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Engineering professor receives award for support of students with disabilities

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… professor receives award for support of students with disabilities Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Caroline Konstant … (left) nominated Dr. Bob White, recipient of the 2022 Disability Services for Students Faculty Advocate Award. … appropriate opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge of what they are learning. I am very honored to have been …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67927

Balance leads to MBA for Erica Nowicki

Haworth College of Business

… Coughenour on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— MBA student Erica Nowicki is taking full advantage of the HyFlex MBA program at … full-time with the federal government at the Defense Logistics Agency while being a single parent, the flexible … satisfied with my choice because I was able to execute what I was learning to my work and could also draw from my …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73613

Western expert: Pandemic sparked a 'she-cession,' disproportionately forcing women out of the workforce

News

… Western expert: Pandemic sparked a 'she-cession,' disproportionately forcing women out of the workforce … rates have increased. That changed in February 2020. "What's happened over the last year has just been striking," … The U.S. Chamber of Commerce reports moms were laid off or furloughed at a rate three times working dads due to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63542

Halfway Through Adventure

Study Abroad

… Through Adventure Written by: Sydney Linders Major: English Location: Manchester, UK As anyone that knows me best … I spoke about in my last entry, travel by public transport is very simple and quite inexpensive. Manchester also has a … to fame than the place where the Beatles formed, it is what most people come to see. I rode the Ferris Wheel there, …

https://wmich.edu/studyabroad/blog/2019/11/halfway

Western's jazz program captures four 2024 DownBeat magazine Student Music Awards

News

… Mich.—Western Michigan University’s  jazz studies program is boasting four awards from international magazine DownBeat in its 47th annual Student Music Awards. View the issue . Two recent alumni and two small jazz groups secured awards in what’s considered the most prestigious competition in jazz …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2024/08/downbeat-2024-awards

Professor transforming aviation education using augmented reality

News

… the first self-contained, holographic computer. Brown, who is recognized internationally for her use of technology in … design an entire virtual airport, where the user controls what they see and how they see it. This puts the educational … Brown sees augmented reality as a solution to meet what she describes as unprecedented global training demands …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/45008

Mark Orbe

School of Communication

… Negotiation of cultural identities Dr. Mark Orbe is a professor in the School of Communication at Western … he teaches a wide variety of undergraduate courses and is actively involved in numerous research projects. He has … 2012). Communication Realities in a "Post-Racial" Society: What the U.S. Public Really Thinks about President Obama …

https://wmich.edu/communication/directory/orbe

Ensembles

Jazz Studies

… Company Greg Jasperse, Director The Gold Company program is widely recognized as one of the most successful and … in Louisville, we received this email, which sums up what the ensemble is all about: "Your group was one of the … Roney "OUCH … RESPECT. Smokin’ band."–Benny Green "THIS is what I’ve been waiting for." –Jim McNeely   University Jazz …

https://wmich.edu/jazz/about/ensembles

Student Health Advisory Council Application

Sindecuse Health Center

… Student Health Advisory Council Application Student Health Advisory Council … Your expected graduation date (semester/year) (required) What do you hope to contribute, and what do you hope to gain by serving as a Council member? …

https://wmich.edu/healthcenter/advisory/apply

Mapping the future of global education

Business Magazine

… of global business topics, the Haworth College of Business is the recognized leader among the academic colleges at WMU … for college-bound students, WMU Haworth made a strategic decision more than a decade ago to cultivate global … students alike interested in these shorter-term programs.” What makes study abroad programs so attractive to students? …

https://wmich.edu/businessmagazine/mapping-future2025