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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

Good for the community. Good for business.

Haworth College of Business

… These community partners had brought real problems, waited through a full semester and were about to find out … the numbers and designed the campaigns for organizations waiting on the work. “An exam tells me what a student can … usually stays an idea.” Tungkoye eventually wants to go to Papua to build supply chain systems that serve local …

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

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

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

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

WMU teams claim top two spots at project management competition

Haworth College of Business

… University and Ferris State University. The team was led by  Dr. Daneshvar Kakhki , assistant professor of … plan book to receive an almost perfect score, which my team was really proud of.” Team leader for the second-place … India Jessica Gianina Harsono , senior, from Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia Brian Andrew Susilo , senior, from Jakarta …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59292

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

Free at-home COVID-19 test kits distributed throughout campus

Sindecuse Health Center

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69214

Light Center for Chinese Studies Guest Lecture Series

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Education , WMU’s Timothy Light Center for Chinese Studies was established in 2010 to enhance the work of faculty and … and the United States: Li Dazhao’s Changing Attitudes towards America" presented by  Dr. Patrick Fuliang Shan … Voices in Neo/Non-liberal China" presented by  Dr. Cara Wallis , Associate Professor in the Department of …

https://wmich.edu/global/events/china-lectures

The Ethical Considerations of Conducting Research with Forced Migrants

Study of Ethics in Society

… Sandra L Borden Email for more information Wa'ed Alshoubaki , assistant professor at the University of …

https://wmich.edu/events/70629