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Trustees set strategic direction for WMU for next five years
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… plan—identifying the University as a learner centered, discovery driven and globally engaged university. The Gold … meaningful and provided an end product that would serve this University well," said Dr. Jody A. Brylinsky , associate … Academic excellence. Inclusive excellence and equity. Discovery and collaboration. Sustainable stewardship. Those …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/31205
Skills Employers Want in College Graduates
Career and Student Employment Services
… career readiness as the attainment and demonstration of requisite competencies that broadly prepare college graduates … an understanding of situational context and logical analysis of relevant information. View example behaviors of … from different local and global cultures. Engage in anti-racist practices that actively challenge the systems, …
https://wmich.edu/career/students/transferableskills
Campus talks, exhibit focus on water as an essential global resource
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… by Deanne Puca on The series, which focuses on water issues in the Midwest, runs through April 13. KALAMAZOO, … Mich.—A lecture series featuring weekly talks on water issues in the Great Lakes region, with a special focus on … April 13 at Western Michigan University. The 13 multidisciplinary talks are free and open to the public and will …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29638
History
Asylum Lake Preserve
… History Historical overview Mitchell Cottage, part of the Kalamazoo State Hospital. WMU Archives and Regional History Collections Asylum Lake Preserve includes … acre lake. Phineus Hunt first owned the land included in this management area after purchasing it in 1831 from the …
https://wmich.edu/asylumlake/history
Increase Foundational Knowledge
WMU Essential Studies
… know how to fit it into your curriculum? Choosing from the list of essential studies courses below can help you explore … University's current semester courses and descriptions are listed below. Enrolled students can also access descriptions by logging into GoWMU and accessing Degree Works. Courses …
https://wmich.edu/essentialstudies/knowledge
Renowned foreign affairs expert Lawrence Ziring dies at 86
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… Ziring , a Western Michigan University political scientist who was internationally known as a leading expert on Pakistan, died July 17 in Kalamazoo. He was 86. Lawrence Ziring … professor emeritus of international relations. During his more than 37 years at WMU, Ziring helped expand the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25594
WMU student team wins national Wege sustainability prize
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… to solve a truly wicked problem." The second annual transdisciplinary design contest asked teams of five to work collaboratively across institutional and disciplinary boundaries to create a circular economy—a … designed The Local Loop Farm, an agricultural system that exists symbiotically with the surrounding community, using …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/03/22739
Marti Hearron's final gift to WMU establishes a fine arts professorship
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… Marti Hearron's final gift to WMU establishes a fine arts professorship Submitted by Anonymous (not … revealed only after her death. Hearron, a renowned biostatistician for the Upjohn Co., died Nov. 29. Her estate included a $2 million gift to WMU that will establish the Arthur E. and Martha S. Hearron College of Fine Arts …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21654
Fashion Merchandising and Design Majors
Family and Consumer Sciences
… Fashion Merchandising and Design Majors The fashion merchandising and design majors prepare students for careers in the … processes and products and focus their studies on merchandising or design and development to achieve specific career …
https://wmich.edu/familyconsumer/academics/fashion-merchandising-design
Longtime employees to be inducted into 25 Year Club
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… employees for a total of 1,202 members. The membership list is posted online at wmich.edu/hr/25yearclub . This year's inductees Joyce A. Alexander , finance assistant, …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20077