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National OT professional association again honors WMU professors

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… occupational therapy professional organization. Drs. Diane Powers Dirette , a WMU professor of occupational therapy, and Amy Wagenfeld , who begins her duties at WMU in the spring … with a measured impact on consumers of occupational therapy services and members of the association. Dirette and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/12/28959

Navy veteran and four-time CAS alum built a career by probing the link between humans and their machines

College of Arts and Sciences

… humans and machines and figuring out how a better understanding of that link might improve human performance. … emphasize enough that the magic for me in the late 1980s was the special feeling WMU somehow provided. There was … the U.S. Navy after his grandmother asked him to consider service.  “I couldn’t imagine a fresh Ph.D. would have any …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69145

Exemplars of engaging education honored with Distinguished Teaching Award

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… Exemplars of engaging education honored with Distinguished Teaching Award Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Whether … the  Distinguished Faculty Scholar ,  Distinguished Service ,   Emerging Scholar ,  Excellence in Diversity and …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/09/whitney-decamp-timothy-palmer-dee-sherwood-named-2024-distinguished-teaching

College of Health and Human Services makes personnel moves

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… College of Health and Human Services makes personnel moves Submitted by Anonymous (not … naming a veteran nursing professor as nursing school director and a longtime chair as associate dean. Dr. Mary D. … of the nursing school since 2013 and who has retired. Lagerway is the school's longest-serving traditional faculty …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25569

Michael Carnarvon’s Carnival of Aviation Careers – Culminating at the Michigan Office of Aeronautics

College of Aviation

… County Airport 30 miles north of New York City, and the Wayne County Airport Authority that operates the Detroit … me that anything, no matter how big or small, can be worth discussing as a potential hazard or as a link that can lead … schools, corporate-aviation tenants, and several charter services, one of which took members of the New York Knicks …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/12/carnarvon

Orientation and Mobility for Working-Age Adults

Blindness and Low Vision Studies

… Working-Age Adults Orientation and mobility is an exciting discipline in low vision and blind rehabilitation that … caring individuals who are committed to providing the best service to each client and who are committed to a … and mobility program for children, contact Dr. Robert Wall Emerson at robert.wall@wmich.edu or (269) 387-3072. …

https://wmich.edu/visionstudies/academics/orientation

WMU commits to expanding college access at White House event

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… WMU commits to expanding college access at White House event Submitted by … around the state by requiring the University's own pre-service counseling students take a new course in School … counselors complete the WMU course. The new course, which was rolled out for fall 2014, fits the vision and goals of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20460

Michigan Programs

Financial Aid

… on the ACT prior to entering college. Possess a high school diploma or GED certificate or meet the institution's Ability … citizen or permanent resident. Not be incarcerated. For renewal, maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0. Meet … or an application from, write to: Michigan Rehabilitation Service Michigan Jobs Commission P.O. Box 30020 Lansing MI …

https://wmich.edu/finaid/mi-programs

Trustees approve retirements of six faculty, 15 staff members

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… status. Their names, positions, years of continuous service and effective dates of retirement are: Dr. Esther N. … , associate professor of special education and literacy studies, 18 years, effective April 30, 2019 Dr. Christian R. … Center, 26 years, effective Dec. 31, 2013 Cynthia R. Dunnaway , police officer in the Department of Public Safety, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15541

WMU room and board rates to rise by 2.95 percent

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… and attractive, Vice President for Student Affairs Diane Anderson noted in presenting the rate increase … operational costs, building infrastructure needs, debt service, student and University support and competitiveness … support initiatives to create environments where students want to live and eat while pursuing their academic and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/04/15072