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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 … Jennifer Nguyen’s flight shoes. Her grandparents and immediate family were on the wrong side of the Vietnam War, which forced many of their peers to leave the home …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/04/nguyen
Healing through harmony
College of Health and Human Services
… music-based interventions. Allison Mezo , the clinical coordinator for ACE, established this partnership in the spring … enriches engagement and leverages preserved musical pathways to support speech recovery and build communication … a word. I was able to use piano and guitar, as well as handheld percussion gear such as a tambourine, cabasa, …
https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2025/06/music-speech-therapy
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 … Team leader for the second-place group, Triston Evans , credits diversity as the key to his team’s success. “I believe … India Jessica Gianina Harsono , senior, from Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia Brian Andrew Susilo , senior, from Jakarta …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59292
Katrovas to combine storytelling and song in recital of Czech composers
News
… and open to the public. The recital, titled "Sung into the Distance," showcases the songs of famous Czech 20th-century … on the composers' four-year friendship and the pre-World War II era they lived in. The project is under the auspices of Opera Studio Prague, a student-led, multidisciplinary performance …
https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43299
Safeguarding astronauts with a personal twist
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
… Safeguarding astronauts with a personal twist Submitted by Cindy Wagner on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Safeguarding astronauts as they … and Whipple presented their project, “A Fully Flexible Handheld Wireless Estrogen Sensing Device,” at the 2022 …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68848
Students turn ideas into market-ready products at RID+I’s Venture Studio
Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation
… turn ideas into market-ready products at RID+I’s Venture Studio Submitted by Brandi Engel on Liz Skinner flips through sketches of her handheld steamer project. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A classroom at … her project, Gleam, into the class. "Last semester for housewares, I designed Gleam, a handheld cordless steam cleaner …
https://wmich.edu/designinstitute/news/2025/04/venture-studio
Free at-home COVID-19 test kits distributed throughout campus
Sindecuse Health Center
… Free at-home COVID-19 test kits distributed throughout campus Submitted by Joe VanDerBos on … Health Center, Sindecuse Health Center is organizing the distribution of 5,400 free COVID-19 tests for the campus … Department of Health and Human Services. Test kits will be distributed to the College of Aviation, College of Health …
https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69214
A Flying Fish: David Fish takes Tech Ops to Army Air School
College of Aviation
… Ops to Army Air School Submitted by Tom Thinnes on When he was a student at Marshall High School at the dawn of the … two decades later, those faraway places with strange-sounding names had become part of his life-or-death daily … program," he says, "and for my subsequent role as a tester. What I learned in math, science, writing, aviation …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/davidfish
WMU’s Venture Studio turns design students into founders
College of Fine Arts
… WMU’s Venture Studio turns design students into founders Submitted by Brandi Engel on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— If they were nervous, it was hard to tell. On a Friday evening in late April, a group … step is building the first working prototypes for alpha testers to ensure the hardware and data collection work …
https://wmich.edu/finearts/news/2026/05/venture-studio-pitch-event
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 the building about 400 yards from his office. His team of …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/09/smiedendorf