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Scholar examines role of social media in mass violence

News

… Susan Benesch KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Social media has the power to unite us or to tear us apart.  Susan Benesch , faculty … Internet and Society, will examine the role of hate speech online in the annual Winnie Veenstra Peace Lecture , … Benesch's presentation, "Social Media and Mass Violence," comes just weeks after a man used Facebook to broadcast …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52594

Web Style Guide

University Libraries

… Michigan University Libraries Web Style Guide. It helps us to write clear and consistent content across the Libraries' … are reserved for page titles. H1s should not be used anywhere else on a page. Subheadings (H2, H3, etc.) break pages … details. Yes: Read the annual report for details. If a link comes at the end of a sentence or before a comma, don’t link …

https://wmich.edu/library/web-style-guide

Student Sustainability Fee

Sustainability

… Sustainability Fee Western Michigan University is proud to be Michigan's first college or university to adopt a … to the Student Sustainability Survey. The two most central, complex questions of the survey seek to gauge students' … forwarded the proposal to the WMU Board of Trustees, where it was unanimously approved, establishing WMU as the …

https://wmich.edu/sustainability/office/grants/student-sustainability-fee

Priorities

Healthy Campus 2020

… Priorities The Healthy Campus 2020 tactical action community met for several months to conduct a comprehensive review of national and WMU data … Adopt or adapt national priorities and objectives where relevant to WMU Apply accepted theoretical frameworks …

https://wmich.edu/healthycampus/priorities

Grant allows study of road salt’s influence in lakes

College of Arts and Sciences

… Grant allows study of road salt’s influence in lakes Photo credit: Lynne Heasley By Elena Hines College of Arts and … group has published a few papers and two students have completed masters’ degrees focused on this issue. They have … the deepest part of the lake.” There are parts of the world where people don’t use road salt due to concern about …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news-road-salt-research

Routing and Submitting a Proposal

Research and Innovation

… program officer will work with the principal investigator to ensure that a quality proposal that meets University … the use of any University resources. This approval is completed using the Proposal Approval Form, or PAF, also … bucksheet. Routing a Proposal Proposal Approval Form Why complete a PAF? A PAF captures the information necessary for …

https://wmich.edu/research/proposals-0/submit

Two faculty honored with Fulbright opportunities

News

… with certain dialects—and associated stigmas—can lead to a limited education and, ultimately, waning tolerance of … explore bias in language teaching and train students to be comfortable with learning an unfamiliar dialect as the … different roles as foreign languages in southern Brazil, where Portuguese is the national language. Spanish is the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64292

Minimum Insurance Requirements

Legal Affairs, Risk and Compliance

… the following minimum insurance coverage guidelines PRIOR  to the commencement of any work. The Vendor will maintain the … risk  typically have higher minimum insurance requirements. Commercial General Liability insurance including premises …

https://wmich.edu/legal/contracts/minimum-insurance

Testing Procedures

Disability Services for Students

… Testing Procedures HAVING STUDENTS TEST IN OUR OFFICE To have students take exams in our office, we must receive … the exam submission form. For a student to receive test accommodations in the DSS office, instructors must have … "Semester Request Review Decision" email, indicating test accommodations. DSS prefers forms and exams be submitted 48 …

https://wmich.edu/disabilityservices/faculty-resources/test-procedures

Master's Thesis Policy

Sociology

… of Sociology at Western Michigan University, you must complete a thesis as the final requirement for the master's degree. The thesis must make a contribution to the discipline of sociology and be considered initial … activity. For example: A theoretical thesis might compare theories or theorists not previously treated or it …

https://wmich.edu/sociology/academics/masters/thesis