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Professor appointed to national teaching standards board

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… statement titled "What Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do" and perspectives on key issues as defined in the … ready by the time they graduate from high school. The work done within this committee will define the pedagogical …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9098

WMU education professor offers teaching advice for caregivers of homebound special education students

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… social distancing guidelines continue during the pandemic, how can caregivers best serve students whose academic … children,” says Wallace. Being proactive, she emphasizes, doesn’t mean being perfect. Modifications can be made to … Not all subjects may be able to be covered each day. Working with teachers to negotiate extra time for tests or …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/59245

WMU professors developing prototype to give doctors extra level of protection against COVID-19

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… WMU professors developing prototype to give doctors extra level of protection against COVID-19 Submitted by Erin Flynn on D. Lai Hsien-yung demonstrates how his aerosol box is used. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The number of … , a Taiwanese doctor, invented the device to help medical workers in China who were running out of resources. "The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58767

Faculty stepping up to support transition to distance education

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… teaches a class via WebEx from her dining room while her dog, Snowy, looks on. Follow the University's COVID-19 … learning new tools, as well," he says. "Our staff have been working long hours, into the night and throughout the … been trying to help part-time instructors reconceive of how to teach their classes," says Angles. " I'm trying to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58532

Paper plane prowess propels Western aviation student to international competition

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… friends that I'm a paper airplane thrower and I'm going to do it competitively," he laughs. Cooper's foray into flinging folded flyers began by chance when he showed up for work one day as a line service representative at Western's …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68114

From the soccer field to electric fields, aerospace engineering degrees propel Bronco toward career success

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… early on in her high school career. "I knew I wanted to do something in engineering; I always liked math and science … as an NCAA Division I athlete was demanding, Sargent's hard work off the field bolstered by support from the program's … to propel a thruster for satellites. "I definitely want to do something in satellite propulsion (after graduation)," …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/72012

Research opportunities, campus involvement set biomedical sciences student up for success as future pediatric heart surgeon

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… Filpi has more than made her mark. From student ambassador to undergraduate researcher to COVID-19 Student … her to email him when she returned to campus and he would show her around the research labs in Haenicke Hall. "I … and soaked up as much as she could from a doctoral student working there before working her way up to active research …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70165

Sew worth it—fashion design students use skills to craft masks for hospital workers

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… design students use skills to craft masks for hospital workers Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—As the … grows, some have called sewing a dying skill. That skill, however, is now helping protect frontline medical … when it's required for a class," she says. "We were able to do something together that was bigger than us and forget for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58737

Prominent Japanese author visits campus

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… to the area later this month to lecture and read from her work at two events at Western Michigan University. Hiromi Ito will talk about Buddhism and how it affects modern life at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22 , in … will be available for purchase. Ito has more than a dozen collections of poetry, several works of prose and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/02/146

WMU interior design student places in IIDA Michigan Chapter ThinkUp Student Design Competition

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… by Brandi Engel on The proposed floor plan of the "Haworth Showroom of the Future," as designed by the winning team for … Student Design Competition. The first-place rendering shows the proposed reception and lobby area of the WMU … a juried design charette competition. Students from WMU worked with and competed against interior design programs in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/03/70963