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Jennifer (Parkhill) Bond

Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies

… Jennifer Bond Graduation year: 1998 Major: Elementary Group Minors Hometown: Born in Oxford, lives in Brighton Why … it was a good teaching school. I went for a visit with a couple of my friends and really enjoyed the campus. All of us ended up going there and graduating! We are all doing …

https://wmich.edu/teaching/early-student

Kalamazoo Arts Council grant takes WMU dancer to Panama

News

… a commitment to serve and an idea that began as a class assignment have taken one Western Michigan University dance … dance and life in that Central American capital city. Upon her return she wants to start a chapter of Movement … Kalamazoo. "With all the work I put into our class assignment grant, it was really quite simple to turn it in for …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24066

Speaking the language of success

News

… in helping refugees find their voice. Toker, who grew up in Turkey, developed an interest in languages early on. … with the representative from WMU at first. But a couple of years later, as political turmoil gripped Turkey, … and Literacy Studies in the fall of 2017. He says the support he received from faculty members immediately made WMU …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/53035

Q&A with Author David Small

University Libraries

… angry or something a little mysterious. In one case, I woke up one morning with a single word in my head and based an … curious to listen to it stated in terms of his broader occupation. This guy has had an amazing career as a librarian, …

https://wmich.edu/library/updates/2021/10/david-small

Employers to vie for job, intern candidates at spring career fairs

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… on campus with their selected first-round candidates. The biggest spring event is the annual February Career Fair, which already has about 140 employers signed up to participate. It focuses on those seeking employment in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/51134

WMU's Food Marketing Conference celebrates 50th anniversary

News

… "State of the Food Industry: What is Keeping Retailers Up at Night." A conference favorite, the "Executive Forum" … in the industry. The conference is a nonprofit event that supports scholarships and programs for unique educational …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/22121

WMU boosts need-based aid for 10 top incoming students

News

… contributions to society. These new scholarships were designed to provide a foundation that ensures such students … automatically be added to the candidate pool if they've signified financial need by having an approved fee waiver … a selection committee will narrow the pool to a smaller group of semifinalists. Those students will be invited to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20296

National Hispanic Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees

College of Aviation

… Hispanics as well. He educated himself and eventually moved up in the ranks as a top manager at the William J. Hughes …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/scholarships/blog/2019/02/national-hispanic-coalition-federal-aviation-employees

Business college begins pilot study of AI for student interview preparation

Haworth College of Business

… prepare students for interviews. Instead of playing catch-up, we decided to lean into it and become a resource for the … every day. The team thanks Dean Satish Deshpande for the support and the freedom to embark on new AI initiatives at … have more anxiety about interviewing than previous groups of students,” says Moreno “This project is a response to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/06/75700

University to honor its top four staffers for 2015-16

News

… to resolve complex problems have raised WMU's image as a supportive and caring university as well as have motivated … "It does not matter where the customer started, if they end up in her office, they are taken care of at her office," … beyond to ensure that events such as CommUniverCity, the biggest and by most accounts best pre-football celebration in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/09/34935