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University getting ready to adopt new email system

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… actual conversions will take place at night to minimize disruptions. Due to the volume of data involved, it will take … WMU's current email provider, Merit in Ann Arbor, will end support of its cloud-based email service on June 30, 2017 . … for Education and Microsoft O365 for Education we found significant strengths in both. The result was that both …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28112

WMU Researches Rare Disease

College of Arts and Sciences

… diagnosis five years ago. Cervone, who has always been an upbeat sort of man, attributes his survival to the help of … for Ohio H.B. 184 which passed on November 28, 2012, to designate March as “Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month.” … devoted our lives to: informing everyone about MSA.” The couple wears purple and teal, the colors identified with MSA, …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/rare-disease

Student Recreation Center reopens with safety precautions in place

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… on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s gym and fitness center workgroup, tasked with guiding the safe reopening of fitness … across the state. With the group’s input, the governor signed an executive order allowing gyms statewide to open … arrive someplace new, that isolation can begin to feel bigger.” “To feel connected and that sense of belonging here …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/09/61100

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Seita Scholars Program

… Foundation, February 16, 2017) Foster youth need academic support to succeed (Youth Today, October 17, 2016) Will ESSA … (Michigan Radio, Oct. 29, 2014) The perfect college support system for foster youth (The Chronicle for Social … teens leaving foster care (USA Today, June 15, 2009) Kellogg Foundation grants $500,000 to foster care efforts …

https://wmich.edu/fosteringsuccess/media

Kalamazoo to be home to nation's first sustainable brewing degree

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… country's highest per-capita densities of craft brewers. Designed to meet the 'industry's gold standard' Science courses will make up a large part of the curriculum. "Water use and water … we enlisted the help of our industry advisors and designed a rigorous science-based degree program that will …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/01/21143

Business student awarded patent for speaking device

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… patent process two years ago. "This patent validates the design of my product and my hard work to this point," says … also make it easier to speak with future influencers and supporters and grow my business." Starting Gate plays role … of Floyd's life since childhood. Speaking clearly was a struggle for Floyd, and therapy helped him immensely. Yet when …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/12/20784

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Breach Notification Procedures

Legal Affairs, Risk and Compliance

… Potential Breaches . The Privacy Officer, or their designee, shall promptly investigate any reported privacy … be approved and directed by the Privacy Officer or their designee. No other WMU personnel are authorized to provide … Delay of Notice Per Law Enforcement’s Request . Upon request from a law enforcement official, the Privacy …

https://wmich.edu/legal/hipaa-breach-proceedures

Final direction for Valley Dining Center announced

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… Sept. 15 . During the event, representatives from SmithGroupJJR, the Detroit-based firm selected as the project … direction for the placement and internal and external design character of the  dining center . The direction takes … are a unique home away from home that is intentionally designed to support student success." Dining center design The …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19430

Student's Experience in UAE

College of Arts and Sciences

… in line.” Among the cultural differences, Dennis and her group went to Shisha cafes or hookah cafes. “We’d go out to tea … said Dennis. They also witnessed sea turtles laying eggs. “We went on a tiny boat, and went for a boat ride out to watch the sea turtles mate and they were popping up everywhere, you’d see one head then two heads then more …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/uae-study-abroad

WMU professor awarded for book that peels back the curtain on Fetzer's secret life

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… in 2015 for his religious study of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg , the Battle Creek Sanitarium director who essentially … not professional theologians or religious specialists. Kellogg and Fetzer fit the bill perfectly," says Wilson. … very interested in biofeedback—this idea that if you hook up … autonomic functions in the body to a machine that can …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/02/58233