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Ready to serve: Grad Molly Cochran prepares for duty in Army Nurse Corps

News

… Ready to serve: Grad Molly Cochran prepares for duty in Army Nurse Corps Submitted by Erin Flynn on Molly … surgical nurse in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps.   Cochran was awarded the Medallion Scholarship, WMU’s most prestigious …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/04/graduate-success-nursing-rotc-molly-cochran

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

Heavy snow and wind trigger rare campus weather closure

News

… Heavy snow and wind trigger rare campus weather closure … such closure in more than 25 years. The main campus was closed after crews were unable to stay ahead of rapidly … snowfall throughout the day, the decision to close was made shortly after 5:30 a.m. Most WMU regional …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20282

WMU Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences celebrates 90 years of impact

College of Health and Human Services

… of modern stuttering therapy. By the 1950s, the university was training clinicians to serve in schools, hospitals and … for communication and human connection—what a beautiful way to carry on Dr. Van Riper’s memory!” SLHS’s Current … will begin at 4 p.m., followed by a reception featuring heavy appetizers and opportunities to mingle at 5 p.m. …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2026/11/wmu-speech-language-hearing-sciences-celebrates-90-years-impact

Sergeant First Class Derek Gallegos

Military Science and Leadership

… at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. SFC Gallegos’ first duty station was the 1775th Military Police Company in Pontiac, Michigan, … Operation Enduring Freedom in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. In 2016 SFC Gallegos …

https://wmich.edu/rotc/directory/gallegos

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

Connection, Change and Career: How Bryce Harden Built a Life in Aviation

College of Aviation

… of folks who have crossed his path in life. From parents Wanda and Willie growing up in a Flint, Mich., suburb to … Mich. They have all had a piece in forging who Harden once was and who he has evolved into.  Along the way, he says, the most important lesson to learn about …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2026/11/harden

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 … have driven or flown in, sometimes from hundreds of miles away, to settle into their new home.   “It’s so exciting,” …

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

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

Rika Saito

World Languages and Literature

… Japanese language and literature at the University of Delaware from 2005-07. Saito joined WMU in fall 2007. Saito has … her recent publications include: Language of Feminine Duty: Articulating Gender, Culture, and Covert Policy in … (PeterLang, 2021) “Taishō roman no unda feminisuto: Yamada Waka & Kakichi no kyōdo to shisō (Feminists born in the …

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