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Internationally regarded geographer honored as WMU's Emerging Scholar
News
… field. Zhu will be recognized with the Emerging Scholar Award during Western's Fall Awards Celebration on Friday, Oct. 3 , at 11 a.m. in Kirsch … historical data, machine learning, and diverse analysis and modeling approaches, his groundbreaking research makes not …
https://wmich.edu/news/news/2025/09/emerging-scholar-award-2025-laiyin-zhu
College of Health and Human Services selects new associate dean for academic affairs
College of Health and Human Services
… administrative career, he exemplifies the teacher-scholar model in that he has developed 15 different undergraduate …
https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/09/associate-dean-announced
WMU begins STARS sustainability initiative with 'gold' rating
News
… in a broad range of areas. It expands and transforms the way campuses collect data to document sustainability … the University's initial assessment of data in those areas was submitted this month and led to the gold status. After … accomplishments in those areas, but the STARS assessment model looks at a much broader range of achievement. It looks …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/07/17657
About
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Ph.D.
… program This interdisciplinary Ph.D. program uses a cohort model, with 12 to 15 students (no more than three from any … delivery. The Ph.D. in interdisciplinary health sciences was designed to meet this challenge. It develops doctoral … 1995; 24(3):165-185. National Commission on Allied Health was established by the Health Professions Education …
https://wmich.edu/healthsciences/about
Student team launching NASA competition dream
News
… Lind has dreamed of building and launching rockets since watching “October Sky” in seventh grade. Now, as part of the … in April 2020 . Western Michigan University’s team was one of 42 college teams, and the only Michigan school, … Matt Martin sand the Advanced Rocketry Club's small-scale model rocket. The NASA competition is a culmination of a …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56773
Strengthening interprofessional education: Nursing and medicine collaborate on renal lecture
College of Health and Human Services
… the Western Michigan University Bronson School of Nursing was formed through their joint participation in the PACER … grant initiative from 2016 to 2018. This collaboration was made possible by a training grant that brought the two … patient-centered education. Kuhn and Peirce continue to model the power of collaboration across disciplines, …
https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/08/nursing-wmed
Rudge named College Science Teacher of the Year for ability to inspire students
College of Arts and Sciences
… University College of Arts and Sciences . The annual award from the Michigan Science Teachers Association honors a teacher who uses and models best practices, inspires students, demonstrates … my mind, of using stories is that it engages students in a way that traditionally taught science classes do not.” …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/01/66892
Center for the Advancement of Printed Electronics
Chemical and Paper Engineering
… CVD (atmospheric quartz tube reactor for carbon films) Microwave Plasma (2.56 GHz) CVD (PECVD-60-M, TEK-VAC Industries, … electrical conductivity testing Optical microscope Olympus model PME (1500x) with CCD camera Other Terra Universal Inc. … differs from graphic inks. Testimonials "The course was very informative and a valuable tool for a novice to …
https://wmich.edu/chemical-paper/cape
Tips for Success in Asynchronous Courses
Teaching and Learning
… particular question build upon another’s response, the same way they would in a group chat. These low-stakes discussions … the course is meeting student expectations. Some simple ways to give and encourage feedback include: Use Elearning … Education, 2(2-3), 87-105. https://coi.athabascau.ca/coi-model/ May, N., & Rao, V. N. V. (2025, January 22). Engaging …
https://wmich.edu/x/teaching-learning/teaching-resources/asynchronous-success
Reports
Seita Scholars Program
… Unrau, Y.A., Gray, L., & Dawson, A.W. (2020). A coaching model to support college students from foster care. …
https://wmich.edu/fosteringsuccess/resources/reports