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Professor studies Catalan and its influence on language and society

College of Arts and Sciences

of Spanish linguistics, has had a longtime interest in the Catalan language and in the people that live in … undergraduate year abroad. In 1995, he started to research what the language situation looked like 20 years after … and university instruction,” he said. He has spent his career publishing research related to the data he collected …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/robert-vann-studies-catalan

Learner Support Review

Institutional Effectiveness

… Review Learner Support Review Last conducted in AY 2016-17, the Learner Support Review process is under revision to … evidence of continuous quality improvement, and to identify areas of concentration for strategic planning. For the … on the contextual analysis of data over data-reporting (what does the data tell the expert that the lay-person might …

https://wmich.edu/effectiveness/program/support

Torres Wins National Literature Award

College of Arts and Sciences

… abroad programs and partnerships with universities around the world, however, WMU faculty and staff are also from all over the world. Dr. Benjamin Torres, a … to be a part of that process and looks forward to watching what happens in the years to come. Torres encourages …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/torres-literature-award

Academic Programs

Geological and Environmental Sciences

… help solve critical societal issues. Expertise in the geosciences is highly valued, and geoscientists are some of the best compensated professionals around. … Courses Masters degree options Doctoral degree options What's next? APPLY    SCHEDULE A VISIT    MEET WITH ADVISOR …

https://wmich.edu/geology/academics

Dr. Michael Pritchard, philosophy, honored for 30 years at Ethics Center

College of Arts and Sciences

… Sciences staff writer In August 1985, nineteen faculty from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, … innovation and imagination. He spoke on “The Course of a Career” at the Center’s bioethics conference held at the … New York ethics ‘think tank,’ which had been working on what teaching ethics should be,” said Pritchard. In its …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news-michael-pritchard-30-years

Conferences

Study of Ethics in Society

… on Information Law and Ethics (ICIL) 2016 Broadening the Horizons of Information Law and Ethics - Α Time for … invited presentations and refereed paper presentations. We are interested in papers on intellectual property, data … an international publisher. Abstracts deadline: October 15 Notification of abstracts acceptance: November 15 Full …

https://wmich.edu/ethics/conferences

"Climate Challenged Society” (ENVS 1000) excites students across disciplines

College of Arts and Sciences

of Arts and Sciences Staff Writer As students come into the room, they immediately move desks around to form a … perceptions, historical context and policy as students share their research on American news and science coverage of … it becomes part of one's consciousness. Perhaps that's what got him started working with bicycles and teaching …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/climate-challenged-society

Secondary Education Program Inquiry (Current Undergraduate Students)

Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies

… Students) First Name (required) Last Name (required) Other Names Email (required) Phone Number (required) Are you a current WMU student? (required) Yes No WIN (required) Your nine-digit WMU Identification Number. What university or college? (required) Current class status …

https://wmich.edu/teaching/mat-inquiry-current

South Haven Lighthouse Logs Collection

University Libraries

… South Haven Lighthouse Logs Collection The lighthouse journals from South Haven, Michigan, span from 1872 to 1889. James Donahue served as the keeper of the South Haven station for most of the period from 1872 … associated with commercial shipping. Donahue’s descriptions are particularly rich. The descriptions of the operations …

https://wmich.edu/library/lighthouse-logs-collection

Presentations & Publications

The Evaluation Center

… Presentations & Publications In keeping with The Evaluation Center’s mission to advance the theory, … use of evaluation at Western Michigan University, our staff are engaged in publishing and presenting their research and … B., Snow, J. Z., & Wingate, L. A (2018). What are the implications of evaluators’ evaluation anxiety …

https://wmich.edu/evaluation/about-0/presentations