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Out of this Earth: Margo Vriesinga Reaches for the Stars with Virgin Galactic

College of Aviation

… the words acted as a magnet, drawing the individuals towards the human quest to explore and colonize the space … Margo Vriesinga, the call of the final frontier would come after a journey that took her from cars to complex jet … wheels that never left the ground. “Originally, my interest was focused on cars and high school auto shop,” she …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2018/03/vriesinga

Behind the Boarding Gate: Brady Wilson’s Impact on Aviation Management

College of Aviation

… one's career and life.   On a spring Saturday in 2022, he walked across the Miller Auditorium stage to receive his … in airport management and operations, and on Monday he was in the employ of Delta Air Lines at its hub in Atlanta, … that few airline passengers ever think of.   Four years after his stroll across the Miller stage with degree in …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/12/wilson

WMU food marketing students strike gold at national case competition

Haworth College of Business

… Dehn WMU shared first place with St. Joseph’s University after judges determined there was a tie after the final round of presentations. Distinct … represented are affiliated associations, manufacturers and service suppliers, as well as other entrepreneurial …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/03/38530

Wrenches and Wings: Morgan Boyd’s Mission to Keep Aviation Soaring

College of Aviation

… "I have found that there is nothing more thrilling than watching an aircraft, which you helped tear apart, inspect, … fix and then reassemble, again take off from the runway and fly home."   Request College of Aviation Information … I wasn't enrolled in her courses."   A summer internship after her sophomore year took her to the airframe division …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/07/boyd

Aviation at WMU - 75 Years and Counting!

College of Aviation

… about the history of aviation.  75 years ago aviation was barely an industry; at worst – a fad, at best – the next … mechanics program and the pilot training initiative, which was sponsored by the federal government and included the … our students the tools to make themselves a highly sought after commodity.” In addition to celebrating the importance …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/02/75years

Public celebration set to highlight creativity, diversity and community

News

… arts-based youth development program created by WMU's Lewis Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations … mission that focuses on engaging in applied research and service to make southwest Michigan communities more … basketball, computer games to 4-H and hunting to hip-hop. After completing the workshops, the young artists had …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/05/16145

Challenge accepted: Accountancy student steps outside her comfort zone

Haworth College of Business

… and personal relationships. Having transferred to WMU after completing an early college program at Mott Community College, Nanni was unsure of what her path would look like. However, WMU … to Western, WMU Haworth set me up for success in so many ways. Through classes like Business Preparation for Transfer …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/01/accountancy-tayler-nanni-0

Advertising professor wins national teaching excellence award

Haworth College of Business

… Advertising professor wins national teaching excellence award Submitted by Amy Coughenour on Dr. Karen M. … contributions to teaching advertising; the award is named after Charles H. Sandage , who is widely hailed as the … Teaching Award and the 2012 Haworth College of Business Service Award. Since 2015, Lancendorfer has also been the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/06/68199

WMU Music Professor Emerita Phyllis Rappeport, 90, passes away

Irving S. Gilmore School of Music

… WMU Music Professor Emerita Phyllis Rappeport, 90, passes away Submitted by David Bernard on Phyllis Joan Rappeport was … of Arts Award, and in 1995 she received the Distinguished Service Award from the College of Fine Arts. On a broader … as the Physicians for Social Responsibility. More recently, after Kalamazoo’s Sarkozy Bakery burned in 2012, she …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/01/57511

Three professors to be honored with Distinguished Teaching Awards

News

… Three professors to be honored with Distinguished Teaching Awards Submitted by Deanne Puca on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western … Faculty Scholar as well as winners of the Distinguished Service and Make a Difference awards. As Distinguished … who joined the Spanish faculty full time in fall 2004, after teaching Spanish at WMU on a part-time basis for four …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/09/48800