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Indigenous hip-hop artist brings new perspective to Western

Office of the Provost

… Indigenous hip-hop artist brings new perspective to Western Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Frank Waln KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Frank Waln , the 35-year-old … can challenge, compliment or enhance traditional Western scientific knowledge in a variety of disciplines, says Dr. …

https://wmich.edu/provost/news/2024/09/frank-waln-artist-residence

Culture shocks in Egypt to be discussed in Humanities Center talk

News

… Culture shocks in Egypt to be discussed in Humanities Center talk Submitted by Anonymous … need to know and do about it. The series is exploring how scientific research is defining issues that concern everybody, including the warming of the globe, the toxicity of the environment and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15730

Planned, Structured, Supervised Student-AI Interaction

Teaching and Learning

… Interaction features a custom AI that initiates guided dialogue, provides adaptive feedback, and scaffolds the … demonstrate their analytical skills, metacognitive skills (awareness of their own thinking), and ability to integrate … more targeted prompt or piece of feedback to guide the AI toward deeper or more accurate insights. This cycle repeats …

https://wmich.edu/x/teaching-learning/teaching-resources/student-ai-interaction

Proficiencies

College of Arts and Sciences

… Writing This proficiency does not count towards the 37 credit General Education requirement. See your major advisor. … 3200 Introduction to Formal Logic 4 PHIL 3250 Inductive and Scientific Reasoning 3 PSCI 1050 Critical Thinking about …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/proficiencies

WMU researchers hope to revolutionize papermaking with $2.5M grant

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… papermaking with $2.5M grant Submitted by Cindy Wagner on Dr. Mert Atilhan works in his lab in Floyd Hall, … of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Atilhan is a leading researcher on a $2.5 million grant awarded to WMU by … well with the DOE’s mission to support transformative scientific solutions for pressing environmental challenges …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/10/73114

Student research into safeguarding astronauts has a personal twist

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Student research into safeguarding astronauts has a personal twist Safeguarding astronauts … program associate at Rockwell Automation. Bridges was awarded funding from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium … “It affects fertility and wellbeing, but there is little scientific understanding of its cause. That’s why I wanted …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/bridges2023

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) MORTALITY DATABASE

Economics

… use How to retrieve data by example; Scenario Suppose you want to analyze trends in road traffic accident mortality … download the output. 8.   Click on “Export” in red from the dialog box 9.   Afterwards, this is how the data would appear in Excel. Be sure …

https://wmich.edu/economics/mortality

WMU ranked by TIME as a ‘Best College for Future Leaders’

Haworth College of Business

… of Business specifically.  TIME and Statista analyzed a diverse sample of 4,000 of the most influential leaders in … and private universities making strong showings, including WMU, which placed in the top four in Michigan. The … they thrive and shape its future,” says WMU President Edward Montgomery . “We’re overjoyed with the national …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/02/time-leaders-haworth-2025

Students place second in international cybersecurity competition

Cybersecurity

… international cybersecurity competition Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A team of four Western Michigan … University students placed second in the undergraduate division of the 2025 Social Engineering competition at … , all members of the WMU Bronco Cybersecurity Club, was among 27 participating undergraduate teams from …

https://wmich.edu/cybersecurity/news/2025/07/students-place-second-cybersecurity-competition

AI and Critical Thinking in Education

Teaching and Learning

… a balanced middle ground, students benefit from understanding the reasoning behind these decisions and how they … learning strategies with course expectations and develop awareness about when and how different tools serve their … abilities in specific contexts. For instance, Liu and Wang conducted an intervention study demonstrating that …

https://wmich.edu/x/teaching-learning/teaching-resources/ai-critical-thinking