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September
Graduate Student Welcoming Fair for Fall 2012
Date: Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012
Time: 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Bernhard Center South Ballroom.
The Graduate College is sponsoring the "Graduate Student Welcoming Fair" on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Bernhard Center South Ballroom. The One-Stop Convenience Center will also be going on in the Bernhard Center West Ballroom at the same time.
In addition to the offices represented at the One-Stop Convenience Center, the Graduate Student Welcoming Fair will feature offices and organizations of special interest to graduate students, including the Graduate College, Research Compliance, Sindecuse Health Center, University Libraries, the Graduate Student Advisory Committee, graduate student organizations, and others. Graduate students newly admitted for Summer I, Summer II, and Fall 2012 and all graduate students enrolled for Fall will be invited to drop in at the welcoming fair at their convenience; no advance registration is required.
Introduction of Statistical Concepts in SPSS Workshop
Conducted by Mr. Lincoln Jiang, Doctoral Student, WMU Department of Statistics, and Doctoral Associate, Graduate Center for Research and Retention
Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. to Noon
Location: Computer Laboratory: Room 1416, College of Health and Human Services
[More Information] - [Register Here]
WMU to Host 2012 MCAA and ANHS Joint Conference
September 21 to 23 at the WMU Fetzer Center
The 61st Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs and the 2nd Himalayan Studies Conference of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies is planned for September 21-23, 2012 in WMU’s Fetzer Center.
The conference is open to all academic disciplines. The theme of the MCAA conference is global and international education, but papers from all fields will be considered. Of particular interest are panel and paper proposals from faculty and graduate students that cross regional, temporal, linguistic, disciplinary or other boundaries. WMU graduate students are encouraged to attend and will be reimbursed for conference registration fees after the event.
The conference organizers are Dr. Stephen Covell, WMU’s Mary Meader (Associate) Professor of Comparative Religion and the MCAA 2012 program chair, and Dr. Mahendra Lawoti, a WMU professor of political science.
In connection with the conference, a call for abstracts for papers has been announced. Proposals with abstracts are due to the ANHS Friday, May 18 and the MCAA proposal submission deadline had been extended to Friday, June 15. Acceptance will be announced by the end of July. Proposals should be submitted via each organization’s website:
MCAA: http://international.wmich.edu/mcaa
ANHS: http://anhs-himalaya.org/hsc/
For more information about the conference, write hige-mcaa-anhs@wmich.edu, or call Karen Smith at (269) 387-3780.
Follow this conference on facebook by joining the confrence discussion group “Joint Conference 2012” or by visiting: http://www.facebook.com/JointConference2012.
October
Graduate and Professional School Fair 2012
Date: Monday, October 8, 2012
Time: 4 to 6 p.m.
Location: East Ballroom, Bernhard Center,
Western Michigan University
Application workshops for Graduate Studies, Law, and Medical School will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Bernhard Center, Rooms 211, 212, 213
Schools register here
http://www.experience.com/emp/cf_details?fhnd=5785
Student information here
http://wmich.experience.com/stu/cf_details?fhnd=5785
Call 269-387-8237 for more information
Getting to "Done"! - Dissertation and Thesis Workload Management for Faculty & Graduate Students
Conducted by: Paul Knudstrup, President, Midwest Consulting Group
Date: Thursday, October 18, 2012
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Walwood Commons, Walwood Hall
[More Information] - [Register Here]
Statistics Methods: The Next Level Workshop
Conducted by Mr. Lincoln Jiang, Doctoral Student, WMU Department of Statistics, and Doctoral Associate, Graduate Center for Research and Retention
Date: Monday, October 22, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. to Noon
Location: Computer Laboratory: Room 1416, College of Health and Human Services
[More Information] - [Register Here]
Committee Construction - What Will Work for You?
Conducted by: Dr. Barbara Liggett, Associate Professor, Public Affairs
and Administration, Western Michigan University
Date: Monday, October 29, 2012
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Walwood Commons, Walwood Hall
[More Information] - [Register Here]
Writing Ethically and Well: Plagiarism, Patchwriting, and the Thesis/Dissertation
Presented by Edward J. Eckel, WMU Associate Professor and Engineering and Applied Sciences Librarian, University Libraries
Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Walwood Commons, Walwood Hall
[More Information] - [Register Here]
November
Overview of SAS Workshop
Conducted by Mr. Lincoln Jiang, Doctoral Student, WMU Department of Statistics, and Doctoral Associate, Graduate Center for Research and Retention
Date: Monday, November 12, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. to Noon
Location: Computer Laboratory: Room 1416, College of Health and Human Services
[More Information] - [Register Here]
How to Get Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals, a Writer's Workshop
Conducted by JAN ANDERSEN , Owner and President, Beyond Words, Inc., a Midwest Consulting Group Affiliate
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Time: 9a.m. to Noon
Location: Walwood Commons, Walwood Hall
Seating is limited. Please RSVP on-line by Monday, November 12th, 2012
[More Information] - [Register Here]