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Aspiring aviator’s dreams take flight at WMU’s College of Aviation through Make-A-Wish
“This is the best day ever!” said 13-year-old Vail Fear as he wrapped up an immersive tour of Western Michigan University’s College of Aviation. In a collaboration with Make-A-Wish Illinois, the aspiring aviator had a chance to get into the cockpits of multiple aircrafts, test out state-of-the-art 737 MAX and Cirrus TRAC20 G7 simulators, and check out plane engines in technical operations laboratories.
WMU’s Cold Case Program sets national standard
Students in Western’s prestigious Cold Case Program have worked with Michigan State Police and 13 other agencies to solve eight decades-old homicide and missing persons cases, bringing justice and closure to victims’ families. Graduates of the program are in high demand and have gone on to successful careers in local and state law enforcement, forensic labs, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.
WMU’s program was ahead of its time in the development of student-involved cold case programs and should serve as a benchmark by which other programs around the country measure themselves.
Cold Case Program honored as benchmark for student-police partnerships
Just as news broke of yet another student-assisted case resolution, Western’s Cold Case Program got a major shoutout at a training hosted by the International Homicide Investigators Association.
Broncos on the beat
These Cold Case Program grads are building their careers around public service.
The best in the MAC
No surprise to her students, Dr. Ashlyn Kuersten, founder and director of the Cold Case Program, won the Mid-American Conference’s Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success.
Ready for launch
Broncos are prepared to start fulfilling careers when they graduate. Take it from some of our newest alumni, who are set to manage supply chains, videography productions, airport operations and more.
Excellence in action
Native American Student Organization recognized as exemplar in diversity and inclusion
Western Michigan University's Native American Student Organization is being honored for its civic and campus engagement and efforts to amplify Indigenous voices and perspectives through cultural and scholarly programming.