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An ‘open heart’ opens the mind: Students find value in giving and receiving through service learning

W Magazine

… for ways to show they are good citizens. You might ask what’s motivating this good behavior? Pride—and a trip to the school store … neighborhoods alongside Building Blocks of Kalamazoo and digging through history at the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69884

Persisting through the pandemic

W Magazine

… Persisting through the pandemic Submitted by Erin Flynn on Our … accomplish if we work on it together,” adds Bott. “That's what this last year has taught me—that none of us can … is possible through collaboration. We're not always sure what's possible until we're pressed to find out, and what's …

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

WMU garners more than $1.5M during 24-hour Giving Day

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… from 46 states came together on WMU's third Giving Day to raise $1,555,471. The Universitywide effort was led by the WMU … fundraising strategy. "This campaign is about something bigger than us," DeVries said. "It's about the impact we can … technology enhancements or other various costs. "What we're doing and what philanthropy is doing at WMU is

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/55908

Campus town hall meeting will focus on School of Medicine

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… medical school founding Dean Hal B. Jenson will lead the discussion and take questions from faculty, staff, students … and other members of the campus community. The town hall is the first of what is expected to be a series of such meetings for WMU and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/131

WMU sales program once again ranked as one of the best in the U.S.

Haworth College of Business

… again, earning a place on the Sales Education Foundation’s list of top sales programs in the country. This is the 17th … “WMU’s spot on the Sales Education Foundation list confirms what we have known for over 20 years—what we teach, how we teach it and the community we teach it …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/08/sef2024

Assessment in Action Days conference returns to campus

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… Michigan University faculty, staff and graduate teaching assistants are invited to the fourth annual Assessment in … Days conference, which runs March 20-22 . The conference is free of charge and no registration is required. Learning … Participants will have the opportunity to reevaluate what they are currently doing with assessment, update plans …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/03/5633

'Karen Bondarchuk: Kith and Kin' on display at the Richmond Center

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… 'Karen Bondarchuk: Kith and Kin' on display at the Richmond Center Submitted by Anonymous (not … animal consciousness is in flux, the most recent research suggests that animals are capable of higher order reasoning … explores the fraught boundary between human sentience and what we assume to be the limits of animal reasoning power. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10976

Anthropology professor emeritus receives State History Award for Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project

College of Arts and Sciences

… Anthropology professor emeritus receives State History Award for Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project … the gap between the academic and public communities.” Digging into the history of The City of Four Flags Beginning in 1691 in what is now Niles, Mich., Fort St. Joseph functioned as a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70260

From cockroaches to xylophones: WMU education students engage in unique hands-on learning

College of Education and Human Development

… students engage in unique hands-on learning Submitted by Chris Hybels on Students successfully played "Mary Had a Little … mallet. Constructed electric circuits helped students find what assortment of items were able to conduct electricity and assembled dominoes run to see what figuration would be able to knock a ball into a bucket. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/71263

Nearly $5M grant will help WMU, school districts create new pipeline to fill teacher shortage

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… Nearly $5M grant will help WMU, school districts create new pipeline to fill teacher shortage … coaching and feedback in their cohorts as they apply what they’re learning in the classroom to their coursework. … can be harmful to children if the teachers don't understand what certain behaviors mean, how certain families …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/61810