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WMU Receives STARTALK Grant
College of Arts and Sciences
… WMU Receives STARTALK Grant Dr. Wafa Hassan, assistant professor of Western Michigan … fund a summer workshop on the teaching of Arabic. Hassan's project, "STARTALK in Action: Technology in the … go through the program Hassan is confident that the awareness of WMU's commitment to global engagement will rise. …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/startalk-grant
Twenty incoming students win $50,000 Medallion Scholarships
News
… fall. Medallion Scholarships are the highest merit-based award WMU can bestow on an incoming freshman. Valued at … service activities have included working with the Moose Project, a mentoring program for students with mental … and is active with her church. Emily R. Smith Smith, of Greenville, Mich., received a Presidential Endowed Medallion …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/06/7662
Business Buzz
Haworth College of Business
… more Freezer organizer ices out the competition A class project with a solution to make freezers work smarter (not … space or who need to optimize their freezers for meal prep was the winner of the K.C. O'Shaughnessy Bronco Pitch … Day. The Department of Military Science and Leadership was the WMU Haworth department with the most donors during …
https://wmich.edu/business/buzz2021
Mentorship
Graduate College
… The Odyssey. Before Odysseus sails off to fight the Trojan War, he asks his old comrade, Mentor, to serve as a trusted advisor to his son Telemachus while he’s away. Since then, the word “mentor” has evolved into a … A mentor in the STEM fields may also provide equipment, project space, and technical training. Sometimes the …
https://wmich.edu/grad/Compass/Mentorship
Termination of Employment
Human Resources
… ending date. This normally coincides with externally funded projects and the end of the contract/funding for that … inquiries received by an employing department should be forwarded immediately to Human Resources for processing. The … within ten (10) calendar days from the date the claim was mailed from the agency. Human Resources is responsible …
https://wmich.edu/hr/manual-termination
College praises tenure of departing longtime dean
College of Education and Human Development
… the University. Beyond his work within the college, Dr. Li was a strong advocate for the University and our larger … grant in 2017 to implement the High Impact Leadership Project (HIL Project) in 152 elementary schools across the … CEHD’s cumulative research expenditure from 2017 to 2022 was $27.7 million, the largest among all colleges at WMU. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68668
Phyllis E. Seabolt obituary
News
… at Western Michigan University, died July 13 . She was 93. Seabolt, of Kalamazoo, joined the WMU faculty in … to the University. Survivors include a sister, Dr. Martha Warfield , WMU vice president for diversity and inclusion. … in learning experiences. They included the Resilience Project, a program developed to provide mentoring …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/47964
New dining center coming to Western's campus
Dining Services
… open on the third floor of the new Student Center when that project is completed. The 510-seat multi-venue new dining …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/66998
Student earns outstanding poster award for machine learning work
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… Student earns outstanding poster award for machine learning work Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Andrew Messecar, B.S.'18, is a Ph.D. student … grow thin film crystals of electronic materials. For this project, Messecar studied data from past semiconductor …
https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/72992
’Tis the season: 2025 holiday trends
Haworth College of Business
… consumer behavior and family finances. Some trends to watch are comparison shopping and AI tools that make gift … year, representing solid growth. Online spending is also projected to hit a record, with $253.4 billion forecast for … Threats turn into bargaining outcomes “Media headlines warned, in a very Grinch-like manner, that 100% tariffs on …
https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/11/holiday-trends-2025