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Western board votes to keep tuition increase well below cap proposed by state officials
News
… will be $13,434 in tuition and required fees, which is up by $417 over the previous year. “Amid rising expenses and … separate action, the board also set 2021-22 housing rates. Updated rates for residence halls and apartments will allow …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/06/64611
Western's Racial Justice Advisory Committee will update campus on progress
News
… Western's Racial Justice Advisory Committee will update campus on progress Submitted by Erin Flynn on … lead the Racial Justice Advisory Committee (RJAC), the group is ready to present its progress to the campus community. … if there's no action behind them, they fall flat. This group really is looking at impactful change, identifying …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/09/65616
Plan, do, check, act with Audrey Oswalt
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… of tools and problem-solving,” says Oswalt. She adds the biggest challenge she faces is figuring out ways to eliminate … is not always the easiest problem to solve, but Oswalt is up to the challenge. “I have always found ways that we could … in sales during the COVID-19 pandemic, Oswalt was assigned to document a new operations system and execute the …
https://wmich.edu/news/2021/11/66388
Stay on trend and dive deeper with help from your library
University Libraries
… business librarian LuMarie Guth , who provided research support and instruction during Main’s time in WMU’s food … lens of what you think you might want to do and open it up to something else that’s even more interesting.” “She was … one thing as our answer, we could look at it from like a bigger lens, which made it more of a story to tell.” During …
https://wmich.edu/library/updates/2022/08/dive-deeper
Two scholarships awarded to library student employees
University Libraries
… and Luke Halladay received $1,000 scholarships to support their academic journey. The scholarship also … their arrival in the Netherlands." The scholarship will support Latumaerissa's academic journey at WMU as she … and I am grateful for the opportunities that this opens up for me," Halladay says. "I think of higher education as …
https://wmich.edu/library/updates/2022/09/student-scholarships
Internship opportunities grow in the product design program
College of Fine Arts
… Internship opportunities grow in the product design program Freshman year When I found out three years ago … be in the first graduating class for the new Product Design and Innovation major, I was so excited. My freshman … an internship. This is an example of why connections are super important. One of the Newell product designers became a …
https://wmich.edu/finearts/blog/2020/04/pd-internship-madison
Q&A with Author Jerjuan Howard
University Libraries
… I put together a series of essays, and I looked up and had a chapter. I continued to do that until I felt …
https://wmich.edu/library/updates/2021/10/jerjuan-howard
WMU librarian preserves COVID-19 data for future researchers
University Libraries
… an important question: Who's saving the data when it is updated daily? In the early months of the pandemic, state … not have been a high priority when people needed the most up-to-date information to stay safe and make decisions for … Librarian "I was particularly frustrated by the lack of aggregate [data], especially since each daily update replaced …
https://wmich.edu/library/updates/2022/01/impact-report-covid-data
Flexible Spending Accounts
Human Resources
… they have 90 days to file claims for service dates up to the last day of employment. Enrollment Employees … may enroll in one or both of the flexible spending plans upon hire, during open enrollment (usually during fall …
https://wmich.edu/hr/flexiblespending
Meet Our Acquisitions Team: Tyler Cloherty
Medieval Institute Publications
… seeing people at conferences year after year and catching up on personal lives as well as academic work. There’s …
https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/blog/2023/04/tyler