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History of Physics at WMU
Physics
… History of Physics at WMU The Western Michigan University Department of Physics traces its history to 1904, when instruction began at what was then Western State Normal School. Physics … (West Hall). A few years later, curricula across campus began to evolve dramatically, from the two- and three-year …
https://wmich.edu/physics/about/history
History
Psychology
… History Neil Kent The Department of Psychology at Western Michigan University was established in 1940 when a small group of faculty members separated from the Department of Education. During its … to obtain a psychology minor. By 1948, the range and number of courses had expanded and the department established a …
https://wmich.edu/psychology/about/history
Cultural Anthropologist Bilinda Straight Awarded NSF Senior Collaborative Research Grant
College of Arts and Sciences
… Grant Dr. Bilinda Straight, associate professor at Western Michigan University's Department of Anthropology has been awarded a $135,891 National Science Foundation Senior … Dr. Ivy L. Pike (University of Arizona). The research will be carried out in a conflict-ridden pastoralist zone of East …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/nsf-grant-straight
WMU Alumnus Starts Legal Career
College of Arts and Sciences
… economy and leading technology states—California. In November 2014, a Western Michigan University graduate hopes to add to that history as … and philosophy. Bahleda was initially interested in WMU because he wanted to follow in his brother's footsteps, but …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/bahleda
History Professor Linda Borish Mentors a SEITA Scholar
College of Arts and Sciences
… Linda Borish first met Emmanuel Sanchez, a junior, in September 2013. He is an aviation major, and she is an American history professor at Western Michigan University. These two unlikely friends got to know … decided to get involved with the Seita Scholars Program because she herself was mentored as a Skidmore College …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/seita-scholar
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
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
History
Biological Sciences
… Sciences at WMU Prepared by Dr. Alexander Enyedi and Emily Freeman The first regular school year for Western … Normal School, commenced on Sept. 26, 1904. Two faculty members, Dr. Leslie H. Wood and Charlotte Waite, were hired by … and that “working equipment was accumulating” in classrooms and labs. However, Harvey and Koch were still the only …
https://wmich.edu/biology/about/history
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
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