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After numerous discussions and requests by students to have a voice at the Presidential Cabinet level, an ad will be placed advertising the new position Vice President for Student Affairs.
President Robert Vartabedian said when he first started interviewing at Western, many students asked him if he would be interested in having a voice [...]

Western’s Science and Technology Incubator announced its first tenant to be Imulan BioTherapeutics Friday Nov. 7.  The privately held bioscience company is relocating to St. Joseph from Prescott, Ariz., to use the resources made available by the Incubator and the community to further its research in animal health. 
Included in community resources is $500,000 in economic [...]

 President James Scanlon said life is full of questions or mysteries that one is drawn to find a solution for.  After seven years of service at Western, Scanlon plans to retire to the east coast with the intent to write his own multiple mystery novels.
Starting June 30, Scanlon plans to move to North Carolina where [...]

A proposal to re-organize Western’s Student Affairs was approved and is currently underway.
The proposed Student Affairs Organizational Chart filters from the single presiding Dean of Student Affairs and then moves to three new positions: Associate Dean of Student Development; Assistant Dean for Residential Life and Services; and the Assistant Dean of Student Services and Recreation.
Judy [...]

  Education comes at a heavy price but are students paying more than they need to?  If private loans are involved, the most likely answer is, “yes.”  Private loan interest rates can be so expensive, a student can end up paying back more than five times the original loan after graduation.
 Private loans, like the ones advertised [...]

 The priority deadline to receive financial aid for the 2008-2009 school year is rapidly approaching.  Before March 1, every student who plans on attending Western during the Fall 2008 semester should file their taxes, fill out their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and apply for all scholarships and grants available. 
 “Many students think they [...]

    When the ball dropped to bring in the new year–2008, the pay for minimum wage rose by 15 cents from $6.50 an hour to $6.65 an hour.  According to Jan Aspelund, the director of human resources, approximately 485 Western students working on-campus jobs were adjusted to the new wage.   This increase is based on a 2.2 [...]