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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
Classroom Information
Registrar's Office
… space generally used for scheduled instruction that require no special, restrictive equipment or configuration. These … identify back-to-back, shared space requirements, technology and other special requests. The Registrar’s Office must be notified using the section needs form by the academic …
https://wmich.edu/registrar/faculty-staff-schedulingclassrooms
WMU and WMU Cooley Innocence Project garner $418,000 grant
News
… WMU and WMU Cooley Innocence Project garner $418,000 grant Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on WMU-Cooley Innocence Project … cases, gather court opinions, review trial records, draft Freedom of Information Act requests and communicate with …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/09/27269
Town hall meeting, letters to homes key parts of compensation rollout
News
… to homes key parts of compensation rollout Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Campuswide town hall … letters will outline the individual's annual salary or hourly pay rate, job title and pay grade in the new …
https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23700
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
Compensation Project—Phase I, 2013
Human Resources
… interviews with the University’s senior leadership. Please note: Phase I is only an audit of a sample of benchmark jobs. At this point in time, there will be no pay changes. Timeline for Phase I Project planning … structure, October. Presentation to senior leadership, November. Project updates June 18: Conference call with WMU …
https://wmich.edu/hr/phase1
DEI Vocabulary
Diversity and Inclusion
… A person's perception of having a gender, which may or may not correspond with their sex at birth. Harassment – A form … bias—whether intentionally, visibly, verbally, or not—we engage in interpersonal racism. Interpersonal racism … and gender identities not included in this list. Microaggressions – Manifestations of prejudice and hatred that are …
https://wmich.edu/diversity/resources/deivocabulary
Cooley Law is now Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
News
… Cooley Law is now Western Michigan University Cooley Law School Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Both schools' accrediting bodies … areas of potential in which an affiliation could have the biggest impact. Preliminary discussions have revealed a number …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/08/18003
'Sweet Magnolias' star shares how she planted seeds of success at Western
News
… 'Sweet Magnolias' star shares how she planted seeds of success at … owner Dana Sue in the hit Netflix series "Sweet Magnolias." (Courtesy: Netflix) KALAMAZOO, Mich.—From "Steel Magnolias" on a small stage at Western Michigan University to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/03/67412
Getting career-ready during a pandemic
News
… do you prepare for your career when in-person contact is no longer an option? That is a question that many students … of uncertainty. “Lately, things have have felt anything but normal,” says first-year business student Jacob Myers . “I … around its Business Externship Program—one of the single biggest career exploration opportunities that students early …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58851