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Climate change could make the Great Lakes region unrecognizable

News

… change could make the Great Lakes region unrecognizable Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, … off. Meanwhile, the state's infamous lake-effect snow will be rare, making for mostly rainy winters. The professor of … alarm about Earth's unprecedented warming. A key way he's been doing that is by sharing his knowledge of climate …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/01/51387

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

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

Free college-level humanities courses offered to select local residents

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… humanities courses offered to select local residents Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO—Low- to … university-level education in the humanities.  Students are being continuously enrolled for the 10-week fall term that began Sept. 10 and 15-week spring term that begins Jan. 14 . …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/09/1771

Western spotlights staff who go above and beyond to make a difference

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… Western spotlights staff who go above and beyond to make a difference Submitted by Deanne Puca on Recognizing excellence If you know of a co-worker or staff member who is a Staff Compensation System, AFSCME, MSEA or POA …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65004

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

Western honors, celebrates veterans with service dog program donation, scholarship

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… veterans with service dog program donation, scholarship Submitted by Deanne Puca on President Montgomery joins Dan K. with service dog Lucy, a doberman in a pink vest; Christine Myran, executive director … dog as a functional tool to decrease or eliminate symptoms from their disability. About Operation Hat Trick …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73306

Academic and Career Development

The Bronco Guide

… Academic and Career Development You can access a wide variety of … at WMU Throughout your time at Western, advising will be an ongoing relationship between you and your advisor. Some students arrive knowing …

https://wmich.edu/broncoguide/academics-career