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FEBRUARY 23, 2012 Volume 38, Number 11 Trustees to conduct annual meeting The WMU Board of Trustees will hold Forum speakers discuss medical school its annual meeting 11 a.m. Wednesday, Members of the University Feb. 29, in 157 Bernhard Center. Along community were updated on with a variety of other business, trustees the status of the new medical will elect new officers for 2012. Additional school during a campus forum information and key agenda items will be Feb. 14. WMU President John posted online at wmich.edu/news closer to M. Dunn and medical school the meeting date. Dean Hal B. Jenson led the discussion and took audience Nominations open for WMU awards questions. Nominations are being accepted for three Dunn reported that the state of the University’s most prestigious faculty already has granted author- and staff awards. They are the Distinguished ity for the WMU School of Service, Distinguished Teaching and Emerg- Medicine to offer a four-year ing Scholar awards. Those receiving these M.D. program and other health awards for 2012 will be honored at this fall’s degrees. Academic Convocation. Visit wmich.edu/ The school is a partnership The medical school’s board of directors held its first meeting to access a link to complete infor- provost among WMU, Borgess Health Feb. 16. Members are, from left: Frank J. Sardone, Bronson mation and nomination forms. and Bronson Healthcare. It is a Healthcare CEO; Dean Jenson; President Dunn; Larry Tolbert, Nominations for the spring Make a Dif- marketing representative and secretary of the Heat and Frost private, nonprofit 501(c)3 cor- ference staff recognition awards are due Insulator and Allied Workers; and Paul A. Spaude, Borgess poration. Its board is comprised Tuesday, Feb. 28. The awards recognize Health CEO. (Photo by Mike Lanka) of representatives from WMU, outstanding staff members for their daily Borgess and Bronson. Use of University resources investments of energy and creativity. Visit The Michigan State University/Kalama- Responding to early concerns that resources for wmich.edu/wmu/news/2012/02/007 zoo Center for Medical Studies board voted might be diverted from the University’s es- more information. to merge and transition into the school, tablished mission, Dunn said he made a com- Free employee photos available effective July 1. The center is owned and mitment that WMU would be involved only if the school could be developed privately All faculty and staff are encouraged to operated by Borgess and Bronson and has and funded by philanthropy. He said any have their official University photos taken provided clinical instruction in Kalamazoo WMU employee-provided services will be between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, since 1974. done under contract with the medical school. in Walwood Hall’s Heinig Emeriti Lounge. “The [WMU School of Medicine] concept MSU/KCMS already has its own staff to Employees may have electronic copies for is a true partnership among WMU, Bronson handle human resources, information tech- personal use at no charge. Contact Sue and Borgess, and what marvelous partners nology and many other services, as well as Beougher at [email protected] or they are,” Dunn told those attending the some 60 physician faculty members and 500 (269) 387-8402 to confirm your session or forum. “Our medical school will provide community clinical faculty members who receive your photo. undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education. The University and teach more than 200 resident physicians New mobile apps being offered community will have everything to gain.” and 50 medical students each year. The University has released version 1.2 Dunn and Jenson’s remarks and audience “Our responsibilities are to get behind of WMU Mobile, its smartphone apps for questions covered four general areas. it, support it and make sure it’s successful,” Android and for iPhone and other Apple Dunn said of the medical school partnership. mobile platforms. continued on page 4 WMU Mobile is available free of charge through the Android Market at market. android.com for Android smartphones; and Time to register for Lifelong Learning classes through the iTunes Store and App Store Registration has begun for the spring 2012 classes being for iPhone, iPod Touch and other Apple offered by WMU’s Lifelong Learning Academy. mobile devices. The academy offers low-cost, short-term educational pro- WMU Mobile 1.2 features a new WMU grams to older Kalamazoo-area residents, although individuals Dining Services mobile menu for dining halls of any age are welcome to participate. Academy courses are and cafes; real-time Bronco Transit GPS bus provided for the joy of learning—there are no tests or grades. tracking and online schedules; maps and The spring 2012 session runs from Monday, March 5, locator for key buildings and offices on the through Wednesday, May 9, and features 21 non-credit main campuses; live streaming of WMUK classes that fall into seven categories: arts and humanities, Public