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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

Duty To Report Criminal Acts

Policies

Duty To Report Criminal Acts Policy number 16-01 Responsible … University of Michigan New Mexico State University Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design University of Washington University of Louisville Anti-Bullying Policy …

https://wmich.edu/policies/criminal-0

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

Music student amps up audio production experience with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame internship

News

… production intern at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.   “It was an amazing experience,” he says. “I learned so much more and was able to do so much more than I was expecting.”   … sessions and panels with Rock Hall staff as well as a heavy dose of hands-on, project-based learning. An aspiring …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/09/aiden-lambert-multimedia-arts-technology-internship-rock-roll-hall-fame

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

WMU professor among researchers to identify rising landslide risk in Southern California

College of Arts and Sciences

… according to new research in Nature Climate Change . Heavy rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Hilary in 2023 … and could increase substantially in the future under a warming climate,” says study co-author Dr. Laiyin Zhu , … rainfall caused closed roads, flash floods carried away cars, and landslides caked homes in mud, costing more …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2026/06/laiyin-zhu-hurricane-rainfall-landslide-risk-increasing-climate-change

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

The Aviation Advantage: Ed Florek Flourishes in Aviation Technical Operations

College of Aviation

… Lake Michigan in what is referred to as "Chicagoland," he was the youngster who took apart the mechanical alarm clock … of just under 40,000 in neighboring Hammond, Ind., was the century-old Bishop Noll Institute , the private … countries.    "At AAR," Florek says, "I have learned about heavy-maintenance checks and the detail that goes into heavy

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/09/florek

WMU closes early Jan. 27 because of severe weather

News

… to a virtual format or be canceled. Campus services Waldo Library and Zhang Legacy Collections Center will close … University closings since 1999 1999, Jan. 4-5—Heavy snowfall delayed the start of spring semester. 2000, … 2022, Dec. 22—Impending severe winter weather and blizzard warning cause the University to close early on the final day …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/01/early-release-january-27-2026