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Hot Work Program
Environmental Health and Safety
Floor and wall openings cannot be covered including ductwork; Cutting or welding on pipes or other metals can conduct enough heat to ignite nearby combustible materials; or Any condition that could result in undue hazards by performing the work. Responsibilities The Department Supervisor or delegated Fire Safety Supervisor is responsible for authorizing the hot work job by reviewing and signing the permit to verify that all precautions were followed. A Contract Administrator or Project Manager is responsible for outside contractors adhering to hot work procedures when working
https://wmich.edu/ehs/policies/hot-work
Supervisor Laboratory Life Sciences
Human Resources
Job description Job code: 010573 Pay grade: E Pay type: Exempt/salaried General summary Supports instruction and research in life sciences laboratories. Major duties Orders, prepares and maintains biological, chemical, electrical and other laboratory- specific supplies for instruction and research. Maintains laboratory equipment in accordance with University as well as federal and state environmental safety and health regulations.
https://wmich.edu/hr/employees/staff/jobdescriptions/010573
Supervisor Laboratory Engineering
Human Resources
Job description Job code: 010574 Pay grade: E Pay type: Exempt/salaried General summary Supports instruction and research in engineering laboratories. Major duties Orders, prepares and maintains biological, chemical, electrical and other laboratory- specific supplies for instruction and research. Maintains laboratory equipment in accordance with University as well as federal and state environmental safety and health regulations.
https://wmich.edu/hr/employees/staff/jobdescriptions/010574
Managing Matthew Wietstock: Pursuing a Career in Operations through Flight
College of Aviation
"I would like to get a master's in international business administration ," he says. "While I'm not exactly certain where that may happen, it's definitely tempting to go international." Makes sense because his dream job in aviation is working for a major international airline in its network-planning department. Besides, there are scores of goosebump-causing roller coasters to sample all over this planet.
https://wmich.edu/aviation/blog/2020/12/wietstock
Associate professor leads effort to save local restaurants, support front-line workers in pandemic
WMU News
"At the beginning, when everything started to shut down, restaurant workers had to be furloughed or laid off, and those who were furloughed had to worry if they were going to have a job to come back to. On top of that, our health care workers in Kalamazoo had been working around the clock treating COVID-19 patients, testing patients, on top of their normal duties to the community.
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/11/62261
Let’s expand what it means to be smart
W Magazine
Not simply as the University president looking at the challenges our students face, but also as someone who walked in those same shoes when I began college many years ago with a love for college sports but without a clue of what would be my chosen major. I knew I wanted to find a good job so I chose a major in the business school, but I was still searching for my purpose, my ‘why.’ I considered law school or even changing my major to mining engineering, but doing so would have required me to add a year to my studies, a deal breaker for me and my parents.
https://wmich.edu/magazine/let%E2%80%99s-expand-what-it-means-be-smart
Q&A with advertising and promotion graduate, Chris Spray
Haworth College of Business
Speak to how the business college’s reputation for job placement and other points of pride benefited you and other students. The sheer number of companies who come to recruit at WMU speaks for itself. The opportunity of not even having to leave campus to find a job is a great catch. I think this helps drive the top performers and create a passionate student body who really care about the work they are doing.
https://wmich.edu/business/spray2020
Going above and beyond to support instructors
University Libraries
The instructional designers focused their work on the front end of the process, which meant Teal and Volmering had to get up to speed quickly. “It was a big adjustment to learn a new job, work with a new team, learn new systems, and figure out how to do all of this from home,” said Teal. “Typically, a designer will start working with faculty to begin planning three to six months, or more, before the course is offered.
https://wmich.edu/library/updates/2020/10/going-above
WMU Career Services works to connect graduates to employers in new (remote) world
WMU News
They've also worked to prepare students for nearly 20 different virtual events involving employers. "I think career services is doing a good job of finding creative ways to provide WMU students graduating during the pandemic with the same opportunities" as those who've graduated previously, says Sell, who took part in a virtual education job fair featuring more than 200 school districts from across the country.
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/06/59795
Michael Richardson: Wings, Wax Records and Making it Happen
College of Aviation
That taking-part philosophy applies outside of academia as well. Richardson is on the payroll of the Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum in Kalamazoo where, he says, the most enjoyable part of the job is urging young visitors to follow the career path he is on. Richardson believes that career is being enhanced by such courses as Dr. Greg Pinnell's flight physiology.
https://wmich.edu/aviation/blog/2020/09/michael-richardson