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Child Development and Services

Family and Consumer Sciences

… Graduate Degree Program Qualifying students can accumulate up to 12 credit hours toward the Master of Arts in Family … the Family Science and Human Development concentrations. Designated 5000- and 6000-level courses are counted in both … of our many excellent study abroad programs. Learn more WMU Signature All WMU students have the option to stand out with …

https://wmich.edu/familyconsumer/academics/child-family-dev

Making a Difference for Students Pursuing Careers

College of Arts and Sciences

… The employee of 19 months also describes herself as super-enthusiastic, one who enjoys doing research, seeing … College of Arts and Sciences with the intention of building up our liberal arts students but, recognizing a need she … with her about the career readiness of our students she suggested solutions to reducing the anxiety our seniors felt …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/steeno

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

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at WMU gets $1 million endowment

News

… at Western Michigan University a $1 million gift to set up an endowment in support of the communitywide effort that offers courses and … of the OLLI at WMU. In addition to the $1 million to endow support for WMU's OLLI, the Osher Foundation awarded the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/11/28679

Finances, freight, food and festivities: Holiday shopping season starts early and shopper behavior varies

Haworth College of Business

… to buy larger-ticket items this year. However, as a group, Gen Z still plans to spend more on gifts this year in … has contributed to increased commodity prices and will keep up inflationary pressure until the war is over.” Ross notes … overall available capacity in the industry, which led to upward pressure on the prices trucking companies charge to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73415

Why I Give: David and Sandy Rozelle

W Magazine

… at Hackett Catholic Prep High School and garnered several significant educational awards of her own. The Rozelles will … my own undergraduate experience possible.” Recently, the couple decided to make an even bigger impact by donating real estate to fund both …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73396

WMU board adopts new campuswide policy changes

News

… to the University's policy on sexual misconduct that are designed to encourage people to report incidents as well as … campus location—the Office of Institutional Equity—designated as the office that accepts all reports and handles … tell you our focus is even more heightened. We're ramping up." She outlined the longstanding University efforts to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25472

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

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

Dr. Angie Moe set to launch research on Syrian refugees

College of Arts and Sciences

… said: “If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up someplace else.” For Dr.  Angie Moe, who has a long … seminar on social problems in the Middle East. She ended up learning about the Syrian refugees. “I wanted to study … by radicals, said Moe. Moreover, the Kurds continue the struggle toward autonomy as they fight Daesh over northeastern …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/moe-syrian-refugees