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Awards and Recognition Ceremony

College of Education and Human Development

… Awards and Recognition Ceremony Each spring, the College of … for their great accomplishments from the past year.  2026 Awards and Recognition Ceremony Friday, April 24 at 5:00 … (minimum) to 500 (maximum). The online nomination form is set for these limits. This word count was established so …

https://wmich.edu/education/resources/awards

Product design graduate ready for career to take flight with aerospace company

News

… senior thesis project. KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Aisha Thaj has always been fascinated with flight. Growing up she devoured … characters born with wings. She would let her mind wander looking out the window on long flights to see her … Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation ), my skill set in design thinking and expanding the possibilities for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/63953

Business college receives naming gift for financial wellness center

News

… long needed programs focused on teaching financial skill sets at all levels of the educational spectrum in order to … literacy: Fewer than 50 percent of individuals have set aside three months of living expenses in case of … financial planning, corporate employee benefits and asset management. Sanford, with his team, sets the course for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44734

Eckert, Gogan honored with Distinguished Teaching awards

News

… 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

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

Ebony Vision celebrates 20 years of dance at Western

News

… 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

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

Guidelines for Stewarding our Institutional Voice

Office of the President

… Guidelines for Stewarding our Institutional Voice The Western Michigan … ingredients in our ability to accomplish that mission. Stewardship of free speech and academic freedom requires that … research and creative scholarship. The guidelines set forth in this document formalize and clarify our …

https://wmich.edu/president/leadership/institutional-voice

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