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Eckert, Gogan honored with Distinguished Teaching awards

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… Eckert, Gogan honored with Distinguished Teaching awards Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Drs. … with Western Michigan University’s Distinguished Teaching Award during a ceremony Friday, Oct. 29 . “We do not often … and every assignment, reading and discussion is firmly set within the context of re-applying the knowledge in a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/10/66033

Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Reports

Assessment

… of assessment at WMU. As a result, the report format was re-evaluated by the UASC in 2015. Changes were … deans to streamline the process, and ensure the data was relevant and actionable, and a new template was created. … members of the University Assessment Steering Committee set up four sub-committees to review the reports, prepare …

https://wmich.edu/assessment/institutional-slo-reports

Ebony Vision celebrates 20 years of dance at Western

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… KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Twenty years ago, Edgar Page , B.A.'07, was just finding his footing as a first-year dance major at … diverse backgrounds and aesthetics would be celebrated—setting the stage for the Ebony Vision registered student … create a space of love and support where we knew that there was somebody who had your back. There was somebody who …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/02/70863

Student Center Digital Signage Guidelines

WMU Student Center

… staff will only accept content which meets the parameters set forth above, such as: Announcements relating to significant student or faculty/staff achievements, awards, or accomplishments Event information for upcoming … drugs, or tobacco Defamatory messaging or statements toward any culture, group, organization, cause, individual, or …

https://wmich.edu/student-center/marquee

History of Physics at WMU

Physics

… traces its history to 1904, when instruction began at what was then Western State Normal School. Physics was taught, along with chemistry, under the auspices of the … and other modern teaching tools. A small planetarium was set up in a basement storage room for astronomy classes. It …

https://wmich.edu/physics/about/history

What you need to know about assessment

Assessment

… suggests areas in which improvement can be made. In this way, faculty and staff become engaged in the learning … impact faculty/staff evaluation? WMU has stated from the outset that assessment results will not be used to evaluate … faculty who are doing effective assessment should be rewarded no matter what the outcome of the data. It is …

https://wmich.edu/assessment/faqs

General Data Protection Regulation Policy

Information Technology

… of that natural person. 3.2. Processing Any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data—whether or not by automated means—such … All academic and administrative offices will be made aware of this policy through appropriate University …

https://wmich.edu/policies/gdpr

Getting career-ready during a pandemic

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… content has been a challenge, but a challenge our team was ready to take on for our students,” says Bob Stewart , career development specialist. “In times of crisis, … like distance learning, will come with a different set of challenges. It will be necessary for students to be …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58851

WMU Career Services works to connect graduates to employers in new (remote) world

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… opportunities. “It is clear that career services doesn’t want any recent graduate missing out on information or … and job search resources, both prior to and after the onset of distance learning. The dedication to students is … are still engaging with our students. Employers still want to connect with WMU," says Dr. Deveta Gardner , acting …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59795

Sisters of the Skies: WMU aviation alumni help dreams take flight for young women of color

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… sees her childhood dreams realized on a daily basis. She’s wanted to be a pilot ever since she boarded her first plane … little girl. “I remember then thinking, this is something I want to do,” she says, intrigued by the science behind … prospect of traveling the world. Little did she know, she’d set off on a trailblazing path, and decades later she’d …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/62257