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Swimming, hiking, outdoor games, and singing around the campfire while snacking on S'mores will be enjoyed by participants of an overnight camping trip at Kalamazoo's Pretty Lake Campground August 1-2.
A Western Michigan University music professor, along with four singers and three instrumentalists who are either current or former WMU students, will perform with the World Youth Choir on its upcoming trip to China.
Read more at WMU News
"Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night," translated by Western Michigan University's Dr. Arnold Johnston, has been performed to capacity crowds since it opened June 6 and is one of the top-rated shows in Chicago, based on critical reviews.
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This page contains useful information for WMU employees travelling internationally on WMU business with funding through the Haenicke Institute. Please review the following documents.
Professor Subhash Padhye of the University of Pune, is visiting WMU on June 30 and July 1 to meet with WMU faculty and administrators to discuss possible collaboration in chemistry, engineering, and performing arts. The campus community is invited to a seminar entitled “The Final Frontier: Expoloring Biologically Relevant Chemical Space with Metallodrugs” at 4 p.m.on Monday, June 30 in room 1260 of the Chemistry building.
CELCIS recommends that English as a Second Language students consider supplementing their formal education with podcasts from ESL Pod, a site which delivers well-formed ESL lessons from two distinguished professors in applied linguistics and education, free of charge.
To learn more about podcasts, please see the What is ESL Podcast? page.
To read testimonials from other ESL students around the globe and see how ESL Pod has helped improve their English skills, please see this page. Then, if you own an iPod and would like to regularly receive the latest podcasts, you should learn how to listen with iTunes.
If you prefer to listen to ESL Pod online, you may do so via their online flash player; click here for an archive of all previous ESL podcasts.
Erma at the helm
When WMU alumna Erma Rheindrayani Siswowaluyo earned her MBA from the Haworth College of Business in 2003 she had no idea that she would someday crew on a 68-foot clipper in an amateur yacht race.
Erma at the helm
When WMU alumna Erma Rheindrayani Siswowaluyo earned her MBA from the Haworth College of Business in 2003 she had no idea that she would someday crew on a 68-foot clipper in an amateur yacht race.
Professor Michael Nassaney (far right) and WMU graduate students at an archaeological site in Quebec
There has been considerable interest in the archaeology of New France at WMU over the past few years since investigations of the Fort St. Joseph archaeological site have intensified.
Professor Michael Nassaney (far right) and WMU graduate students at an archaeological site in Quebec
There has been considerable interest in the archaeology of New France at WMU over the past few years since investigations of the Fort St. Joseph archaeological site have intensified.
Ann in front of Buddha statue, British museum, London
Immersion in the culture and language of France in college while studying abroad was the first step in a career path that led Ann Ganz to Haenicke Institute Study Abroad in September 2006.
Left to right: WMU's Dr. Ajay Samant and Dr. Nancy Schullery, Doctoral Associate Rosemary Varhese, Professors Manoj George and Veeva Mathew
As part of Western Michigan University's long-standing relationship with Rajagiri Institute for Education and Research in India, the Haenicke Institute welcomed three of the school's faculty in late May for a month-long campus visit to conduct research and collaborate with WMU faculty.
Left to right: WMU's Dr. Ajay Samant and Dr. Nancy Schullery, Doctoral Associate Rosemary Varhese, Professors Manoj George and Veeva Mathew
As part of Western Michigan University's long-standing relationship with Rajagiri Institute for Education and Research in India, the Haenicke Institute welcomed three of the school's faculty in late May for a month-long campus visit to conduct research and collaborate with WMU faculty.
Walk into Western Michigan University's Career Language Center for International Students nearly any day of the week and chances are the smiling face that greets you will be Kim Cho, admissions coordinator.
A dazzling array of locally grown and exotic cut and potted flowers, fruits, vegetables, breads, desserts and herbs and spices are available three days a week from May through October at the Kalamazoo Farmer’s Market just east of Downtown Kalamazoo.
Bronco football kicks off the 2008 season with an away game versus the University of Nebraska in Lincoln on Aug. 30. The team's home opener is Sept. 6 against Northern Illinois University, which includes a huge pre-game tailgate party hosted by area corporations in an annual campus tradition known as CommUniverCity Night.
Seven of the eight Jordanian Ph.D. candidates with Dean Donald McCloud, Haenicke Institute
Headed up by a Western Michigan University alum, Tafila Technical University in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is sending graduate students to WMU to help build the faculty of this new university.
Seven of the eight Jordanian Ph.D. candidates with Dean Donald McCloud, Haenicke Institute
Headed up by a Western Michigan University alum, Tafila Technical University in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is sending graduate students to WMU to help build the faculty of this new university.
Two Western Michigan University students were recently awarded highly competitive Boren awards from the National Security Education Program to conduct research in Kenya and China.
Courtney Marie Buck, a political science graduate student working on a master’s degree in international development administration, received a Boren fellowship worth more than $19,000 to conduct biofuel research in Kenya. Buck was one of 92 recipients selected from a pool of 388 applications.
Jamie LeBlanc-Hadley, a senior majoring in global and international studies with a minor in Chinese, received a Boren Scholarship worth $11,300 to attend Beijing Language and Culture University for the 2008-09 academic year.
