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From Kent (WA) to Kalamazoo (MI), Jennifer Nguyen’s Medallion Journey Takes Flight

College of Aviation

… From Kent (WA) to Kalamazoo (MI), Jennifer Nguyen’s Medallion Journey … and immediate family were on the wrong side of the Vietnam War, which forced many of their peers to leave the home … a rock-centered eye on an aviation career — just an awareness that something had to, or was going to, happen.  …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/04/nguyen

Jeff Breneman

Government Relations

… External Relations Office (269) 387-2071 Mobile (269) 716-0400 Send an email Location 3010 Seibert Administration … careers, but for a lifetime of community leadership and stewardship.   Jeff is a committed advocate for free speech, … Community. He received Heterodox Academy's Open Inquiry Award in 2022, and in 2025 WMU was recognized with the same …

https://wmich.edu/government/directory/breneman

Sergeant First Class Bobby Capelle

Military Science and Leadership

… completion of Basic training and OSUT at Fort Knox, he was assigned to the 1 st Battalion, 8 th Infantry Regiment, … Korea, SFC Capelle relocated to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, where he was assigned to 4 th  Battalion, 23 rd … Upon redeployment, SFC Capelle was put on assignment orders to U.S Army Japan at Camp Zama where he served as the …

https://wmich.edu/rotc/directory/capelle-bobby

Jay Cizeski

Economics

… people may consider their predictions of others' choices in order to make their own.   At WMU Dr. Cizeski teaches …

https://wmich.edu/economics/directory/cizeski-jay

Western honors staff who go above and beyond with Make a Difference Annual Award

News

… who go above and beyond with Make a Difference Annual Award Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western … Victoria Hastings , Giulia Hayes , Chris Salvaggio and Teri Wagner will be honored as the Make a Difference Annual Award … custodian to keep our facilities clean and in good working order, she seems to have been placed with us in order to …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/09/make-difference-annual-award-2026-recipients-recognized

Mustafa Mughazy

World Languages and Literature

… in Arabic Editing Medieval mystical poetry Mughazy was the recipient of the 2019 College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Achievement Award in Research and Creative Activity. Books Dīwān Ghurrat … d’archéologie orientale. 2021. Kitāb Dustūr al-gharā ʾ ib wa-ma ʿ dan al-ragh āʾ ib and Related Texts, Mughazy, …

https://wmich.edu/languages/directory/mughazy

Nicholas L. Padilla

School of Environment, Geography and Sustainability

… 49008-5424 USA Ph.D. Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2017 M.S. Geography, Texas State University-San … and rural actors in Cauca, Colombia, who have coalesced in order to further their ‘own’ educational model, re-introduce …

https://wmich.edu/environment/directory/padilla

WMU community shows up big to welcome new Broncos to campus

News

… as they moved their students into residence halls. There was plenty of furniture assembling as students settled into … Band, students and community members packing campus with swag under their arms and smiles on their faces—Western … time slots, working with vendors to make sure if students order things ahead of time they are in their room ready to …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/09/fall-welcome-broncos-move-2026

Helping people is alumna Ali Yoder’s greatest resource

WMU Alumni

… my first year and never changed it,” she says. “I knew I wanted to pursue a career in business, and my dad, who spent … HR. He felt it fit my personality and strengths, and he was right.” Yoder’s dad also believed that a college degree … opportunity to succeed.” Whether carrying a full tray of orders or a packed schedule of classes, Yoder learned to …

https://wmich.edu/alumni/news/2026/10/alum-ali-yoder-greatest-resource

Breakthrough fish research makes waves in evolutionary theory

News

… Breakthrough fish research makes waves in evolutionary theory Submitted by Erin Flynn on … the lineage of fish species in Australia and New Guinea was just published in the prestigious journal Proceedings of … science, but we never had all of the data that we needed in order to attack this,” says Bloom. “This took decades of …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/10/fish-research-evolutionary-theory-devin-bloom