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"Water is Life:" Indigenous Approaches to Climate Action in Relationship to Mother Earth

Climate Change Working Group

… Email for more information Sponsored by WMU's Native American Student Association, with guest speaker Shannon Martin from the Gun Lake Tribal … expression of a long history of  intergenerational struggle for environmental justice by Indigenous people. Shannon …

https://wmich.edu/events/74840

Purchasing Agent

Human Resources

… Analyzes and documents bid responses to ensure compliance with bid specifications and purchasing policies. Prepares … and vendors on procurement policies and procedures. Assists with purchasing diversity procurement initiatives. Manages … Physical requirements Office or other indoor work with minimal physical demands such as occasionally lifting …

https://wmich.edu/hr/employees/staff/jobdescriptions/008700

David Colson

Music Composition

… the University of Michigan, where he studied percussion with Charles Owen and composition with Curtis Curtis-Smith, George Balch Wilson, William … the Houston Symphony, the Houston Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre, and the Sacramento Symphony orchestras. …

https://wmich.edu/composition/directory/colson

Outstanding student employees, supervisor recognized

News

… while building important career competencies to carry with them long after graduation. Challenges brought on by … students the opportunity to be fully engaged on campus and with the greater community," says Brenda Case-Parris , … Risk Being a boss is about more than doling out tasks and logging hours. It's about active leadership and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63563

Campus visit rekindles a family legacy

News

… the left), visit Paul V. Sangren's portrait in Sangren Hall with family members. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Her family's name has … sleep in her girlhood bedroom and gather on the staircase with her family to capture an image of the place where her … married. While on campus, Hildur and Don Makielski, along with several close family members, visited various scenes …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23896

New Grad Student Reception

Graduate College

… from the dean of the Graduate College, a panel discussion with topics especially helpful for new students, and plenty of social time to engage with other graduate students. Free food and beverages …

https://wmich.edu/events/70209

Retroactive Credits

Spanish

… Retroactive Credits All new students with previous experience in Spanish are required to take the online placement exam , found within the GoWMU portal , to determine the first Spanish … II (SPAN 2010) by completing one or more advanced courses with a grade of C or better. When such coursework is …

https://wmich.edu/spanish/retroactive

Guest artist joins University Percussion Ensemble in concert

News

… Percussion Ensemble will present a spring concert with guest artist Cristobal Pineda Flores at 7:30 p.m. … of Music in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He will be working with WMU students to present traditional Mayan and Garifuna …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/39004

Stephen G. Jones obituary

News

… Brass Quintet. He traveled internationally to perform with colleagues around the world and to serve as a visiting … retirement, Jones stayed active as a musician, performing with the West Michigan Brassworks and as a soloist, music …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46680

Associate professor joins grant to prepare Detroit students for health care professions

College of Education and Human Development

… Through structured programs, the academy equips them with success strategies, health care disparities knowledge … international reputation conducting research about students with learning disabilities and their persistence in the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/74345