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Propellors, Powerplants, and Passion: Mason Mihelich’s Pursues a Career in Aviation Maintenance

College of Aviation

… Propellors, Powerplants, and Passion: Mason Mihelich’s Pursues a Career in Aviation … It pointed the sophomore from Elgin, Ill., toward Western Michigan University and charted a career path.  … reviewing the working components of a jet engine Why Western's College of Aviation?  "It blows all the other …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/04/mihelich-0

Joshua Yoweni’s Voyage of Vowels: Aviation, Excitement, Indonesia, Obstacles, and University

College of Aviation

… of Vowels: Aviation, Excitement, Indonesia, Obstacles, and University Submitted by Tom Thinnes on There are … -- Indonesia's largest province on the northern coast of Western New Guinea.  For the geographically challenged, that's on the other side of the planet from Western's Kalamazoo campus. WMU Aviation Flight Science …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/02/yoweni

Bilingual breakthrough: WMU double major completes high-impact special education internship in Costa Rica

College of Education and Human Development

… to navigating narrow aisles of the Heredia street markets, and an once in a lifetime internship working with special … from a semester-long study abroad in Costa Rica through Western Michigan University's Haenicke Institute for Global … continues participating in Experience-Driven Learning at Western Michigan University. Although there will be a …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2026/05/dhani-james-special-education-study-abroad-costa-rica

Propellers, Power-plants, and Passion: Mason Mihelich Pursues a Career in Aviation Maintenance

College of Aviation

… Propellers, Power-plants, and Passion: Mason Mihelich Pursues a Career in Aviation … It pointed the sophomore from Elgin, Ill., toward Western Michigan University and charted a career path.  A … reviewing the working components of a jet engine Why Western's College of Aviation?  "It blows all the other …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/04/mihelich

Aviation the Apogee Way: Pascal Paffhausen and Austin Harper are the Dynamic Duo

College of Aviation

… Aviation the Apogee Way: Pascal Paffhausen and Austin Harper are the Dynamic Duo Submitted by Tom … located near Pontiac, is a convenient landing spot for Western grads because the co-owners — Josh and Valerie Clark … CFII status.  But before he started flight instructing at Western in the summer of 2019, Harper served as a student …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/01/apogee-0

Open-Minded Olivia Arnold - Stepping Out of Her Comfort Zone, Pursuing Her Passions and Taking to the Sky

College of Aviation

… - Stepping Out of Her Comfort Zone, Pursuing Her Passions and Taking to the Sky Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Many are the reasons for why prospective students choose the Western Michigan University College of Aviation , and then …   Read on:  Olivia Arnold with a WMU Cirrus SR20 "While Western has given me great experiences and connections," …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/11/arnold

Head Banging with Helen Hoffman – Music Aficionado, Soon-To-Be Professional Pilot, and Student Extraordinaire

College of Aviation

… Hoffman – Music Aficionado, Soon-To-Be Professional Pilot, and Student Extraordinaire Submitted by Tom Thinnes on From … path of one Helen Hoffman. Now in her senior year at the Western Michigan University College of Aviation, Hoffman is … Point theme park in Sandusky, Ohio So it was Purdue versus Western, but this wasn't a tussle between the schools' …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/02/hoffman

WMU Alumnus Breaks Ground on 48‑Unit Recovery Housing Development

College of Arts and Sciences

… Kalamazoo’s east side, marking a major step forward in expanding stable, affordable housing for people working to sustain long‑term recovery. Local and state partners, including Michigan Governor Gretchen … the Kalamazoo County Health Department, Community Services and the Family Health Center. The development, now …

https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/news/2026/04/cas-groundbreaking-housing

All systems go: Aerospace engineering student launches work into space

News

… by Erin Flynn on The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying the Western Aerospace Thin-Sat into the ionosphere. (Courtesy: … March 30 as it carried Transporter-16—with his payload, the Western Aerospace Thin-Sat, on board—into the ionosphere. …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/05/aerospace-engineering-spacex-payload-launch-tom-scott

Visiting artists series celebrates international diversity

News

… event on "Contemporary Artistic Practices Within Political and Social Realities of Oaxaca," planned by Gabriela León, … has been canceled due to severe winter weather. KALAMAZOO—A spring visiting artists series celebrating international … four eclectic artists will start Thursday, Jan. 31 , at Western Michigan University. Each artist will present a free …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4297