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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

Raja Aravamuthan

Chemical and Paper Engineering

Raja Aravamuthan Raja Aravamuthan Professor Emeritus Send an … USA Ph.D., Fiber and Polymer Science, University of Washington, 1985. M.S., Paper Science and Engineering, State … and a Ph.D. in fiber and polymer science (1985 UW, Seattle, WA). Aravamuthan has done extensive research in the areas of …

https://wmich.edu/chemical-paper/directory/aravamuthan

Joshua Yoweni’s Voyage of Vowels: Aviation, Excitement, Indonesia, Obstacles, and University

College of Aviation

… Joshua Yoweni, who, if he goes home, travels to Jayapura, Papua -- Indonesia's largest province on the northern coast … Christmas visit back home to Jayapura, Papua, in 2018. This was his last visit with his father before his passing in July, 2021 "When I was a little kid as I was being fed," says the 2013 graduate …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/02/yoweni

Lieutenant Colonel Caitlin Hinterman

Military Science and Leadership

… (DDSB), Decatur, GA; Plans Officer, 1188th DDSB, Arifjan, Kuwait; Company Commander, 231st ICTC, Athens, GA; Operations … 364th Sustainment Command- Expeditionary (ESC), Marysville, WA; SPO Plans Officer, 364th ESC, Marysville, WA; Assignment Officer, Human Resources Command (HRC), Fort …

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

Missionary Magic – Tommy Pagawak’s Path from New Guinea to WMU

College of Aviation

… Missionary Magic – Tommy Pagawak’s Path from New Guinea to WMU Submitted by Tom Thinnes … is the best form of advertising and the most effective way to spread a message. On the other side of the world, … in New Guinea, specifically the western province known as Papua. His home community is Sentani. Serving that part of …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/12/pagawak

Good for the community. Good for business.

Haworth College of Business

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/06/service-learning-spring-2026-0

Dewei Qi

Chemical and Paper Engineering

… Kalamazoo MI 49008-5462 USA Ph.D. Physics, University of Waterloo, 1992. Dr. Dewei Qi is a  professor in Western … bio-fluids . Peer-reviewed publications Wu T-H, Khani M, Sawalha L, Springstead J, Kapenga J, Qi D. A CUDA-based … J. Phys. Fluid 14, 4440-4443  (2002). Dewei Qi, Lishi Luo, Raja Aravamuthan, and Williams Streider, “Lateral Migration …

https://wmich.edu/chemical-paper/directory/qi

Wings of Resolve: The Air Force Journey of WMU Aviation Bronco Tracy Smiedendorf

College of Aviation

… University College of Aviation with a degree in what was then known as flight technology:   On "9-11" he was in the Pentagon when the hijacked airliner slammed into … overseas deployments to Japan, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar.  More often than not, he was in command of …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/09/smiedendorf

In Memoriam, summer 2026

W Magazine

… BS ’51, Nov. 29, 2025, Grand Rapids, MI Ona Eileene (Pappe) Wall , BA ’52, MA ’64, Dec. 7, 2025, Grandville, MI Muriel … Robins , BA ’54, Nov. 24, 2025, Livonia, MI Willard Howard Mejeur , BS ’54, Dec. 10, 2025, Cadillac, MI Thomas Edward Fricke , BA ’55, Oct. 7, 2025, Torch Lake, MI Floyd …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2026/06/memoriam-summer-2026

Gaining Altitude with Guadalupe Guzman Ramos – Current WMU Aviation Flight Science Student and Future Professional Pilot

College of Aviation

… in southern Florida harvesting bumper crops of tomatoes and watermelons, an occupation the now-U.S. citizen still … a flight from nearby Fort Myers to Dallas, Texas -- and he was dragged into that 2009 experience almost kicking and … me," he wrote years later in a scholarship application.  "I was very nervous as I boarded the plane with my mother, and …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/03/guzmanramos