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WMU faculty win NEH grant to host national summer institute

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… Endowment for the Humanities—NEH— grant to host a seminar program this summer for higher education faculty and … The institute will be interdisciplinary, involving visiting scholars and participants from many fields.  WMU's Dr. … from the U.S. and Britain.  The co-directors and visiting scholars of the institute will choose 25 applicants whose …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/62018

Longtime employees inducted into 25 Year Club

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… been employed at the institution for 50 years. President John M. Dunn presented Bronco mementos to those two special … of economics Lisa E. Baker , professor of psychology John Barton , recreation/sports specialist III-SER, … the Ombudsman Stephanie Page , house staff, Fetzer Center John Parks , network switch analyst, telecommunications …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36766

Comparative religion researcher to receive distinguished scholar award

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… annual honor WMU bestows on faculty members. The award program recognizes those whose work constitutes a … in 2016 What separates Wilson from many other prolific scholars is his ability translate his research into the … biographies on regional businessmen J.H. Kellogg and John E. Fetzer, another colleague noted. For more WMU news, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/54904

Management association lauds partnership with WMU, salutes student

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… and faculty participation in APICS and its educational programs, partnering to further participation in the … First, Grand Valley State University and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Dr. Robert Landeros … Curkovic , professor of management and director of the ISM program, and ISM students Ashley Moyle, Victoria Taylor and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/05/7347

WMU Cooley to offer first-year law classes in Kalamazoo this fall

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… WMU's Kalamazoo campus beginning this September. "This new program will enable entering law students to take nine … criminal law, and completing the Introduction to Law program, students may pursue the balance of their legal … on our beautiful main campus," says WMU President John M. Dunn .  "And it will attract students from other …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/32560

A WMU researcher and pond dwellers illuminate the nervous system

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… the nervous system Submitted by Paula M. Davis on Dr. John Jellies —also known as "The Leech Guy"—was one of two … leeches gyrate, squirm or swim in a jar of water. Dr. John Jellies rolls up the sleeve of a black turtleneck … leech. He came to WMU in 1995, establishing his research program using leeches. The researcher stops short of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20011

Arbor Day event to mark 10th Tree Campus USA anniversary

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… grounds of Heritage Hall. The event will include a short program prior to the planting of a Canadian hemlock—the … planted. Tree Campus USA is a national Arbor Day Foundation program launched in 2008 and sponsored in partnership with … staff and students in conservation goals. Tree Campus program WMU was one of only 29 U.S. colleges and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46520

Office earns LGBT career center certification

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… Out for Work began its Career Center Certification Program in 2009 in part to help academic institutions … says her office recently completed the certification program and earned the second highest rating possible. "With … that include sexual identity." Career Center Certification Program The Career Center Certification Program annually …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/02/4690

Sabbatical leave granted to 34 WMU faculty members

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… Dr. Jennifer Palthe , professor of management Dr. John Tanis , professor of physics Dr. Mary-Louise Totton , … Dr. Debra Lindstrom , professor of occupational therapy Dr. John Petrovic , professor of mathematics Dr. Dewei Qi , … of chemical and paper engineering Dr. Cynthia Running-Johnson , professor of world language and literatures Dr. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45801

Bronson School of Nursing wins $2 million grant to boost diversity

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… to help shepherd them through the Bronson School of Nursing program. Fostering greater diversity in the nursing … underrepresented students within the program are called "scholars." Their contact with an older student navigator … up with a plan for the scholar. The navigators help the scholars with all sorts of problems, not just academic. They …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/11/43577