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Welcome activities planned for start of fall semester

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… invited to attend the Resource Fair for Graduate Students , set for 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 , in the Bernhard … and more than 450 booths, where students can peruse the wares of area merchants and get information about WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/08/41607

Safety communication options grow out of committee appointed by Dunn

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… are being unveiled this month. The campuswide committee was appointed by Dunn after shootings in Kalamazoo on a … additions that would allow the University to improve the way it advises students of imminent danger that is off … phones via text message. Twitter users can adjust their settings to receive push notifications on their phones …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37740

Terrell named National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete

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… Football Foundation Scholar Athlete. A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, he is one of 12 athletes from across all … last December. A two-time Academic All-MAC selection, he was twice named a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete, is a … head to MAC Championship | Dec. 2, 2016 Community send-off set as WMU football team heads for Detroit | Nov. 30, 2016 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36082

WMU quarterback Zach Terrell wins National Football Foundation's Campbell Trophy

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… last December. A two-time Academic All-MAC selection, he was twice named a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete and is a six-time member of the Dean's List. The Fort Wayne, Indiana, native was the 2015 recipient of the John … head to MAC Championship | Dec. 2, 2016 Community send-off set as WMU football team heads for Detroit | Nov. 30, 2016 …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/12/36814

Big data and the future of diagnosing mental disorders

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… future of diagnosing mental disorders Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—What if testing for Autism … disorder. Using the novel framework, ASD-DiagNet, the team was able to classify ASD using accessible patient data. “We … in data,” says Fong. Increased access to benchmark data sets such as the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange has …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65069

WMU researcher finds little connection between violence, video games

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… director of the Kercher Center for Social Research, set out to answer a question that has clouded the picture of … make people violent, or do violent people just gravitate toward violent video games? His research shows it's the … other controls." Better predictors DeCamp found that what was going on in the home was a better predictor of violent …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36296

International students at WMU to share their cultures

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… its annual observance of International Education Week, set for Saturday through Friday, Nov. 12-18 . The 2016 … during which attendees can experience Caribbean life by way of the Dominican Republic, learn about how various … a "somewhat" typical Thanksgiving dinner. This event was originally scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 17. For more …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/11/36352

Education researcher to be honored as WMU emerging scholar

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… as an emerging scholar during a Sept. 30 campuswide awards ceremony. Dr. Jessaca Spybrook , who recently received … will be presented with the 2016-17 Emerging Scholar Award during WMU's Fall Convocation recognition ceremony … project will mine a treasure trove of large-scale data sets, analyze them and come up with ways to inform the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/35309

Meretta Marauders Years

Bronco Marching Band

… in 1968, Meretta celebrated his 25th year at Western and was honored with the longest conductorship in the MAC. … arts program to configure band formations. Once he set the formations, the Western print shop copied and … on radio for the first time during the next year. The band was respected by all who witnessed it and the Western Herald …

https://wmich.edu/marchingband/history/meretta

WMU researcher wins $800,000 NSF grant to assess education efforts

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… that will mine a treasure trove of large-scale data sets, analyze them and come up with ways to inform the design of large evaluations of teacher development initiatives. "In education, we're always asking and trying to answer questions about what …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/02/29895