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WMU offers on-campus summer reading event for families

News

… of finding buried treasure. The book is about making up one’s mind and follows a visit by a brother and sister to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25681

Product design graduate ready for career to take flight with aerospace company

News

… Product design graduate ready for career to take flight with aerospace … Aisha Thaj has always been fascinated with flight. Growing up she devoured the "Maximum Ride" book series featuring … always volunteering." While she enjoyed research, she struggled to find her passion in the theoretical sciences. "I …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/04/63953

Lisa Garcia

Community Partnerships

… York, Chicago and Dallas, working with clients from Kellogg’s to Nickelodeon. She has a bachelor's degree in … focuses on Latina leaders at community colleges. "Lifting up the voices of the Latinx community and providing … executive board member for ELLAS, a Latina leadership group in Kalamazoo. She is also an active leader on campus, …

https://wmich.edu/community/directory/garcia

Compensation Project—Phase I, 2013

Human Resources

… to our existing benchmarks.   Reviewing, and if necessary, updating job descriptions for these benchmark jobs. … Phase I Project planning session, May. Senior leadership update, June 3. Biweekly team conference calls, ongoing. … Presentation to senior leadership, November. Project updates June 18: Conference call with WMU project team …

https://wmich.edu/hr/phase1

Leaves and Absences from Work: Professional Development Leave (Unpaid)

Human Resources

… Section 13 This unpaid professional development leave is designed to encourage professional growth and thereby increase … requested must be of a nature that requires release from assigned position responsibilities. Eligibility Exempt … insurance may be continued at the employee's expense, at group rates. See also life insurance . Long-term disability …

https://wmich.edu/hr/manual-leaves-professional-unpaid

TeachLIVE

College of Education and Human Development

… a major personality type. This means they can turn up the negative behaviors and responses if the … foot into a real classroom. This game-changing program signifies the future of university education and teaching …

https://wmich.edu/education/teachlive

January 26, 2024

Registrar's Office

… census data now available  Institutional Research has updated its  interactive dashboards  with spring census … be willing to participate in outreach calls to this group of admitted students. Students enjoy hearing from faculty … of targeted communication, general communication and support/partner communication. Targeted communication …

https://wmich.edu/registrar/notes-2024-01-26

Brewpub on tap for Western's new student center

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… moves closer to the finish line. Among its many innovative upgrades, visitors will enjoy a new brewpub when it opens in … Before construction even started, the center was designed through the lens of institutional diversity and … feel welcome and comfortable—and that's both within the design and the programming," Terzino says. A large staircase, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65077

Top seniors to be honored as 2014 Presidential Scholars

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… senior class of 6,313 students. The Presidential Scholar designation is the highest academic honor that WMU can bestow … to receive the prestigious R. Gene Richter Scholarship for supply chain management students, and an acclaimed operatic … Jacob A. Griffioen of Hartland, Wis. Integrated supply management— Hanna M. Downs of Novi, Mich. Management— …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14262

Recent alumnus pursues passion for geosciences research

College of Arts and Sciences

… his lab at Western. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—From a child growing up in Iraq, interested in geology, science and biology, Dr. … Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship from the U.S. Science Support Program. This highly competitive award funded the … helped me find a job in the oil industry. Although I ended up leaving this industry and decided to go back to graduate …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69146