Archived "Questions of the Week"

Question 1 (extra credit to Mike)

"Dwight Waldo was the first president of Western Michigan University, serving in that capacity from 1904 until 1936. Besides Waldo’s Campus Tavern (which is not a University facility), what two facilities on campus honor Western’s first president by being named after him?"

Answer: Waldo Library (University Libraries) and Waldo Stadium

Question 2 (extra credit to Kendrick)

"This office, located on the third floor of the Seibert Administration Building, handles a wide variety of activities including course registration, drops and adds, the undergraduate and graduate catalogs, issuing transcripts and diplomas, classroom scheduling, naming the Dean’s list, graduation auditing, and maintaining the academic calendar. A particularly important role of this office is to advise campus offices on confidentiality of student records as mandated by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)."

Answer: Registrar’s Office

Question 3 (no responses)

"This office, located in the Faunce Student Services Building, handles all federal, state, and local financial assistance programs for all WMU students. These programs include Pell Grants, all student loans, scholarships, and work-study. This office determines the amount of a student’s budget for attending school and how much aid the student qualifies for. The first step in receiving any kind of assistance through this office is to complete the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)."

Answer: Student Financial Aid

Question 4 (extra credit to Kirstan)

"This office, located in the Faunce Student Services Building, is headed by a vice president and is responsible for all student life functions at WMU. The wide range of functions housed in this office includes all campus services related to student health and wellness, including the Student Recreation Center, the Sindecuse Health Center, and the University Counseling and Testing Center. Other areas overseen by this office include on-campus housing, student conduct, and all registered student organizations."

Answer: Division of Student Affairs

Question 5 (extra credit to Becca)

"This office, located in Woodlawn Place (next to the Health Center), advises students and the campus community on the rights of students with disabilities. These disabling conditions may include ADD/ADHD, dyslexia or other learning disabilities, visual impairment, hearing impairment, mobility impairment, and emotional/psychological issues. The office provides services such as class scheduling assistance and priority registration, Handi-Van transportation, referral and advocacy activities, campus accessibility information, and special resources such as adaptive computer equipment.."

Answer: Disability Services for Students

Question 6 (extra credit to Drew)

"This is where students go when they are sick. This building contains a pharmacy, laboratory, Sports Medicine Clinic, and sponsors educational programming about alcohol risk reduction, safe sexual behavior, etc. It also offers services related to healthy weight management, smoking cessation, stress management and reduction, and other services that promote healthy lifestyles."

Answer: Sindecuse Health Center

Question 7 (extra credit to India)

"This building on campus is the University’s student center and contains the WMU Bookstore (now known as “Buster’s”), Bronco Mall, a United States post office, the Bronco Card Center, Bronco Express, a cafeteria/snack bar, a bank branch, and several businesses including Subway, Pizza Hut Express, Biggby Coffee, and a new ice cream shop called Western Scoops. What is this building?"

Answer: Bernhard Center

Question 8 (no extra credit given)

"This University official is an intervention agent and impartial person who helps students, faculty, and staff resolve academic and non-academic concerns. This person listens to you and discusses your question or concern; provides you with information that answers your question or helps you locate someone who can assist you; explains the University’s policies and procedures and how they may affect you; and follows up with you and others at the University to make sure your concern is resolved. The basic principles of this office are independence, impartiality, informality, and confidentiality, and the office is authorized to make through investigations and has access to most University offices and records, reports and other documents in the University."

Answer: Ombudsman

Question 9 (extra credit to Zachary)

"This office is part of the Center for Academic Success Programs and recently relocated to Ellsworth Hall. This office provides Supplemental Instruction (focuses on high-risk courses), Content Tutoring to help students be successful in their classes, College Success Seminars (on topics such as time management, test-taking strategies, note-taking strategies, and learning styles), and Effective Reading Seminars to help students develop college-appropriate reading skills as well as satisfy the Intellectual Skills Program's reading requirement."

Answer: Academic Resource Center

Question 10 (extra credit to Tori)

"This campus building houses the Office of Student Financial Aid as well as many of the units from the Division of Student Affairs, including the Dean of Students’ Office, the Office of Student Conduct, Residence Life, and Student Activities and Leadership Programs, WIDR-FM radio station, and the Western Herald. This building is often referred to as ‘the bird cage.’ What is this building?"

Answer: Faunce

Question 11 (extra credit to Sade)

"This office, located in Ellsworth Hall, provides students with access to listings of jobs on- and off-campus through its service Bronco JOBS. It provides drop-in career advising, on-line career assessments such as FOCUS, advice on how to write a resume and interview effectively, and sponsors career fairs on campus. What is the complete name of this office?"

Answer: Career and Student Employment Services

Last updated: DEC-07-2011.