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Globally Engaged October 8, 2018, Haenicke Institute

Global News

Global Engagement Opportunities for Monday, October 8th to Monday, October 15th, 2018.

Research And Innovation, October 2018, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research and Discovery News

• Oct. 26 deadline to submit to NSF and to Bronco Big Idea Competition to win up to $52,000
• Dr. Sherine Obare named APLU CoR Research Leader Fellow
• Oct. 16 Discovery Acceleration Workshop: "National Institutes of Health - R15 Grants and Beyond"
• Innovation Networking Session on PFAS and Other Emerging Contaminants - Thursday, Nov. 15 (new date), 4 to 7 p.m. in the Fetzer Center
• Internal Funding Opportunities - deadlines in November
• FDP Expanded Clearinghouse
• NSF Molecular and Cellular Biosciences News
• New payroll confirmation system, ecrt, updates
• Upcoming event

Arts & Sciences Enews: Fall 2018, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

• A deep dive into freshwater science and sustainability
• Testing the interdunal waters
• Battling toxic blooms
• Managing water wisely
• Michigan's salty lakes
• World-renowned economist to receive distinguished scholar award
• Three high-profile graduates to receive WMU's top alumni honor
• 2018 Alumni Achievement Awards
• A Physics approach to stroke rehabilitation
• Alumnus, storyteller brings American legend to the screen
• WMU Giving Day

Can I Share Music And Movies?, Office Of Information And Technology

Tech Talk

All WMU students, faculty, staff and any other users of WMU computing systems and networks are required to abide by the copyright laws of the United States and the computing and network policies of Western Michigan University.

Emeriti News, Fall 2018, Emeriti Council

Emeriti News

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October 2018 Newsletter, Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

• Celebrating Homecoming
• Building success
• Creating mentorship opportunities
• Student receives prestigious scholarship
• Robert S. Kaiser Sales, Negotiation and Leadership Lab opens to students
• Starting Gate celebrates fifth anniversary

Globally Engaged October 29, 2018, Haenicke Institute

Global News

Global Engagement Opportunities for Monday, October 29th to Sunday, November 4th, 2018.

Globally Engaged October 22, 2018, Haenicke Institute

Global News

Global Engagement Opportunities for Monday, October 22nd to Monday, October 29th, 2018.

Globally Engaged October 15, 2018, Haenicke Institute

Global News

Global Engagement Opportunities for Monday, October 15th to Monday, October 22nd, 2018.

Globally Engaged October 1, 2018, Haenicke Institute

Global News

Giving Day Edition

Global Engagement Opportunities for Monday, October 1st to Monday, October 8th, 2018.

Western Michigan University Magazine, Fall/Winter 2018-19, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

• Harnessing the Future of Product Design
• Bronco's Billion-dollar Impact
• MLK Academy: 50 Years of Achievement
• All in for Student Success
• Esports: State of Play
• Medicine + Engineering
• Orchestral Fellow
• First Person
• Alumni Profile
• Classnotes
• In Memoriam
• In Print

Western News, September 27, 2018, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: President reports WMU is making great strides; WMU, Consumers Energy project is unique in state; Gather together for a golden homecoming, Family Weekend; WMU opens manufacturing lab in downtown Grand Rapids; On Campus with Cathe Springsteen.

American Translators Association Conference, Vivan I. P. Steemers

Instructional Development Grants

This association was founded in 1959 and is now the largest professional association of translators and interpreters in the United States with more than 11,000 members in 90 countries.

One of its primary missions is to promote the professional development of translators and interpreters. Annually, the ATA organizes a conference, a four-day international event offering language professionals more than 150 continuing education sessions, seminars, and workshops.

This poster presents a selection of the sessions that I attended, including a summary of some of the dilemma’s and questions that translators and interpreters face.

Supporting International Students In Your University Class, Terri Bieszka

Instructional Development Grants

University instructors have many options for supporting international students in classes.

Wag Shares The Dope: Tools For Effective Writing Of Course Assignments International Writing Across The Curriculum Conference, Susan L. Caulfield, Paula Andrasi, Lisa Singleterry

Instructional Development Grants

We facilitated a three-hour workshop the afternoon of June 6, 2018. This workshop was an extension of work we have been doing in the College of Health and Human Services for the last 2 ½ years. This work was originally supported by an Assessment Fellows Grant and focused on addressing assessment at the college level. To do that, we needed to focus on an area of competence that was relevant to all programs in the college. After reviewing the key goals that the college set back in 2005, and listening to colleagues on the college assessment committee, we decided to …

Bridging The Gap Between Real And Artificial Worlds: The Next Generation Classroom, Lori Brown

Instructional Development Grants

Students today represent a new generation of learner which requires us to look beyond our tradition training methods. Augmented Reality (AR) has already shown great promise of transforming the way interact with students in any technically driven education such as aviation.

