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Jeannine Shafer: A career adding up to big impact

Haworth College of Business

… , administrative assistant II in the Department of Finance and Commercial Law, has spent 15 years at Western Michigan University supporting faculty members and … of Applied Science in Business Administration, joining Western’s Finance and Commercial Law Department in 2011. …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/06/jeannine-shafer-retirement

Sky Broncos soar to fourth overall at 2026 National SAFECON championship

News

… precision flight team KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Building on a long-standing legacy of aviation excellence, the Western Michigan University Sky Broncos precision flight … all year to achieve them,” adds coach Nick Olnhausen , a Western graduate and flight instructor at the College of …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/05/sky-broncos-fourth-place-2026-national-safecon-championship

WMU Interdisciplinary Health Programs Ph.D. program alumna earns prestigious Oxford appointment

College of Health and Human Services

… at CRISP (Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy), has been appointed Senior Academic Research … social care systems, including stability, well-being and outcomes for youth in care and adoption. The appointment … Ph.D. in the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences program at Western Michigan University , further grounding her work in …

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2026/06/day-oxford

AFROTC, Ambassador, and Aviation – Avery Bush Accelerates Toward a Career in the Air Force

College of Aviation

… AFROTC, Ambassador, and Aviation – Avery Bush Accelerates Toward a Career in the … of the small community located about 15 miles northwest of Western's home campus in Kalamazoo.  Aviation Flight Science … "fun stuff" as well, such as the benefits and activities springing from membership in the Arnold Air Society, the Air …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/03/bush

Alumni Classnotes, summer 2026

W Magazine

… Alumni Classnotes, summer 2026 Submitted by Deanne Puca on Western Michigan University recognizes alumni achievements and announcements submitted through spring 2026. Eugene Benson , BS ’59, MA ’64, of Rochester, …

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

Leadership and business strategy: The stakes are high, the recommendations real

Haworth College of Business

… Leadership and business strategy: The stakes are high, the … course and celebrates what they have learned in the spring 2026 semester. Students break into groups and work … and Dr. Derrick McIver , the firm is the lynchpin of Western Michigan University’s leadership and business …

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2026/04/leadership-business-strategy-2026

WMU Study Abroad nears pre-Covid levels, faculty-led programs drive participation growth

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… by Elizabeth Braaksma on KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Thirty-nine Western Michigan University students will embark on … in January, while another 97 plan to travel during the spring semester with their professors.  This milestone marks … of which will be on display at the 2025 College of Arts and Sciences Study Abroad Fair .  The Haenicke Institute …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/01/studyabroadgrowth

Rising Up with Riley Trygstad – Taking to the Skies and Piloting Her Path

College of Aviation

… Rising Up with Riley Trygstad – Taking to the Skies and Piloting Her Path Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Riley … Mona Shores High School where she earned her diploma in the spring of 2021.  She grew up in the Muskegon area, a … East Lansing, which resulted in a fairly quick transfer to Western.  "I have enjoyed going to a smaller school," she …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/09/trygstad

WMU’s new-music ensembles to give one of a kind performance

News

… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—WMU’s new music ensemble Birds on a Wire and the Kalamazoo Laptop Orchestra , known as KLOrk, will … include two works by Lou Harrison for Javanese gamelan and Western instruments in which the laptops serving as a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/10/19873

Transforming cities: leadership, community and change

College of Health and Human Services

https://wmich.edu/hhs/news/2026/04/0421sw