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Byrd-Jacobs appointed Graduate College interim dean
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… as Graduate College dean since 2012, will assume the role of special assistant to the provost beginning today, May 16. Dr. Christine Byrd-Jacobs , associate dean of the Graduate College and professor of biological … Bott said. “She has a strong record of focusing the school’s efforts on student and faculty success in graduate …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53488
WMU holds fun, informative Brain Awareness Fair
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… M. Davis on Fair organizers aim to boost public knowledge of brain science and health. KALAMAZOO—Students of all ages are invited to build a model neuron, conduct … the fair with the assistance of Portage Northern High School teacher, Susan Thole , and several of her students. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14633
WMU student fundraiser planned for Irish senior center
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… Submitted by Deanne Puca on WMU students dance with members of the Cloghan Day Center on a study abroad trip. … from 1 to 4 p.m. , will feature entertainers from the Quinn School of Irish Dance in the atrium of the College of Health and …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/15805
Anorexia, bulimia, death imagery next up in Ethics Center talk
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… when the Western Michigan University Center for the Study of Ethics in Society continues its spring presentation … "Anorexia/Bulimia, Transcendence and the Potential Impact of Romanticized/Sexualized Death Imagery," is free and open … is co-sponsored by the WMU Department of Sociology and School of Communication. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2014/03/14475
Community invited to help ArtPrize competitor complete sculpture
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… , Kalamazoo ceramic artist Shay Church will welcome members of the public to help him as he applies wet clay to his … ArtPrize entry. The is being installed on the fifth floor of the Western Michigan University Center-Downtown, located … Shay Church Church, a 2000 alumnus of WMU's Frostic School of Art, earned his master's degree from San Jose …
https://wmich.edu/news/2013/09/9063
WMU partnership boosts aviation maintenance instruction, experience
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… University's new partnership with AAR, a global provider of aviation services, is expected to enhance instruction for … and mentoring opportunities, as well as the sharing of proprietary software information with students interested … maintenance technician talent pipeline and educating high school students on the exciting opportunities available to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/10/49917
Robert S. Kaiser Sales, Negotiation and Leadership Lab opens to students
Haworth College of Business
… Mich.—A major gift by alumnus Robert Kaiser, owner and CEO of Gallagher-Kaiser Corporation, has transformed the sales lab at Western Michigan University's Haworth College of Business. The renovated and expanded facility has been … which means that all students are employed, in graduate school or serving in the military within three months of …
https://wmich.edu/news/2018/10/49572
Child and Family Development
Academics
… Child and Family Development Department of Family and Consumer Sciences If you decide to study child … executives and directors Program lead teachers for preschoolers, infants and toddlers Among the organizations they … program will prepare you to work with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, school-age children and their families in a …
https://wmich.edu/academics/undergraduate/child-development
Agreement gives K College students head start in earning grad degrees
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… and Dunn KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After more than a century of being neighbors and partners in countless community … and Western Michigan University are now leveraging both schools' academic resources to streamline the path K … The presidents and senior academic leadership of the two schools met on the WMU campus today to sign an agreement to …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/05/40237
Counseling alum writes her trauma and journey to heal with memoir
College of Education and Human Development
… memoir Submitted by Chris Hybels on Demarra West, author of "Me Too: A Therapist's Journey to Heal, Find Liberation, … and Joy" KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Demarra West , a graduate of Western Michigan University's clinical mental health … I had gotten married, became a mother, attended graduate school and started a business." "Then about 10 years ago …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75465