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Alumni Spotlights

Trombone Program

… Autónoma de Querétaro and the Conservatorio J. Guadalupe Velázquez. Sandra is a former soloist, guest conductor … every major celebrity showroom in town, and served as a backup musician for many of the most famous entertainers in the … from Western he was an active freelancer throughout the upper Midwestern United States. He has been a devoted …

https://wmich.edu/trombone/spotlights

Photo gallery: College of Fine Arts through the years

W Magazine

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/05/68169

Family Life Education Concentration—Master of Arts in Family and Consumer Sciences

Family and Consumer Sciences

… family life educator certification. A plan of study is designed with a student’s specific career goals in mind, … be added through additional course work and requirements. Upon graduation, students may apply to NCFR for the … to specialize in an area by taking additional courses. Suggested areas of specialization include, but are not limited …

https://wmich.edu/familyconsumer/academics/masters/family-life-ed

Impact

STEM Workforce Collaboratory

… (XRF) , through the STEM Workforce Collaboratory will support a number of geoscience course s . The XRF will be … and molecular biology-based research . A newly designed biochemistry CURE laboratory will utilize this … a tobacco cessation therapeutic . Students in this newly designed CURE will gain experience with cutting-edge …

https://wmich.edu/stem/impact

Congratulations to the 2016 CHHS Outstanding Alumni Academy inductees

College of Health and Human Services

… experiences of a physician assistant, military officer, occupational therapist and medical librarian made for an … Skidmore, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA - Class of '96 DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Elizabeth Skidmore is an occupational therapist, and associate professor and chair of …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/2016-academy

February 2020 Appreciation

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

… they collaborated, their communications efforts and the support that they had from others throughout the University … OIT Leonard Peirce- Apps Programmer/Analyst Sr, OIT Pete Poggione, Sr Director Information Technology, Student Affairs … analysis of the assessment efforts of academic and student support units. This data will provide both a baseline for the …

https://wmich.edu/provost/appreciationfeb2020

Alumna preserving the past while creating her own legacy

News

… a world outside their own; that type of experience is still significant and empowering for Black young people today, … extraordinary story is a testimony to that legacy. She grew up in a single-parent household and was a single parent … During her years a reporter, she says she often was assigned stories about the African American community, paid …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67068

Mentorship, experiential learning help students thrive at Western, land jobs post-graduation

News

… a more holistic approach to student success and scale it up in a way that ensures equitable access for all WMU … such as Career and Student Employment Services , WMU Signature —a program to help students explore their purpose … assessment and effectiveness in Merze Tate College. "We saw significant gains for students who had caring professors in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67244

Urban Dead Seas

Lee Honors College

… excess nutrient loading of phosphorus and nitrogen ending up in the lakes with possible sources including sewage, … by James Clift of the Michigan Environmental Council suggests that: “Half of Michigan is on septic tanks and about … due to algal blooms and heavy use of road salt presents a significant problem for all our lakes and streams. There is …

https://wmich.edu/honors/urban-dead-seas

Marcus Williams: From Seattle to Supersonic (Almost!)

College of Aviation

… Marcus Williams: From Seattle to Supersonic (Almost!) Published by Tom Thinnes on Wed, Mar 04, … and record high fuel prices,” recalled Williams, “I was furloughed for two years in October of 2008.”   Much like the … in football can be attributed to players executing their assignments at the right time.  For Williams, his time had …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2015/03/marcus-williams-seattle-supersonic-almost