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Insider Vol. 10 No. 2 Fall 2009, College Of Arts & Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Newsletter

Footnotes, Issue 4, Fall 2009, Department Of English

Footnotes: Department of English Newsletter (2008-2012)

No abstract provided.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session September 17, 2009, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees September 17, 2009 meeting include:

• Audit Committee Charter
• State Capital Outlay - Priority List
• Building Project Priority List 2009/10
• Personnel Report
• Gift Report
• Grant Report

Western News, Sept. 10, 2009 , Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Convocation features State of University address, campuswide awards; WMU named one of 'Great Colleges to Work For'; Service anniversaries for August; On Campus with Stephan Macomber.

Prism #40, September 2009, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due (Sketching A Trajectory Of Feminist Medieval Studies), Felice Lifshitz

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Back Matter, Medieval Feminist Forum, V.45 No.1 2009

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Jo Ann Kay Mcnamara, Feminist Scholar: A Pioneer In Transforming Medieval History, Dorothy O. Helly

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Emeriti News, Summer 2009, Emeriti Council

Emeriti News

Contents from Volume XIV, Number 2:

• Review of the 2008-2009 Activities of the Emeriti Council
• Wednesdays II for Fall 2009 and Winter/ Spring 2010
• Other Events
• Emeriti Council Website
• The 2009-2010 Members of the Council
• 2009-2010 Officers of the Council
• Prism (Provost's Newsletter)
• Emeriti Flu Clinic
• Emeriti Textbook Scholarship
• Emeriti Medallion Scholarships

Western News, June 18, 2009 , Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Math reform work earns national notice; Sindecuse, WMU part of model preparedness community; Service anniversaries for July; On Campus with Kevin Dowd.

President’S Circle Reception, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Western News, June 4, 2009, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU receives gold ‘green’ designation; Foster student efforts garner $500,000 Kellogg Foundation grant; Service anniversaries for June; On Campus with Faith Wicklund.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session June 4, 2009, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees June 4, 2009 meeting include:

• Personnel Report

Homemaking In Asian American Women's Writing: Chuang Hua, Bharati Mukherjee And Meena Alexander Performing The Diasporic Home, Yan Jiang

Dissertations

This dissertation examines how homemaking, as depicted in contemporary Asian American literature, reflects the bigger issue of Asian diaspora and identity transformation. I analyze how Asian immigrants, especially Asian women, make the home in America in varying ways, seemingly following their ancestral pattern or the mainstream American model but eventually transcend both. Following Judith Butler, I suggest that Asian immigrants' homemaking is performative. In this study, I look to the ideas of cultural identification and identity formation as a foundation for contemporary definitions of the diasporic home and contend that far from being a static mimicking of their former homes, …

Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner 2009, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner Program

May 28, 2009

Honored Guests:

• DeWayne Anderson
• Gary Bigelow
• Marlene Breu
• Josephine Barry Davis
• Paul Eenigenburg
• William (Arnie) Johnston
• Norman Kiracofe
• Gerald Markle
• Gwendolyn Nagle
• Gerard Nowak
• Cindee Quake-Rapp
• Judith Sadler
• Radu Teodorescu
• Gary Wegenke
• Arthur White

Western News, May 7, 2009, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Aerospace engineer named engineering dean; New emergency management Web site goes online; Service anniversaries for May; On Campus with Judy Belland.

Prism #39, May 2009, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Western Michigan University Commencement Exercises-6pm, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session April 24, 2009, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees April 24, 2009 meeting.

Western News, April 9, 2009, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Registration open for WMU Day at the Capitol; Student project awards funds to local charities; Service anniversaries for April; On Campus with Cindy VanderWoude.

Footnotes, Issue 3, Spring 2009, Department Of English

Footnotes: Department of English Newsletter (2008-2012)

No abstract provided.

Communicator Vol. 7, No. 1, School Of Communication

Communicator: School of Communication Newsletter

Dr. Leigh Ford selected as new Director for the School of Communication; The Director's Page; Edwards Receives Two Teaching Awards; Machiorlatti Receives Award; Borden’s Ethics Book Earns National Recognition; Celebrating Brown Hall; Another One Million Dollar Gift; Film Students Invited to Cannes Festival; WMU Students Sweep Journalism Competition Awards; Torrens Awarded Humanics NextGen Leader; Youth Media Producers Receive Awards; 2008 Scholars Awards; Record Number of Undergraduate Awards; Inkster Invited to Sundance Film Festival; TIM Majors Excel at Telecommunications and Information Management Conference; Visiting Scholar: Sally Helgesen; Tailgate at the Tower; Obama Goes to Africa; WMU Hosts Intercollegiate Midwest Regional Ethics …

44th Conference On Senior Engineering Design, College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences

Senior Engineering Design Conference

The 44th Conference on Senior Engineering Design Projects was held on April 14, 2009 at the College of Engineering and applied Sciences on the Parkview Campus of Western Michigan University. The college sponsors the conference to showcase the work of its graduating seniors, who are required to complete a capstone project that puts into practice what they have learned. Many of the projects are sponsored by business and industry.

Western News, March 12, 2009, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: University advertising earns national honors; Haenicke memorial fund established; Grant supports study of local child poverty; On Campus with Jerry Fulbright Sr.

Western News, Feb. 19, 2009, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: University community mourns Haenicke's passing; Study affirms medical school potential; Miller, Tolbert to lead Board of Trustees; On Campus with Victoria Janson.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Annual Session February 4, 2009, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees February 4, 2009 meeting.

Wmu International News February 2009, Haenicke Institute For Global Education

WMU International News

In this issue:

Community celebration honors life of former president Haenicke

Universidad de Burgos and WMU celebrate a decade of study abroad

Funny Hats Ice Capades

WMU international researcher out to double the number of women in physics

Report from Shanghai

WMU CELCIS hosts writing class at University of Tokyo

Jared Edward Siang’ani spotlight

Prism #36, February 2009, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Prism #35, January 2009, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Emeriti News, Winter 2009, Emeriti Council

Emeriti News

Contents from Volume XIV, Number 1:

• Wednesdays II for Winter/Spring 2009
• Emeriti Medallion Scholarship News
• Did You Know?
• Members of the Council
• The Nomination Committee
• Textbook Scholarships
• Kalamazoo Institute of Arts