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Accountancy professor finds formula for connecting with students
Haworth College of Business
… a passion for connecting with her students and setting them up for professional success. She created a check-in system … the semester to see if students are meeting their personal goals. “Throughout the semester, typically after exams, I … of her classroom. Senior David Jones recalls, “I was struggling with a financial analysis paper for another class and …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2024/11/accounting-connections-brittani-shantel-jackson
Be a legacy: Special education student carries on family tradition
College of Education and Human Development
… in Marcellus, Michigan. “I chose Special Education for a couple reasons,” shared Audrey Cripps. “The individuals my … home and help raise her younger brother. Soon after, she got married and began a family of her own and never went … who are considering a career in teaching to understand the “why” behind their choice. “The work is extremely challenging …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69543
New BTR Park firm offers inside look at product development process
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… being done in the name of product development for consumer goods that bear such iconic brand names as child care … Calphalon; tools from Hilmor and Lenox; hair products from Goody; and many more. The variety of its consumer and … like to be considered for future test sessions can sign up as a test panel candidate by filling out the survey at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17817
Academic, practical knowledge are key to success for engineering student
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… to take advantage of opportunities to achieve all of his goals in this way. “Engineers need practical training on … says Ahrens. “Working on the shop floor offers many good teaching moments to engineers. You may learn how to … to access or make something easier to lift. These are super important examples of basic tool and machinery …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/04/71373
WMU Career Services works to connect graduates to employers in new (remote) world
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… employment opportunities. “It is clear that career services doesn’t want any recent graduate missing out on information … and remote internships. "It definitely gives you a leg up, because the situation we're in means that any job posting is going to have, I would imagine, a lot of applicants with all …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59795
Nearly $5M grant will help WMU, school districts create new pipeline to fill teacher shortage
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… that pipeline will not fill all the openings that we’re going to have for teachers in the next five to 10 years. So, … urban environments," says Sheila Dorsey-Smith , assistant superintendent for human resources at Kalamazoo Public … families communicate, what certain families value and why, and how it is all related to valuing education. This …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/61810
Events slated for Native American Heritage Month
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… people in Michigan. He was appointed to the commission by Gov. Rick Snyder in October 2013 and is the first Native … Nov. 13 A discussion titled "Tribal Governance: What Does It All Really Mean?" will be presented from 6:30 to … The event is part of the honors college's fall Mix It Up Thursdays series. Henry, a professor of English at …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20041
Idella L. Anderson obituary
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… For the family obituary or to leave a condolence, go to the Life Tributes page for Anderson by visiting …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30745
WMU grad student's poetry book published, wins big award
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… year of studies at WMU. "I was really surprised because, up until that point, I had been submitting to book contests, … says. "So it was like, 'OK, we'll see how this process goes.' And then, kind of out of the blue, I was getting ready to go work at the Writing Center on campus and I get a call …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26664
New education program awards credit for students' prior learning
College of Education and Human Development
… long been a leader in offering innovative programs to best support both traditional and non-traditional students. … a self-paced, PLA portfolio development course and submit up to five portfolios per course. The course costs $400 and … sport performance, an entirely online program, can earn up to 15 out of the required 36 credits. In the educational …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66459