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WMU geosciences scholars celebrate 50 years as academic department
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… is open for all events. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Alumni, retired faculty and friends of the Western Michigan University … dinner, a tribute to the founding chair and long-serving faculty, attendance at the CommUniverCity football game, a … "I'm excited for this opportunity for current students and faculty to interact with alumni and retired faculty," says …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26660
Uncovering untold stories, traditions through the East Campus Oral History Project
University Libraries
… project to capture oral histories from alumni, staff and faculty who lived, learned and worked on East Campus over … Campus. The project collected interviews from 57 alumni, faculty and staff who lived, learned and worked on East … know East Campus was home to a working K-12 school run by faculty and student teachers. During the reunion, Kotrch …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71894
WMU brown-bag lunch forums to discuss General Education
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… Submitted by Deanne Puca on Western Michigan University faculty, instructors and other members of the campus … ; and Wednesday, Dec. 3 . This series is offered by the Faculty Senate's Ad Hoc Committee on General Education to provide a forum for faculty to explore the possibilities of imagining General …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19692
Distinguished Service Awards to honor 2 passionate employees dedicated to student success
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… Department of Special Education and Literacy Studies and Faculty Senate president, has taught at Western for 24 … six other prestigious campuswide honors: the Distinguished Faculty Scholar , Emerging Scholar , Distinguished Teaching … and a win-win for those involved," says Marilyn Kritzman , faculty specialist in the School of Communication . "Her …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68972
Engineering professor receives award for support of students with disabilities
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… recipient of the 2022 Disability Services for Students Faculty Advocate Award. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan … Bob White , professor of engineering, has received the 2022 Faculty Advocate Award for support of students with … the industrial and entrepreneurial Ph.D. advisor and is a faculty member of the WMU Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67927
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
Results-oriented academic leader, public policy scholar will lead Western’s academic affairs division
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… results in growing enrollment, increasing student and faculty diversity, developing innovative programs, and … thought leader and change agent to work in concert with faculty and staff in an environment designed to help … Heilig currently serves about 3,000 students, staff and faculty as dean of the University of Kentucky's College of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69883
Byrd-Jacobs appointed Graduate College interim dean
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… confident that Dr. Byrd-Jacobs will serve our students and faculty well as we move through this transition,” Bott said. … record of focusing the school’s efforts on student and faculty success in graduate education. She’s advanced … “I am honored to serve as a resource for graduate students, faculty and staff at WMU in support of graduate education. I …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53488
New directory consolidates WMU's student success resources
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… Student Success Programs and Services Directory allows WMU faculty and staff to quickly locate material needed to … experience. It was precipitated by responses to a 2015 faculty and staff survey done by Broncos FIRST that … persistence toward graduation. During the survey process, faculty and staff from across campus had submitted …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40576
George O. Egland obituary
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… Oct. 3. He was 104. Egland, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU faculty in 1954 and retired in 1972 as associate professor …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10212