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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

WMU football coach P.J. Fleck named regional coach of the year

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… the Year by the American Football Coaches Association, and is now a finalist for AFCA National Coach of the Year. Fleck has guided … last three seasons. Under Fleck's guidance, the Broncos finished 8-0 in conference play and became the first team in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36807

Longtime employees inducted into 25 Year Club

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… and Dunn In addition to the induction of new members, this year's 25 Year Club gala featured special recognition for … certificates to each of the 25 Year Club inductees, in what is scheduled to be his final participation in the event as WMU's president. Club …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36766

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

Frank R. Olenchak obituary

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… former Western Michigan University faculty member, died at his home in Columbia, South Carolina, Aug. 24 . He was 88. … joined the WMU faculty in 1966 and retired in 1984 as an assistant professor emeritus of education and professional … Michigan, in 1969. He organized, developed and administered the center's office for student teaching and in 1971 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35298

Capital Region Airport Operations Officer

College of Aviation

… Airport Operations Officer GENERAL SUMMARY Under the supervision of the Operations Manager, the Operations Officer is responsible for the operation of the Airport Operations Area or Airport Operations Center during his/her assigned shift.  Tasks included in this position …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/jobs/blog/2021/04/capital-region-airport-operations-officer

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

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

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