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A Note from TEAMS President, Gale Sigal: 2023 Edition

Medieval Institute Publications

… prize, “The Annual Bonnie Wheeler Outstanding Professor Award,” to be presented at the ICMS. More will be forthcoming … essays: "The Seductions of Chivalry." We are looking forward to another round of effective sessions at the ICMS 2024 … medieval studies at the K-12 and college levels! We are always receptive to essays on innovative teaching approaches …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/blog/2023/08/teams-2023

Guidelines for Stewarding our Institutional Voice

Office of the President

… Guidelines for Stewarding our Institutional Voice The Western Michigan … ingredients in our ability to accomplish that mission. Stewardship of free speech and academic freedom requires that … research and creative scholarship. The guidelines set forth in this document formalize and clarify our …

https://wmich.edu/president/leadership/institutional-voice

Planned, Structured, Supervised Student-AI Interaction

Teaching and Learning

… demonstrate their analytical skills, metacognitive skills (awareness of their own thinking), and ability to integrate … more targeted prompt or piece of feedback to guide the AI toward deeper or more accurate insights. This cycle repeats … student reflection continues either until goals are met (as set up by the instructor during the design of the activity) …

https://wmich.edu/x/teaching-learning/teaching-resources/student-ai-interaction

Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Reports

Assessment

… of assessment at WMU. As a result, the report format was re-evaluated by the UASC in 2015. Changes were … deans to streamline the process, and ensure the data was relevant and actionable, and a new template was created. … members of the University Assessment Steering Committee set up four sub-committees to review the reports, prepare …

https://wmich.edu/assessment/institutional-slo-reports

Student Center Digital Signage Guidelines

WMU Student Center

… staff will only accept content which meets the parameters set forth above, such as: Announcements relating to significant student or faculty/staff achievements, awards, or accomplishments Event information for upcoming … drugs, or tobacco Defamatory messaging or statements toward any culture, group, organization, cause, individual, or …

https://wmich.edu/student-center/marquee

History of Physics at WMU

Physics

… traces its history to 1904, when instruction began at what was then Western State Normal School. Physics was taught, along with chemistry, under the auspices of the … and other modern teaching tools. A small planetarium was set up in a basement storage room for astronomy classes. It …

https://wmich.edu/physics/about/history

Responsibility and Auxiliary Unit FAQ

Budget

… for each college RU? There will be an SRM department set-up for each college.  That department will be used for … year-end practices. What happens with college carryforwards at the end of the year? Year-end balances will stay … should be based on the current booked budget. Moving forward the college base budget adjustments will be determined …

https://wmich.edu/budget/responsibility-faq

What you need to know about assessment

Assessment

… suggests areas in which improvement can be made. In this way, faculty and staff become engaged in the learning … impact faculty/staff evaluation? WMU has stated from the outset that assessment results will not be used to evaluate … faculty who are doing effective assessment should be rewarded no matter what the outcome of the data. It is …

https://wmich.edu/assessment/faqs

News Archives

World Religions and Cultures

… News Archives News Archives Congratulations to our award-winning students . Zachary Smith is awarded the Graduate College Department Research and Creative … it. E-mail  Dr. Covell . Our current graduate students have set the bar high. In addition to winning the all-university …

https://wmich.edu/religion/about/news-archives

The House That Will Not Stand

Theatre

… Scenic Designer: Dave Nofsinger Costume Designer: Kathryn Wagner Sound Designer: Landen Yocum Stage Manager: Alexander Matthews CAST Beartrice Albans: * Dwandra Nickole Lampkin Agnes Albans: Arise Rock Maude Lynn … of color surviving within a deeply restrictive society set in New Orleans in 1836. The play begins with both …

https://wmich.edu/theatre/house-will-not-stand-program