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Blind alum interviewed about voice recognition technology
College of Health and Human Services
Now, Boules begins his day by asking his Echo Dot to play the news from NPR and sports highlights from ESPN before heading to work as associate director of rehabilitation and re-integration at the Vision Center of Excellence , an office within the US Navy that assists members of the military and their families who have lost their eyesight. As part of his job, Boules helps clients install and use the Echo. His audio podcast on assistive technology, The AT Junkie , devoted three episodes to reviewing different models of the Echo.
https://wmich.edu/hhs/01-2018-alum
Student Employees
Human Resources
Employment law posters Family and medical leave of absence Form I-9 Preferred Name Student jobs (BroncoJOBS) Your HR representative Teaching assistants Please visit Academic Collective Bargaining for additional information, including a copy of your collective bargaining agreement.
https://wmich.edu/hr/employees/students
WMU Leaders on Leadership Participation Form
Community Partnerships
Your name * Your job title * Your department * Your headshot Files must be less than 2 MB . Allowed file types: gif jpg jpeg png . Comments * Think about leaders you have served during your career who most inspired you to seek out leadership roles. What one characteristic of their leadership did you most value, and why?
https://wmich.edu/community/leaders
Message from President Montgomery
Office of the President
The basic findings include the fact that 91 percent of our grads are working or in graduate school within three months of graduation, and 77 percent have jobs right here in Michigan. There's so much more you'll want to know about. I suggest you read the executive summary and then check on the stats for the bachelor's and graduate degrees with which you're most connected. You'll find median salaries, job titles and names of employers for recent grads as well as a sample of what graduate schools they chose to attend.
https://wmich.edu/president/montgomery-message-01-2018
Applications now being accepted for Gibbs House Fellowships
Sustainability
The Gibbs House Fellowship provides WMU students with the unique opportunity to live in a sustainability-focused cooperative living arrangement at WMU's historic Gibbs House. Gibbs House Fellows are employed in paid student researcher jobs at the Office for Sustainability and are integrated into office programs and projects. Schedules will be flexible around fellows' classes. The program runs from Aug. 15, 2018 through May 1, 2019.
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/12/44112
WMU Department of Statistics becomes NISS affiliate
WMU News
But Niewiadomska-Bugaj says WMU students in statistics department programs are well prepared to meet the demands of their rapidly developing discipline. "We monitor what skills employers list in job announcements and where our graduates are hired," she says. "WMU prepares students for careers in academia, industry and government by teaching the skills that are most useful, and we also provide foundations that allow our students to acquire new skills and learn developing methodologies."
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44978
Frequently Asked Questions
Clinical Experiences
You must pass both classes associated with your placement (seminar class and field experience course) in order to pass your internship. The seminar consists of material relevant to you and your job search. Among other topics, you will cover Certification requirements Electronic portfolios Impact on student learning assignment Mock interviews Resumes Lesson plans Deadline to submit: Before you teach a lesson, usually one week in advance.
https://wmich.edu/clinicalexperiences/final-internship/faq
Student earns awards from national, state recreational sports groups
WMU News
As WMU's graduate assistant for facilities, she assists in overseeing the Student Recreation Center and its facilities-related student employees. Morneau says interacting with those workers and helping them to develop their professional skills are some of her favorite aspects of the job. She, too, takes opportunities to get out of her comfort zone and advance her skill set. As an example, she became an instructor for F45, a new fitness program the Student Recreation Center introduced last fall.
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45587
WMU Fostering Success program saluted as a 'beacon' for college access
WMU News
., and the network aims to increase the proportion to 60 percent by the year 2025 in keeping with Lumina Foundation's Goal 2025. According to Lumina Foundation, the U.S. economy has added 11.5 million net new jobs for workers with postsecondary education since 2011, but only 80,000 for those with a high school diploma or less. As a result, recovery from the Great Recession has not been possible for the millions of Americans who lack postsecondary education and have limited options for employment and economic security.
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38803
General Examples
Service Learning
Economic Collect and analyze statistics and finances for a nonprofit community organization. Students in a labor economics course work with a community agency that helps the unemployed find jobs that fit their needs. Conduct a workshop in a low-income elementary school, teaching its students about free enterprise and financial management. Education Form a team of students from four or five content areas to go into public schools and help teachers design and implement lesson plans that integrate service learning components into their curricula.
https://wmich.edu/servicelearning/courses/general-examples