Two Western Michigan University students were recently awarded highly competitive Boren awards from the National Security Education Program to conduct research in Kenya and China.
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Comprehensive information about WMU’s dormitories and apartments, including floor plans. Each dormitory link features “hall highlights”, which are specific characteristics unique to a particular dormitory. The site also includes general information about campus apartments.
This site includes course descriptions with prerequisites, general education requirements, information on courses needed for specific majors, and other helpful links.
A wealth of information regarding student services, student organizations, cultural resources and activities and links to on-campus employment opportunities.
The academic calendar provides basic information regarding University breaks, when classes begin, last day to withdraw from classes with refunds, and when to register for the upcoming semester.
The student employment Web site offers information about on-campus and off-campus jobs with average pay rates, internships, community service, and co-ops.
WMU’s undergraduate programs listing, which includes links to each program’s Web site.
The Haworth College of Business undergraduate programs Web site offers information on the various areas of concentration for a Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA).
View information about WMU’s two MBA degrees: Master of Business Administration Information; Master of Science in Accountancy Information.
View undergraduate and graduate programs and information regarding advising, scholarships, required courses, and employment opportunities.
These Kalamazoo Web sites offer information on a wide variety of local attractions, including shopping, dining and entertainment, services, arts and education, and an events calendar for Downtown Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo County.
Information about OPT opportunities through WMU.
The International Programs Council is planning a trip to South Haven, a scenic Lake Michigan beach town, on Saturday, June 21. The trip is open to all international students, and is family-friendly. Students are encouraged to bring family members along.
The Career English Language Center for International Students (CELCIS) at Western Michigan University was founded in 1975 and is fully accredited. Its eleven faculty specialists and six master faculty specialists hold advanced training in ESL and/or applied linguistics. Some of the faculty positions are tenure track. CELCIS is one of two intensive English programs in Michigan accredited by the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) and is a member of the American Association of Intensive English Programs (AAIEP) and University and College Intensive English Programs (UCIEP). CELCIS enrolls more than 100 students per term.
An academic year of language and cultural immersion are in store for two Western Michigan Unviersity students who have been awarded full-ride scholarships from two of WMU's most prestigious exchange partners.
A 20-member delegation from Bangkok, Thailand, is on the Western Michigan University campus today through Wednesday, May 5-7, to take advantage of WMU's internationally recognized expertise in the field of evaluation.
Read more at WMU News
Three Western Michigan University students have been competitively selected to participate in two student-oriented programs at the Cannes International Film Festival this month. The trio, Katherine Densmore of Augusta, Mich., Brian Lane of Saline, Mich. and Mallory Yockey of Roseville, Mich., are all majoring in film, video and media studies in the WMU School of Communication. Lane was selected for the American Pavilion Student Program, and Densmore and Yockey for the Adobe Reel Ideas Studio Student Filmmaking Program.
Read more at WMU News
A welcome reception for Vice Chancellor James Tuitoek and Professor Stanley Kagwanja from Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya, a WMU transnational education partner, is planned for 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday on the 10th floor of Sprau Tower. The reception is open to students faculty and staff. RSVP's appreciated to:
heather.a.boyle@wmich.edu, or call (269) 387-3965.
Professors Tuitoek and Kagwanja campus visit itinerary
The Japan Foundation Midwest Film Festival and the Michitoshi Soga Japan Center will show five modern Japanese films on 35mm film focusing on the "Changing Scenery of Japan." For many years, Japan has often been portrayed in films as a homogeneous, patriarchal society whose citizens are serious and introverted. While there is some truth to these stereotypes, Japan has significantly changed over the past decades. There is more diversity now, people from different cultures co-exist, girls and women are more independent, men embrace their feminine sides, and traditional Japanese family values are not as widespread. This year's films depict these changes and focus particularly on the powerful, uninhibited, and dynamic youth who play a major role in changing the scenery of today's Japan.
The selected films are "Pacchigi", "Water Boys", "Hanging Garden", "Linda Linda Linda", and "All Under the Moon". Each film will be shown at 7 p.m. at WMU's Little Theatre located on Western's East Campus at the corner of Oakland Drive and Oliver Street. All showings are free and open to the entire Kalamazoo community.
November 29, 2007
Rise and Fall of the 'Gay Boy' in Postwar Japan (jpg)
by Dr. Mark McLelland, 2007/08 Toyota Visiting Professor, University of Michigan
September 20, 2007
Bio-Lust: Japanese Concerns about Our Evolving Medical Technologies (pdf)
by Dr. William LaFleur , E. Dale Saudners Professor in Japanese Studies, U. Penn
Apr. 11, 2007
End of Life Decisions and Japanese Culture (pdf)
by Dr. Susan Long
5 p.m., Monday, April 9, 2007
United States-Japan Relations and East Asia
Public Lecture on Current International Issues
Mr. Tamotsu Shinotsuka
Consul General of Japan for Michigan and Ohio
Fetzer Center
Oct. 12, 2006
Can Government Persuade Women to Have More Children? The Politics of Falling Fertility in Japan (pdf)
by Dr. Priscilla Lambert
Jan. 22, 2007
Meiji Occidentalism: Nagai - Kafu’s travels to the “West” (pdf)
by Dr. Rachael Hutchinson