The operation and maintenance of modern aircraft requires an understanding of several interrelated human and machine components requiring practice and immersion. The immersive experience can be enhanced with augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). Relevant to the task at hand, they both have the ability to alter our perception of the world, give real-time feedback, improve the efficiency …

The Hidden Code Of Bias And Power In The Infosphere Moving Towards Trans(Formative) Information Literacies, Kate Langan

Instructional Development Grants

Racially, historically, and socially grounded privilege and status is hidden in the computer code that governs access to information and the research process

Information Literacy Instruction can equalize these invisible power constructs by developing a curriculum that grows awareness of the sociocultural phenomenon of computer cod

Reflection On 2017 Lilly Conference In Traverse City, Holly Grieves

Instructional Development Grants

The Lilly Conference in Traverse City offers sessions on enhancing group presentations and team projects, ideas for creation of service-learning opportunities, strategies for engaging millennial students in course content, training in innovative presentation platforms, methods of supplemental instruction and techniques to facilitate critical thinking in the classroom.

The Department of Occupational Therapy is in the midst of making significant curricular revisions as we transition from a master’s degree program to an entry-level doctoral program. Attendance at the Lilly Conference assisted in the refinement of teaching methods for existing courses and contributed to the development of teaching methods for new course …

Ensuring Successful International Teaching Assistants (Itas), Dyanne Foskey

Instructional Development Grants

To ensure the success of both the ITAs and their students, various types of training and support are needed.

Cold Wax Demystified Workshop With Miles Conrad, Cat Crotchett

Instructional Development Grants

I applied for and received an Instructional Development Travel Grant to assist me in attending both the 12TH International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, MA and a 2-day post conference workshop “Cold Wax Demystified with Miles Conrad” at Truro Center for the Arts in Truro, MA.

Both of these events provided me with a unique opportunity to participate in advanced intensive instructional encaustic and cold wax topics that will enhance my teaching within the Painting Area of the Frostic School of Art.

Contemplative Pedagogy In The Classroom: Engaging Students’ Self-Awareness To Enhance Learning, Michele Mcgrady

Instructional Development Grants

Contemplative pedagogy offers unique opportunities for students to deepen their understanding and focus through introspection, reflection, and stillness. Contemplative practices, such as meditative exercises, movement, and writing allow students to understand the nature of their minds and the learning process. Through the use of contemplative practices, students experience increased attention, connection, creativity, as well as a deeper understanding of course material. Although critics may question the appropriateness of these practices in the classroom, contemplative pedagogy has the ability to positively impact students’ learning. This presentation invites participants to explore contemplative pedagogy and discuss ways to integrate practices into learning activities.

Global Reproductive & Sexual Health, Kelly Ackerson

Instructional Development Grants

Goal Gain hands-on practical knowledge and skills to advance the science of global reproductive & sexual health through state-of-the science lectures, discussion, case-studies, and small group work. Designed to provide training in key topics relevant to reproductive & sexual health in the global arena.

Objectives

i. Understand the paradigm of global reproductive & sexual health

ii. Identify conceptual frameworks that are useful for global reproductive & sexual health studies

iii. Understand how to design impactful studies

iv. Discuss different measurement aspects of a study

v. Understand the principals of proposal writing for funding

vi. Become familiar with the use of …

International Association Of Gerontology And Geriatrics 21st World Congress, Delores Walcott

Instructional Development Grants

Programming focused on aging, age-related disease and disability, and the social and public policies that impact our aging society from a global perspective

The Development Of A Wmu Faculty Learning Community Focused On Exploring Pedagogical Strategies In Graduate Education, Ramona Lewis

Academic Leadership Academy

The purpose of this Academy Leadership Academy (ALA) poster is to summarize the development of a WMU Faculty Learning Community (FLC) that will focus on pedagogical strategies in graduate education. This purpose of this FLC is to provide faculty from all disciplines the opportunity to discuss developmentally and disciplinarily appropriate pedagogies for graduate students.

Fall Convocation 2018 Program, Office Of Faculty Development

Fall Convocation

A program for the Fall 2018 convocation, giving information on programs to improve student learning, including Creating Effective Teaching Environments, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Experiences, Assessment as Ally. It also includes the Convocation Ceremony with 2018 Faculty and Staff Award winners and the State of the University Address by President Edward Montgomery.

Western News, September, 13, 2018, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Vol. 45 No. 2

Former Obama official to discuss democracy

Martini named interim associate provost EUP

Around campus and beyond

Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner - Program Booklet Index Beginning 1973, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Faculty Retirement Recognition Dinner - Program Booklet Index

Beginning 1973

References are to the years in which the faculty retired, whether or not they are listed or have a biography printed.

Updated September 5, 2018

Globally Engaged September 4, 2018, Haenicke Institute

Global News

Global Engagement Opportunities for Tuesday, September 4th to Monday, September 10th, 2018.

Globally Engaged September 24, 2018, Haenicke Institute

Global News

Global Engagement Opportunities for Monday, September 24th to Monday, October 1st, 2018.

Connections, 09-2018, College Of Health And Human Services

College of Health and Human Services Newsletter

• WMU Giving Day
• Annual Events at CHHS
• OT Professor Presents at Belgium Symposium
• Book-It book drive for United Way
• Social Work experience in Chicago
• Golf outing benefits individuals with hearing loss
• CHHS in social media