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WMU Institutional Review Board

Research and Innovation

… board, established by the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees in accord with federal regulations, to interpret … state law, and research sponsor requirements for the use of human subjects in research. The IRB is charged with the protection of the rights and welfare of human subjects in research …

https://wmich.edu/research/compliance/wmuirb/review-board

Coming year will fundamentally change WMU, Dunn says

News

… John M. Dunn told a campus audience during his annual State of the University address Oct. 4 . Citing major initiatives that include a new medical school, a law school affiliation, new areas of research collaboration, the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/10/10097

Keeping Our Loved Ones Healthy: How to Talk About the COVID-19 Vaccine

Public Health

… Vaccine Image source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Currently, 57% of Americans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (Ritchie et. al., 2021). Over half of Americans are vaccinated, but we still have friends and … getting the vaccine yet. To end the pandemic , 70-90% of people need to get vaccinated to stop the spread of the …

https://wmich.edu/publichealth/blog/2021/11/dittmar

Beauregard to help efforts to boost women in sports

News

… Kathy Beauregard , Western Michigan University's director of intercollegiate athletics, will serve on a newly formed … 30 years as a coach and administrator at the youth, high school and collegiate levels Dr. Ketra Armstrong , an … athletic director and athletic trainer from Pioneer High School Carolyn Cassin , president and CEO of Michigan Women …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/53982

Retirement and Tax-Deferred Savings Plans

Human Resources

… in that contributions to the plan are a defined percentage of the employee's base wages. For participating employees … hired on or after Jan. 1, 2013, WMU contributes 9 percent of total gross earnings to the employee's retirement … For more information, please visit TIAA . Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System The University is not …

https://wmich.edu/hr/retirement-savings

Policy Committee

Policies

… Committee A standing committee that oversees the process of policy standardization, organization, distribution and communication. A representative from the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) will chair the WMU policy …

https://wmich.edu/policies/committee

WMU Cooley Law’s Innocence Project frees man unjustly jailed for 42 years

News

… 42 years Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Members of the WMU Cooley Innocence Project, including Director … did not commit, thanks to the efforts of the WMU Cooley Law School Innocence Project. Based on the Innocence Project's … January 19, 2017. The project is staffed by WMU Cooley Law School students and WMU undergraduates, who work under the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/06/40557

B.F.A. with an emphasis in Printmedia

Gwen Frostic School of Art

… B.F.A. with an emphasis in Printmedia Prof. Patricia Villalobos Echeverría (right) working with … contemporary artists. Apply to WMU The mission of Frostic School of Art’s Visiting Artist program is tri-fold: to … national, and international profile of the Frostic School of Art and Richmond Center for Visual Arts; and to …

https://wmich.edu/art/academics/printmedia

Japanese Resources

Asian Initiatives

… Japanese Resources Funding sources for the study of Japan American Council of Learned Societies Asian Cultural Council Association for … in Japan Program Other related links Battle Creek Japanese School Japan America Society of Michigan and Southwestern …

https://wmich.edu/asia/external/japanese

Qualified to Enroll in Both ATYP Math and English

Precollege Programming

… subjects the first year, you may also choose to take one of the two classes the first year and add the second class … eager to take both courses, that’s great. If they are leery of the amount and difficulty of the work, it may be better … classes but is about to begin Algebra I in their regular school, think about starting ATYP math first. It is more …

https://wmich.edu/precollege/atyp/both