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BSW handbook
School of Social Work
… and globally. Goals: advocate, and support social and economic justice and personal well-being for all people. Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to work effectively with … current catalog . Grading Policies: Interdisciplinary Minor and Social Work Major Any student who fails to meet the …
https://wmich.edu/socialwork/bsw-handbook
Bachelor of Social Work
School of Social Work
… of Social Work program utilizes the development of knowledge and skills in the areas of human behavior in the … major consisting of 35 hours, a guided interdisciplinary minor of 22 to 24 hours, and six hours of research, totaling … work curriculum at the time of admission to WMU. This does not guarantee admission to the social work major. Students …
https://wmich.edu/socialwork/academics/undergrad/major
Yu Du
Graduate College
… from China, Yu Du has encountered her share of obstacles, not the least being that her name creates confusion among … colleagues. Unlike some international students, Yu did not change her name to make it more Americanized. When … she received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Sichuan Normal University, in Chengdu, the provincial capital of …
https://wmich.edu/grad/yu-du
WMU alumna receives Uganda’s Medal of Honor
International Student and Scholar Services
… WMU alumna receives Uganda’s Medal of Honor Udongo receiving her award from Unganda's President Yoweri Museveni The Honorable Dr. Betty Udongo, a 2009 graduate of Western … the Presidential Nalubale (Lake Victoria) Medal of Honor. Udongo attended the ceremony in Uganda on March 8, …
https://wmich.edu/international/udongo-spotlight
New cycle of integrated program review and planning to be launched
News
… program review and planning to be launched Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan … timetable LSURP allows each University unit to focus not only on its and WMU's stated mission and goals, but also …
https://wmich.edu/news/2016/05/31811
Dual Enrollment Handbook
Early College Programs
… Enrolled Students Students in good academic standing do not need to reapply each semester. You are required to … are discussing the student with the student themselves and not a parent or someone else in the family. To request a … from your WMU account. If you are having difficulty logging into the WMU email system, contact the Help Desk at …
https://wmich.edu/early-college/handbook
Poet Alison Swan reimagines the freshwater heart of North America in a literary way
College of Arts and Sciences
… Poet Alison Swan reimagines the freshwater heart of North America in a literary way Olga Bonfiglio College of … walk has put unusual pressure on the land without enough consideration of the cost to the land, said Swan. In … from this development. And, they did. In an essay titled “Enough” published in the Michigan Quarterly Review, she used …
https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news-poet-swan
Efforts to boost registration, early voting ramping up on WMU campus
News
… vote early. That’s the message from WeVote , a nonpartisan organization at Western Michigan University … 2018 midterm elections, for instance, WMU student-voter turnout was 34.5% among those registered . WeVote hopes to … there are these barriers about address and registering and knowing how that process works and sort of getting in the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61321
Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Opportunities within the Literacy Studies MA program
Special Education and Literacy Studies
… falls in the sequence. Per WMU policy, PLA credits can be no more than 50% of the total program credits (rounding to … online). To do this, students will need to enroll in a non-credit Portfolio Development Course (offered by WMU), … this information to plan effective instruction for struggling readers, and ultimately communicating this …
https://wmich.edu/specialed/prior-learning-assessment-pla-opportunities-within-literacy-studies-ma-program
Social work grad empowered to uplift migrant and Latinx communities
News
… has blossomed at Western Michigan University. "I don't know what my life would have been like if I didn't have the … experience with already volunteering with El Concilio, a nonprofit organization in Kalamazoo serving the Hispanic … relate to those students because I was a student who struggled. I was in the bottom 10% of my class through …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/04/67907