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Say hello to this week’s Friday Student Feature, Lauren Quandt! Lauren is a 22-year-old from Grosse Ile, MI. She double majors in aviation flight science and aviation maintenance technology at WMU.

When an individual has a natural passion for something, we often say it’s “in their blood.” For WMU students Suzie and Annie Targosz, this saying can be taken literally. Aviation is generations deep in their DNA.

This Friday’s student feature is Matthew Bila! Matt is a 21-year-old Bronco from Goodrich, Michigan. He is currently a junior studying aviation management and operations.

Aviation Flight Science student, Dakota Neff, talks about his time as a Flight Operations Intern with Southwest Airlines.

Landing one major internship was not enough for Bronco alum, Justin Bravman! During his time at WMU, Justin worked as an intern for two back-to-back semesters – first for Alaska Airlines and then for Southwest Airlines – two big names in in the aviation industry.

This Friday’s faculty feature is Dr. Gail Rouscher! Dr. Rouscher has more than 25 years of experience in the field of aviation and has been an instructor at WMU since the fall of 2008.

This Friday’s Student Feature is Kelly Erdmann! Kelly is from Detroit, Michigan and is a currently a senior at Western Michigan University. She is double majoring in Aviation Flight Science and Aviation Management and Operations with a minor in Business.

This week WMU Aviation is featuring faculty member Jeremy C. Hierholzer. Jeremy started as a faculty specialist in the fall of 2012. This is his second stint with Western Michigan University as he was an aircraft maintenance technician and a WMU faculty member from 1998-2003.

Abimbola Ogundare is an international student from Nigeria, Africa. His major is Aviation Maintenance Technology. Abimbola Ogundare decided to attend WMU because of its reputation as a top aviation program. He was also impressed with the diversity at WMU.

Almost every week, regional airline companies visit the College of Aviation at Western Michigan University in search for potential new hires from all three of our majors.