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Refugee service internship gels career path for ESL administrator

International Student and Scholar Services

… Refugee service internship gels career path for ESL administrator Gates (front row, far right) in the village of … worldview and understanding of what it feels like to be away from home in a foreign land and culture. With all these experiences under her belt and a WMU master’s degree in public …

https://wmich.edu/international/cgates-spotlight

Higher Education

Science and Mathematics Program Improvement

… OF SCHOOL TEACHERS & COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY IN RURAL MICHIGAN: AN RET SITE ON SMART VEHICLES   (2016 to 2018) … a strong science and engineering learning partnership between Central Michigan University (CMU) and other … a means of adapting existing Computer Science (CPS) classrooms to facilitate active learning. Specifically, open-source …

https://wmich.edu/sampi/completed-projects-highered

WMU alumni create educational opportunities for Kalamazoo refugees

News

… create educational opportunities for Kalamazoo refugees Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Leaning back in … levels of enthusiasm, but all of them share a need to better understand English as refugees starting a new life in … refugees to help them gain the tools they need to be successful in the American school system.  Kalamazoo …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/09/54617

Persistence pays dividends for business student with accounting job waiting after graduation

News

… student with accounting job waiting after graduation Submitted by Erin Flynn on Jamilah Anthony will receive a … Anthony has endured a great deal of loss in her young life, beginning with losing her biological father in 1999 when her … just a year apart. Her stepfather's funeral was the day before her senior homecoming. The compounding heartbreak …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/12/66508

National leader, respected public servant and longtime advocate for Western to receive honorary degree

News

… longtime advocate for Western to receive honorary degree Submitted by Deanne Puca on Congressman Fred Upton speaks at … and opening of the Aviation Education Center in September 2021. Congressman Fred Upton participated in a Civility … to publicly demonstrate how to disagree in politics without being disagreeable and the importance of finding common …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70189

Learning to Fly in a Cirrus - an Aviation Student's Perspective

College of Aviation

… into the cockpit of the Cirrus SR 20, I was a bit intimidated.  Where I was accustomed to seeing the familiar … the space.  The area where my radio knobs should have been was now a full keyboard.  It felt as though I hopped … of a spaceship, not an aircraft.  The past decade has been a remarkable time for aviation with the implementation …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/blog/2013/06/learning-fly-cirrus-aviation-students-perspective

WMU to expand offerings in youth and community development

Family and Consumer Sciences

… in youth and community development Aug. 10, 2018 KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Youth and community development (YCD) is a … The M.A. degree and graduate certificate in YCD are being added to the current programs available at WMU: the … to enter the field, further their knowledge and skills, become leaders and pursue scholarly efforts in this area. …

https://wmich.edu/familyconsumer/youth-community-development-program-expanding

TRCLC 17-1

Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities

… descriptions of the intersections and crosswalks before crossing. The database descriptions had significant … of APS did not have a significant effect on pushbutton behavior (odds ratio = 2.37, p = 0.145).   Crossing … therefore simple effects rather than main effects were examined. In the presence of APS, participants completed …

https://wmich.edu/transportationcenter/trclc17-1