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Ann Browning and Marijo Elwell help a student at the Sangren Hall Help Desk. Sangren Hall staff work at the Help Desk to assist students in find classes, rooms, and buildings.
The State of the College meeting will be held Friday, September 19.
Refreshments will be served in the Sangren Hall Lobby from 9:30
- 10:00
a.m. and the meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. in 2301 Sangren.
Associate professor Barbara Frazier, Ph.D., Family and Consumer Sciences, received a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative National Research Initiative. Dr. Frazier is co-principal investigator on the project with researchers from Iowa State University and Ohio State University.
Professor of Sport Studies Jody Brylinsky, Ph.D., presented the results of the National Coaching Report, the only comprehensive report addressing both youth and interscholastic sport coaching education requirements in the United States, at the National Press Club August 6th in Washington, D.C. Published by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education in partnership with the National Federation of State High School Associations, Dr. Brylinsky served as the chair of the National Coaching Report Task Force. The report stresses the importance of qualified coaches for every athlete.
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The winners in the University's fourth electronic portfolio contest are: Kristine Crummel, a graduating senior majoring in elementary group minors; Matthew Feltner, a graduating senior majoring in music education and Lisa Fisher, a graduating senior majoring in elementary education. Honorable mention went to Chelsea Sharp, a freshman double majoring in biomedical sciences and Spanish.
The contest was sponsored by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. Examples of student-created portfolios were solicited during the spring semester, and a team of reviewers from WMU judged the entries.
Portfolios were judged according to the students' use of iWebfolio to present personal, professional and academic accomplishments electronically. The four students will each receive a cash award
WMU is named one of America's best national universities for 10th consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report.