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Kercher Center Services and Activities
Sociology
… of Sociology and collaborating departments at Western Michigan University. They are assisted by a professional … specific groups or individuals. Web-based surveys can also be designed with either anonymous or tracked participants, … evaluation projects. These techniques allow the center to better focus on subsequent methodologies such as surveys and …
https://wmich.edu/sociology/research/kercher-center/kercher-center-services
Shirley N. Sparks Faculty Endowment Fund
College of Health and Human Services
… attended the University of Iowa. Initially, she wanted to be a theatre major, but after her first reading, she knew … majors, she discovered that that profession was a cross between education and medicine and fell in love with it. She … various jobs as a speech-language pathologist, raised a family and received a master's degree from Tulane University. …
https://wmich.edu/hhs/sparks
Interview with Gale Sigal, President of TEAMS and Managing Editor of "The Once and Future Classroom"
Medieval Institute Publications
… Association for Medieval Studies (TEAMS), with whom MIP publishes several series of affordable classroom texts . … have today sold more than six thousand copies and have been adopted in classrooms for twenty years or more. The current president of …
https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/sigal-interview
Presidential Search
… outcomes expected as the process moves forward. The Western Michigan University—WMU—Board of Trustees and the … 2017 WMU's presidential search nears conclusion The 22-member search committee narrowed the field following airport … pool of candidates and preparing for March interviews. December 16, 2016 Search committee releases presidential profile …
https://wmich.edu/presidentialsearch
Elementary students become math masters during WMU Math Challenge
College of Arts and Sciences
… Elementary students become math masters during WMU Math Challenge WMU professors … Lo spent multiple days in the elementary school classrooms, presenting complex math problems and games for the … conclusions and presented their answers. The competition culminated with an award ceremony and a chance for the WMU …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/math-challenge-2018
WMU professors help young adults prepare for college through daily lectures
College of Arts and Sciences
… prepare for college through daily lectures Three Western Michigan University professors from the College of Arts and … more engaging and closer to what a real college class will be like.” The AP Daily videos also feature more than 300 of … time ever, if an AP student misses a day of class, falls behind, or is simply struggling with a particular topic, …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/professors-teach-ap-daily-lectures
Executive Assistant
Human Resources
… and performs advanced, diversified and confidential administrative activities for an executive. Works … Desired other Notary Public of Michigan or willingness to be appointed and serve. Physical requirements Office or … with occasional exposure to the outdoors and/or any number of elements. Revised 2017-12-07 UTC12:00 …
https://wmich.edu/hr/employees/staff/jobdescriptions/008906
Current Projects
Science and Mathematics Program Improvement
… and Integration in Students Who Transfer to Western Michigan University (ASIIST-WMU) 2021 to 2025 Funder: … by Western Michigan University. The project aims to better integrate and support low-income, academically … by Kalamazoo College. The project seeks to increase numbers of students from underrepresented students in STEM …
https://wmich.edu/sampi/current-projects
A physics approach to stroke rehabilitation
College of Arts and Sciences
… CONTACT: Molly Goaley Physics alumna Sarah Hulbert George focuses her research on stroke rehabilitation … face or limbs, blurred vision and slurred speech, the alarming disorientation and need to seek help. With one out of … point in their lives, a survivor’s personal account can be not only gripping and terrifying, but all too often …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/hulbert
Field Notes: Dr. Chien-Juh Gu discusses gender, social psychology and international migration
College of Arts and Sciences
… Gu discusses gender, social psychology and international migration Gu's book was published by Rutgers University … gender and immigration and its impact on individuals’ well-being. It demonstrates how immigration is a gendered process … effects on individuals’ perceptions, attitudes and behaviors. In the book, I choose to focus on “self” as the …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/gu