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WMU researcher finds little connection between violence, video games

News

… 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

Telecommuting/Hybrid Work Schedules Policy

Policies

… KEY DEFINITIONS Ad Hoc Telecommuting:  an unplanned day or set of hours of Telecommuting for infrequent circumstances … that is available to all Eligible Employees and in no way changes the standard employment policies and other … reasonable advance notice if changes to Telecommuting are warranted. Hybrid work schedules define the working schedule …

https://wmich.edu/policies/telecommuting-hybrid-work-schedules

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

Thank You Notes

Career and Student Employment Services

… Creates an opportunity to introduce information that wasn’t brought up in the interview. Thank you notes should … Dear Ms. Lewis:    Thank you for the time you took to set up my visit with Golub & Company as a part of the … my own Enterprise branch.  My ability to build rapport with customers using active listening and assertive communication …

https://wmich.edu/career/thankyou

Ready for the spotlight: Theatre grad prepares to make the world his stage

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… his stage Submitted by Erin Flynn on Donovan Boursiquot Wade is ready to take on the world after graduating with a … butler, a hip-hop-loving best friend— Donovan Boursiquot Wade has played them all during his time at Western Michigan … Niemi , technical director and shop supervisor. He built sets, moved equipment and put in countless hours of sweat …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/12/theatre-acting-english-creative-writing-fall-2024-graduate-donovan-boursiquot

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

Love on the ice: A Lawson romance comes full circle

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… Ohio—Western Michigan University's Lawson Ice Arena will always hold a special place in Doug Wheelright's heart. He … in the NHL, and the other is to drive the Zamboni, so I was batting .500," jokes Wheelright, who graduated in 2014. … forward to him carrying on the Western tradition. "Western set me up for success in a lot of ways," says Emily, who …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/02/63180

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

Powered Industrial Truck Safety Program

Environmental Health and Safety

… the inspection logs to EHS. Periodically verify that highway trucks are being chocked or secured. Obtain and maintain … charging areas that no smoking is allowed. Assure that eyewash stations are available if employee is servicing … trucks) only if the truck and trailer have their brakes set and not less than 2 wheels blocked (chocked). Secure …

https://wmich.edu/ehs/policies/pit

Recognizing excellence: College of Education and Human Development hosts 27th annual Alumni Awards

College of Education and Human Development

… Education and Human Development hosts 27th annual Alumni Awards Submitted by Chris Hybels on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western … Drs. Tasia Fields and Andrew Rynberg with Golden Apple Awards, Lindsey Hemmerlein with a Keystone Early Career … of football is transformative. As head coach of the Massachusetts Pirates, he led the newly formed team to a 11-5 …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2025/10/college-education-human-development-awards-alumni-annual-2025