for … detection and patrol in mid-January. "It has been a lot of work for the officers, but I think that they both would …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/02/51620
WMU included in $2.2 million grant to enhance mobility for veterans
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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences will receive funding for … with Pratt & Miller Engineering, WMU, the University of Michigan, Kevadiya Inc., Robotic Research, Comet Mobility … for veterans," says Dr. Zach Asher , WMU assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering who is the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/02/51504
WMU-related travel to China prohibited
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… advisory. The warning is intended to limit the spread of coronavirus, which the World Health Organization calls a … this guidance in order to preserve the health and safety of our community, which is always the first priority. With … & Community Services guidance for containing the spread of the respiratory illness. Such guidelines could call for a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57804
Memorial service set for Anthony Ellis
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… verified) on Anthony Ellis KALAMAZOO—Friends and colleagues of Western Michigan University's Dr. Anthony Ellis, who died … service at 2 p.m. in Kanley Chapel. Ellis, an associate professor of English, died in Worcester, Mass., after a two-year …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/01/12792