Radio for both HD1 and HD2; sounds current events, enrichment, international themes, health, of Western, including the “WMU Fight history, and science and technology. Song,” “WMU Alma Mater” and “key play”; The academy also hosts a rich array of interest groups, the latest Bronco scores and updates from lectures, travel-related activities and special events. Travel wmubroncos.com; and Kalamazoo weather opportunities this session include a day trip to the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, Mich.; and three-day forecasts. a guided tour of Detroit’s renaissance; and an overnight architecture and art tour that will WMU Mobile was created as a senior take participants to Ohio and Indiana. engineering project by six computer science Tuition is modest and based on the number of times a class meets. Spring 2012 rates range majors and released in May 2011. Two new from $20 to $60 for academy members or $30 to $90 for nonmembers, and include free on- teams of senior computer science majors are campus parking. Fees also may be charged to offset the cost of class materials, books or travel. working on version 2.0, which is scheduled For more information or to register for a Lifelong Learning Academy class, visit wmich. for release later this spring. edu/offcampus/lifelong or call Extended University Programs at (269) 387-4200. Novelist writes second fiction work Peter Blickle, foreign languages, has writ- Around campus and beyond ten a second work of fiction titled “Von einer Liebe zur andern” (“From Love to Love”). Choirs showcase diverse repertoire on Africa Series. The talks, which are free The book tells the love Three University choral ensembles— and open to the public, are being hosted story of a literature profes- University Chorale, Collegiate Singers by the Center for African Development sor originally from upper and Cantus Femina—will present a free Policy Research. Swabia and an American- concert showcasing diverse choral genres • Bilinda Straight, anthropology, will Jewish violinist. and styles at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, in present “Health Outcomes of Inter- Although about love the Dalton Center Recital Hall. Program community Violence in Three Northern and its various qualities, Kenyan Pastoralist Communities” from 3 it is deeply rooted in Ger- pieces will range from folksong classics Blickle to modern masses. Admission is free, but to 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, in 2028 man history and in the seating is limited. Doors open at 2:35 p.m. Brown Hall. human soul. He recounts his narratives in • Theodore Vestal from Oklahoma scenic images and rich metaphors of language Disney recruiters coming to campus State University will present “Ethiopian- often purposefully and eloquently mysterious Walt Disney Co. recruiters will be on American Relations during the Reign of in their tension and struggle. campus at noon and 6 p.m. Monday, Emperor Haile Selassie, 1930-1974” from The novel has received acclaim in Ger- Feb. 27, in 105 Bernhard Center. They 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, in many, including through an October read- will provide information about becom- 2028 Brown Hall. ing invitation shortly after the novel was ing a paid fall semester intern at the • David Wiley from Michigan State published in July. Blickle read to a full house Magic Kingdom in Florida or California University will present “Africa After in the medieval German city of Pfullendorf. through the Disney College Program. 9/11: Rethinking U.S. Definitions and Several newspaper reviews reported that he Visit disneycollegeprogram.com or Policies” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, “cast a spell over the audience.” contact wmudisneycampusreps@gmail. April 11, in 1025 Brown Hall. Blickle serves as German advisor and com for details. has written and translated several highly Global food company CEO to speak regarded books in both German and English. Program offers resiliency workshop Carrie Jones-Barber, CEO of Dawn A resilience building interactive work- He won the Irseer Pegasus Award for his Food Products, a leading global food fiction in 2004. shop will be held from noon to 2 p.m. products company, will be featured in Tuesday, Feb. 28, in the Trimpe Build- the next Distinguished Speaker Series Geographer edits reference handbook ing’s Multicultural Center. Sponsored presentation sponsored by the Haworth Joseph P. Stoltman, by the Campuswide Suicide Prevention College of Business. Those planning to geography and science Program, it is part of WMU’s ongoing attend should register by Friday, March education, is the editor 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. 16, at [email protected] or of “21st-Century Ge- Africa is focus of lecture series (269) 387-5069. Jones-Barber will speak ography: A Reference Three nationally and internationally on “Rising to the Challenge: Redefining Handbook” published recognized scholars will give campus Business While Staying True to Our earlier this year by Sage Roots” at 5 p.m.