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Youth and Community Development (Accelerated Graduate Degree Program)
Family and Consumer Sciences
… and Community Development, with senior standing, may take up to 12 credit hours of designated 5000- and 6000-level courses for graduate credit. These designated courses may be used in completion of both the …
https://wmich.edu/familyconsumer/youth-community-development-accelerated
2015-16 Events and Colloquia
Psychology
… Her recent research has focused on the role of caregiver supervision in children’s unintentional injuries, … participants in each group (high and low) were randomly assigned to two feedback conditions (social comparison and … School. He recently became a member of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Advisory Committee designed to …
https://wmich.edu/psychology/2015-16-events
Honors Thesis Protocol Approval
Research and Innovation
… or about people. There are four important things to know up front: Federal laws protect people who are subjects in … including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. … of this policy, whether or not they are conducted or supported under a program, which is considered research for …
https://wmich.edu/research/honors-thesis-protocol
Forever brown and gold: David Alpert
College of Fine Arts
… David also produces an annual benefit concert to support educational programming that celebrates acceptance … Everything sort of came together for me, and the faculty support was amazing. I knew deep down I wanted to direct … with is another thing. Being nice doesn’t mean not standing up for what you believe in and what you need in the …
https://wmich.edu/finearts/blog/2016/09/forever-brown-gold-david-alpert
A deep dive into freshwater science and sustainability
College of Arts and Sciences
… Education Association schooner. The Great Lakes are the signature of a perfect Michigan summer, and on a hot June … Working with the ship’s crew, the students prepare to hoist up a trawl from the deep water off the coast of Suttons Bay. … Darters. But a more concerning discovery is the gobies, quagga mussels and zebra mussels – all species invasive to the …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/freshwater
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Reports
Assessment
… program review process for both academic and learner support programs, to monitor the progression of student … and unit, and to determine where to focus assistance and support. History of Assessment Reporting at WMU Historically, … cycle. The process was reviewed again in 2018, leading to significant improvements, such as expanding to include …
https://wmich.edu/assessment/institutional-slo-reports
Masters Alumni 1980-89
History
… are listed on an alumni page, please contact us with career updates 1989 Jon Dunbar-Cooper Dunbar-Cooper is a Government … history and economics at the secondary level. Since giving up classroom duties in 2003, he turned his academic focus to … experience in K-12 education, having served as superintendent at Gull Lake and Mendon Community Schools and …
https://wmich.edu/history/masters-alumni-1980
Poet Alison Swan reimagines the freshwater heart of North America in a literary way
College of Arts and Sciences
… Arts and Sciences staff writer Alison Swan Many people end up in roles they hadn’t anticipated. Alison Swan is among … Dunes: A Freshwater Landscape , a fine art book that was designed to bear witness to the land and to some of the art … Department of Environmental Quality. “We paid the book designer and the printer,” said Swan. “But all the artwork, …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news-poet-swan
What you need to know about assessment
Assessment
… Assessment gives us the answer to this question and suggests areas in which improvement can be made. In this way, … to the learning outcomes can be given to the students as assignments are made. How do faculty/staff within a unit … usually is not effective assessment and often doesn’t supply much useful data. If a student gets a B in a class …
https://wmich.edu/assessment/faqs