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Higher Education for the Justice-Involved

Humanities

… (HEJI)   Program Overview   I. Background   Western Michigan University Higher Education for the Justice-Involved … Outreach Program) has operated in close partnership with the Michigan Department of Corrections since 2017, … at the Lakeland Correctional Facility Coldwater, MI. With readings and assignments based on upper-level …

https://wmich.edu/humanities/heji

Rosalia A. Kiss-Schwem Occupational Therapy Faculty Endowment Improvement Fund

College of Health and Human Services

… Rosalia A. Kiss-Schwem Rosalia A. Kiss-Schwem's tenacity as an occupational therapy educator and practitioner embodied … woman, traveling the upper peninsula alone to work with disabled people during and after the war. It's an … joined the WMU faculty in 1952. As a professor, her concern with meeting human needs extended far beyond traditional OT …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/kiss-schwem

TRCLC 16-9

Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities

… TRCLC 16-9 Transportation Mobility Among Low-Income, … of transportation mobility and desired activities within the context of a low-density urban environment; … Tested the feasibility of using an electronic tablet with an app designed specifically as a digital platform (as …

https://wmich.edu/transportationcenter/trclc-16-9

Embracing machines’ support

W Magazine

… Embracing machines’ support Submitted by Deanne Puca on This isn’t an ordinary stuffed animal; this cat … Windewani, a psychology major from Indonesia, is playing with one of the zoomorphic cats from the Social Robotics … some who could benefit the most from it are comfortable with. Instead of being wary, Dr. Bryan Abendschein , …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/05/71777

April 9, 2018

Registrar's Office

… Fall registration As of last week, over 4,000 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students attending this semester have not … An email was sent to eligible students last week with a link to the ticketing system.  After completing the … process, graduates will receive a confirmation email with the tickets attached. Commencement tickets may be …

https://wmich.edu/registrar/notes-2018-04-09

WMU program promotes support in securing gainful employment

College of Arts and Sciences

… emphasis on autism-related services in the state of Michigan, young adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder remain largely underemployed. … supports. The program has expanded from working with students diagnosed with autism to being open both to …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/promotes-program

Graduate Auditions

Piano

… will be processed by both the Office of Admissions and Orientation and the Irving S. Gilmore School of Music. … of 30 minutes of music from four different stylistic eras, with one of pieces a large-scale piano work such as a … to play a selection of your choice in 12-bar blues form with two or three improvised choruses to follow, a jazz …

https://wmich.edu/piano/auditions/graduate

New app offers self-guided tour experience to prospective WMU students

News

… on A new self-guided tour app is available in the Apple and Android stores. As of Monday, April 24, 2023 , the … needed a consistent way to connect students and families with campus; one they could participate in on their own time … inside spaces they might not generally have access to with videos and virtual tours of residence hall rooms and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/12/62451

WMU OT faculty, alumni revise essential OT text

College of Health and Human Services

… OT faculty, alumni revise essential OT text Developmental and Functional Hand Grasps  is a popular text for … 2002 by Sandra Edwards , WMU OT professor emerita,  along with WMU OT alumni,  Donna Gallen and Jenna McCoy-Powlen . … in rehabilitation." The second edition has been expanded with more content areas and new photographs, illustrations …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/02-2018-suarez

Family and Medical Leave of Absence

Human Resources

… Family and Medical Leave of Absence Western Michigan University complies with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) in … one year. Worked 1,250 or more hours within the last 12 months. Pay and benefits during a family and medical leave …

https://wmich.edu/hr/fmla