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About the Finch Greenhouse

Biological Sciences

… annual plant sale. The Finch Greenhouse in the Department of Biological Sciences at Western Michigan University is comprised of four gutter connected glass houses that amount to … current weather conditions into the computers. Features of each zone include: Ro-Flo rolling benches constructed …

https://wmich.edu/biology/facilities/finch-greenhouse/about

Sangren Hall earns LEED gold certification as a 'green' building

News

… Sangren Hall KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University officials have learned that Sangren Hall , already the … benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. Certification accredits … quality. The Sangren gold designation brings the number of LEED certified buildings on the WMU campus to nine, with …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17649

Fall 2019 SPLS News Round-Up

Special Education and Literacy Studies

… for Applied Linguistics Conference at the University of British Columbia in early June. The title of the presentation was "“Ombretto. I don’t know in English … were created in class and then implemented in each of their schools. LS and TESOL faculty members, Susan Piazza , Selena …

https://wmich.edu/specialed/fall-2019-spls-news

Storm Water Update

Asylum Lake Preserve

… or comments, please send them to Paula Davis, Director of Strategic Communications Communication Updates Kieser & … levels (slide 7) as well as findings indicating levels of substances tested for in sediment sampling (slide 10). … presentation-July 12 update Find Kieser's presentation of preliminary findings  here . WMU response to EGLE …

https://wmich.edu/asylumlake/stormwaterupdate

WMU Researches Rare Disease

College of Arts and Sciences

… WMU Researches Rare Disease Olga Bonfiglio College of Arts and Sciences staff writer Valenti, Cervone and Dr. … Charles Ide, Western Michigan University’s Gwen Frostic Professor of Biological Sciences, happily accepted a check for $9,500 …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/rare-disease

Trustees set strategic direction for WMU for next five years

News

… March 23 meeting, the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees approved a strategic plan for the University … just concluded. The updated plan retains the core tenets of the earlier plan—identifying the University as a learner … transition team whose job it was to review the results of the original three-year plan, identify parts of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31205

Food Diversion Initiative Video

Dining Services

… Judy Gipper (Narrating) :  Hello, I'm Judy Gipper, Director of Dining Services. Western Michigan University Dining Services is very proud of our Food Diversion Initiative, a process started in June … Dining Service kitchen. This process calls for collection of pre-consumer fresh vegetable and fruit trimmings and …

https://wmich.edu/dining/fooddiversion

Richard F. Raklovits obituary

News

… on Richard F. Raklovits Richard F. Raklovits , associate professor emeritus of health, physical education and recreation, died Nov. 21, 2017 . He was 89. Raklovits, of Kalamazoo, joined the faculty in 1957 and retired at the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/02/45100

Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital Occupational Therapy Clinic

Occupational Therapy

… illness and have been deemed either "not guilty by reason of insanity" or "incompetent to stand trial" in a legal court. The focus of the hospital's clinic is to provide patients the … to learn and practice functional skills to improve quality of life and prepare for transition to community living. The …

https://wmich.edu/ot/academics/fieldwork/psychiatric-hospital-clinic

New WMU enrollment management chief hails from North Carolina

News

… (not verified) on Curran KALAMAZOO, Mich.—An enrollment professional with more than 30 years of higher education experience in the fields of student life … rates in the country and being among the top five schools nationally for decreasing the graduation rate gap …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/06/33091