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Integrating Climate Change in Any Course

Teaching and Learning

… are part of or apart from the natural world. To teach economics, for example, without reference to the laws of … important ecological lesson: that physics and ecology have nothing to do with the economy. That just happens to be dead wrong. The same is true …

https://wmich.edu/x/teaching-learning/faculty-development/faculty-spotlights/integrating-climate-change

Gateways to Completion Program

Merze Tate College

… The Gardner Institute's web resources are available at no charge to all WMU faculty, staff and students. Upcoming …

https://wmich.edu/merzetate/academics/faculty-support/g2c-resources

Capstone Experience

School of Communication

… project that allows students to demonstrate the knowledge and skills they have acquired throughout their time … offer flexible capstone experiences – from completion of innovative coursework, to applied professional projects, to a … Professional Project Students extend their skills and knowledge by engaging in the development of an applied …

https://wmich.edu/communication/academics/graduate/capstone

Men's, women's soccer players recognized with All-American honors

News

… Men's, women's soccer players recognized with All-American honors Submitted by Deanne Puca on Bock KALAMAZOO, … in program history to earn Academic All-American Honors, the last time in 2011. Bock, a senior from Novi, was a Second Team All-American after maintaining a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44205

WMU-trained high school teacher clues students in to forensic science

News

… degree program in science education. She teaches at Portage Northern High School, about five miles south of WMU. “I’m not trying to get students to become forensic scientists. That’s not my goal. My goal is to show them that all this science …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46642

New permaculture orchard demonstrates WMU devotion to sustainability

News

… plum—and other plantings.  WMU’s landscape services team, known for its out-of-the-box campus land-care ideas, … one of the project’s managers. The land, once the site of Knollwood Tavern, was acquired by the University in the late … of campus lawn. Due to poor soil quality, grass has struggled to flourish here. “That was the challenge. Can we take …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46645

Spencer Gould is energized for his future

Haworth College of Business

… Gould is energized for his future Submitted by Amy Coughenour on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Western Michigan University senior … interested to see how businesses will evolve with new technology,” he says. “Artificial intelligence is already being … Analytics is going to transform alongside modern technology, and it will be especially important for me to learn …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73047

Wetland projects test waters to restart research at WMU

News

… Lake Michigan's shoreline, Dr. Tiffany Schriever's work is no day at the beach. Her research involves measuring water … the water in the area is coming from the big lake or another inland body of water. The study could have … formed back there in the dunes." That has appreciable economic impact, but that affect is not always recognized. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/60039

About Section 238

Budget and Performance Transparency Reporting

… About Section 238 Reporting requirements for non-state funded projects at state supported universities … reporting" section of the institution's website. No other submission to the Joint Capital Outlay Subcommittee …

https://wmich.edu/transparency/about-section-238

Homework Tips from ATYP Instructors, Alumni & Parents

Precollege Programming

… Classes are filled with lecture, discussion, and debate – no time for homework here! Some different ways to think … have probably always been the reward papers for teachers. Now you’re in a class where every paper is the reward paper! … deal with the reality of gravity. Anticipate a little struggle and be prepared to overcome it. It’s sort of like …

https://wmich.edu/precollege/atyp/homeworktips