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All Life is Learning - June 2024

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU

… All Life is Learning - June 2024 Director's Note Director's Note Returning and New Members—It’s Time to Renew Your … ideas for course topics and instructors. Let us know your suggestions. Call the OLLI office at  (269) 387-4157  or  send …

https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/june-2024

Capital Intern Program

College of Arts and Sciences

… participated in the Department of Political Science’s renowned internship program. “I’ve got 988 names,” says … The Capital Internship Program, as the Lansing cohort is known, accounts for 413 of those 988 internships and is … life,” Witt says. “You’re seeing and contributing to the bigger picture, and that is greatly appreciated and valued by …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/capital-intern

Thrills and chills await at an alumni movie premiere 30 years in the making

College of Fine Arts

… theatre faculty, the movie sat unfinished for thirty years. Now, with post sound from Skywalker Sound and final picture … Pictures color department, it is at last completed. It is now the only 4k 35mm movie shot entirely in Kalamazoo. The … the entire town pitch in to help, and ending with the struggle to finish post with almost no money. Secondly is the …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/blog/2018/10/housesitter

STEM outreach fosters science excitement, gives career direction

College of Arts and Sciences

… started engaging high school students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) projects as well as talking to … the value of biomedical science research. Some of them are now excited about entering WMU to take part in such valuable … majors and education. “They can see something done but have no clue how to get there,” she said. “Putting a face to it …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/stem

Professor's research on Mexican author comes full-circle

College of Arts and Sciences

… her Ph.D. in Latin American literature on the first five novels of María Luisa Puga (1948-2004), one of the Mexican … the Mexican middle class from the female point of view. Now, she seeks to digitize Puga’s journals, speak with those … promote creative writing among young people in a rural, economically impoverished community), then write Puga’s …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/lopez-mexico

Retirement Programs

Human Resources

… participate in the University-sponsored retirement plan. Note: "Benefits-eligible full-time" employees are those in … is based on the value of the account. Benefits-eligible non-bargaining employees have immediate vesting. The funds deposited into the employee's account by the …

https://wmich.edu/hr/handbook-retirement

All Life is Learning - July 2024

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU

… All Life is Learning - July 2024 Director's Note Director's Note We are excited to be entering a new OLLI at WMU program … years. Our journeys began in 2012 under the leadership of Peggy Strong and the banner of our predecessor, the WMU Life …

https://wmich.edu/olli/newsletter/july-2024

Disability

Institutional Equity

… are, hence, required to make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise … Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 states that: “No otherwise qualified person with a disability in the … and others have equal access to its programs, will not be discriminated against based on having an actual or …

https://wmich.edu/equity/disability

Go for Gold: An interview with Lisa Dobbin

College of Fine Arts

… Director of All The World’s A Stage (ATWAS), a non-profit 501 (c) (3) theatre arts education organization … staff artist and Artistic/Educational Director, Dobbin has not only positioned All The World’s A Stage as one of the … a healthy and vibrant community. This homecoming we are honoring Lisa Dobbin with our Art Educators Award. Tell us a …

https://wmich.edu/finearts/blog/2019/10/lisadobbin