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Dominic Nicolai – Aviation Dynamo and WMU Faculty Member

College of Aviation

… 1959 WMU graduate who served as the program's chief when it was part of the College of Engineering and coordinator of … of the program from Kalamazoo to its current base at what was then the W. K. Kellogg Airport in Battle Creek .  WMU … questions.  The students get to help each other learn the material."  When it comes to delivering creative messages …

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

The American Dream: Matt Taylor Ascends Through the Airline Operations World

College of Aviation

… Submitted by Tom Thinnes on WMU Aviation Alumni Matt Taylor Want a short story about a dynamic career and how the WMU … the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport for what was then American Eagle Airlines, and indicative of why it … sales, preparing itineraries, issuing tickets, doing what was needed in the departure lounge and boarding gate, …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/11/taylor

Planes, Pucks and Puchacz: Zachary Scores in Aviation Management

College of Aviation

… up fire-fighting and first-responder skills along the way. Being regarded as something of an industry expert on … than 1,000 folks and situated just east of Saginaw where he was born and where Michigan's famous geographical "The … with big planes over his head.  "My parents live under a runway approach path at the MBS (Midland, Bay City, Saginaw) …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/12/puchacz

How to find out if WMU is closed

News

… continue normal operation unless notified in one of three ways. Go to wmich.edu Closing announcements will be posted … Weather-related WMU closings since 1999 1999, Jan. 4-5—Heavy snowfall delayed the start of spring semester. 2000, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/01/4197

Katrovas to combine storytelling and song in recital of Czech composers

News

… on the composers' four-year friendship and the pre-World War II era they lived in. The project is under the auspices …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/10/43299

WMU 3D printers producing face shields and masks for health care workers

News

… Health center as part of the ongoing WMU effort to provide materials to help protect health workers and share WMU … material to create 1,500 shields, with more material on the way. Each shield takes about 45 minutes to produce. “With … running simultaneously all day, we expect to make upward of at least 70 shields per day,” Ledbetter says. Shield …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/04/58813

The Dispatching Dynamo – Emma Anderson Flies Forward at WMU

College of Aviation

… The Dispatching Dynamo – Emma Anderson Flies Forward at WMU Submitted by Tom Thinnes on A person's first … perspective-shifting and career-focusing experience.    It was for WMU College of Aviation junior Emma Anderson, and hers was even more of a milestone.  She took off and landed on . …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/07/emmaanderson

Flags lowered for Petty Officer 2nd Class David J. Warsen

News

… Flags lowered for Petty Officer 2nd Class David J. Warsen Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Warsen LANSING, Mich.—By order of Gov. Rick Snyder, flags on … Michigan servicemen and servicewomen killed in the line of duty. Michigan was among the first states to honor its …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/08/1380

Winning with Warner: Scott's Aviation Management Maturation

College of Aviation

… Winning with Warner: Scott's Aviation Management Maturation Submitted by … for people like Western Michigan University Alumnus Scott Warner, the truth falls squarely with a solid understanding … and we deliver it. However, this does occasionally cause a ‘heavy’ amount of pressure. Topped with the fact we operate …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/02/warner-0

From Student Involvement to Airline Operations: Kevin Klimas’ Aviation Management Path

College of Aviation

… a perilous place or a life-altering productive event.   It was the latter for Kevin Klimas, a senior majoring in … and in the aerospace sciences.   "Originally," he says, "I was worried about getting involved in a student … in 2022.   One of the more popular "pop" songs of the 1950s was "Little Things Mean A Lot."  One "little thing" plotted …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2026/04/klimas