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Dunn answers White House summit invitation, travels to D.C.

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… President John M. Dunn heads to Washington, D.C., this week, answering an invitation from the White House to … focus on expanding access to college for low-income and disadvantaged students. College Opportunity Day of Action Dunn will take part in the daylong set of discussions and panel presentations at the Ronald Reagan …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20444

WMU room and board rates to increase by 3.3 percent this fall

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… WMU room and board rates to increase by 3.3 percent this fall Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … designed primarily for incoming freshmen that will open this fall. The double-room rate will run $1,400 for each … and plan for that expense. A residence hall meal plan is required for all Western Heights residents, so the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/23355

Courses

School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability

… Courses GEOG 1000 - Global Environmental Issues Geographers have long been concerned with studying … environment. The major focus of these investigations today is concerned with misuse of the environment, which has led to the present day …

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Graduate Studies and Global Engagement in Political Science

Political Science

… the benefits of studying graduate political science at WMU is the diversity of its student body. Students come from all … have come from over thirty countries including Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Burma (Myanmar), China, Colombia, … Kazakhstan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, …

https://wmich.edu/politics/globalgraduate

Parental Notification

Student Rights and Responsibilities

… Parental Notification The 1998 Congressional revisions to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and clarification to the revisions in July 2000, permit institutions of higher education … the practice of parent notification. Parent Notification is usually given as a sanction when a student, under the age …

https://wmich.edu/studentrights/parental-notification

Staff member named Michigan's student-employee supervisor of the year

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… Staff member named Michigan's student-employee supervisor of the year Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on … Mich.—The Midwest Association of Student Employment Administrators has chosen its Student Supervisor of the Year for the state of Michigan, and the honor …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47573

First Health Career Connections cohort to be celebrated

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… Health Career Connections program, announced last March, is for select incoming first-year students who plan to major in a health or human services discipline and come from underprivileged and medically underserved areas of Michigan. It is hoped that the students will return to their home areas …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40737

China's rise in spotlight during 2015-16 Sichel Series

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… China's rise in spotlight during 2015-16 Sichel Series Submitted by … and political superpower in the coming months when they visit Western Michigan University as part of the restructured … Mary E. Lovely, professor of economics and the Melvin A Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar in the Maxwell School of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/26945

Trustees approve new three-year faculty contract

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… Sept. 19 . With the board's approval, the new contract is effective Sept. 6, 2017, through Sept. 5, 2020 . The … in Jan. 1, 2018 , and another 1 percent research supplement is effective Jan. 1, 2019. The final year of the contract … approximately 900 full-time faculty members at WMU and is the University's largest union. For more WMU news, arts …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42775

WMU information technology conference to explore security, privacy

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… Nov. 7 , in the Fetzer Center, following breakfast and registration at 7:15 a.m. The event is put on by the WMU Department of Business Information … and offers keynote addresses and sessions addressing this year's theme, "Information Security, Privacy and Trust." …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19905