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Registrar’s Notes – December 8, 2014

Registrar's Office

… Extended University Programs Graduates are able to pick up their four guest tickets at Textbook Alley on the lower … GoWMU, needs to be submitted when an incomplete grade is assigned. The Report of Incomplete Grade lists the work the … that the evaluation period is open through December 12. Upcoming Dates Saturday, December 13-Commencement Tuesday, …

https://wmich.edu/registrar/notes-2014-12-08

$4M state funding boost will help WMU's Kalamazoo Autism Center expand services

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… challenges at the Kalamazoo Autism Center. The recently signed fiscal year 2024 state budget includes a $4 million … Western's Autism Center of Excellence offers broad support to improve the lives of individuals with autism and … is that we have students working with their clients for a significant period of time," Bennett says. While the center …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/07/72115

Take a coffee break with MIP and Colin Ireland, author of The Gaelic Background of Old English Poetry Before Bede

Medieval Institute Publications

… places in Ireland. That has never really been followed up by people who are interested in Old English literature … of my head, mention two very specific things, which is a signal, of course, that these are projects that I've already … broader picture to look at, that the traditions that grew up in modern Britain that—or in Britain that became modern …

https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/blog/2023/04/ireland-coffee

Politics played a role in pandemic shelter-in-place orders, WMU researchers find

News

… vaccinations for Smallpox 100 years ago, and the Supreme Court stepped in to clarify that the public health … privacy; individual control over medical care; and personal freedom is not new.” Analyzing the length of time between … findings, which have been published in the journal Policy Design and Practice, in a presentation on Thursday, Oct. 15. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61626

New bachelor's degree with high-tech music spin offered

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… says Campos, who worked closely with Dr. Christopher Biggs , assistant professor of music, to put the new major … training at a four-year institution or technical school, Biggs says. "It's very exciting to have a technical program … the area they're most interested in as they work their way up through the program," Biggs says. Students will top their …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15748

Team of business students wins national case competition

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… for an independent grocer in Ohio. The competition, designed to further the professional development of students, … of seniors taking home the top prize of $8,000, which will support scholarships and programming.   The winning team Daniel Tyranski of West Bloomfield, Mich., integrated supply management major Jessica Roerig of Caledonia, Mich., …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/13998

Michigan Geological Survey receives $14 million in funding

College of Arts and Sciences

… are excited and grateful that this funding will once again support the survey to conduct resource assessments and … 167 of 2011, the scientific functions of the survey were assigned to Western, which was already home to the Michigan … of the MGS and director of MGRRE. “This really is a significant turning point that can lead to impactful …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/12/73664

With rural and small clinics in mind, professor uses COVID-19 grant to create low-cost respiratory device

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… on Dr. Alessander Danna-dos-Santos working from home to design a low-cost spirometer. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A computerized … have all the data he needs to apply for a patent.  A closeup of Danna-dos-Santos' spirometer hardware. His final goal … says he has no intention of profiting from his design. He does, however, want the device to particularly …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/07/60231

Studying with Dalai Lama caps off global studies degree program

International Student and Scholar Services

… science classes from Emory professors traveling with her group, and she quickly learned what it is like to live where … Each day of the program began with a 5:30 a.m. wake-up call followed by an hour of meditation at 6:30 a.m. The group had two-hour classes in the morning and afternoon and …

https://wmich.edu/international/shumake-spotlight