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Global Engagement Program honors student achievement and community support

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Submitted by Elizabeth Braaksma on Kalamazoo, Mich. —  The Haenicke Institute for Global Education celebrated its … at the Global Engagement Awards ceremony.  There are 10,000 active participants in the program at WMU.    “What that tells us is that cultural competency and being a …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2026/04/gep-awards-2026

The Art of Aviation: Julie Thiele's Journey to Alaska Airlines

College of Aviation

The Art of Aviation: Julie Thiele's Journey to Alaska … artistic skill and scholarship, ultimately she didn’t know what she wanted to do. “I credit my Dad, who is now a … very few other females in the curriculum, the courses and career were very intimidating. “When I began my degree,” she …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2016/03/thiele

The Migration of Jonathan Miller - A SouthWestern Journey to Success

College of Aviation

The Migration of Jonathan Miller - A SouthWestern Journey to … to an Orlando-to-Billings junket to get to work. That's what Jonathan Miller did as part of reaching his goal to … flight, he broke an ankle, which also put his piloting career on hold. Shelving temporarily his dream of actually …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/01/jonathanmiller

From Lake Michigan to the Skies: The Journey of Two WMU Aviation Alumni Soaring with Delta

College of Aviation

… From Lake Michigan to the Skies: The Journey of Two WMU Aviation Alumni Soaring … for the college. Their degrees in aviation flight science are both time- stamped 2019.  Today their careers share … as a pilot every day.  I am the pilot I am today because of what I learned on those teams.  They constitute some of my …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/02/abuzir-quandt

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 … he turned 21, which also meant that he was limited as to what he could pilot.   In some aspects, there is a need to …

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

United in Love and Aviation: Ben and Shelby Egan Find Their Fit with Each Other and the Airlines

College of Aviation

… United in Love and Aviation: Ben and Shelby Egan Find Their Fit with Each Other and the Airlines Submitted by Tom … Ben Egan have gone to the next level.  The 2017 graduates ARE family -- wife and husband -- and both commercial pilots … years, both began to practice at the College of Aviation what they had been preached by its instructors.  Shelby …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2024/10/egan

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

Haworth College of Business

… Leadership and business strategy: The stakes are high, the recommendations real Submitted by … the Leading in Business Organizations course and celebrates what they have learned in the spring 2026 semester. Students …

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

Maintaining Miguel: Thankful for Aviation Tech Ops

College of Aviation

… Aviation Tech Ops Submitted by Tom Thinnes on For decades, The Dominican Republic has been exporting to the United … that it was not smooth flying all the way in his career choice, even though he completed work on his degree in … from the aviation curriculum for about a year to sample what web development and design might hold for him. Del …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/12/delrosario

Earth Day marks grand opening of new, dedicated space for WMU’s IDEAS Collaboratory

News

… imaging student, creates art from organic materials in the IDEAS Collaboratory’s space inside Haenicke Hall. … to performance.   All projects in the IDEAS Collaboratory are collaborative in nature, bringing art and science … that we’re all answering and asking the same questions—What does it look like for climate change and biodiversity …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/04/earth-day-2026-grand-opening-ideas-collaboratory

Tierney’s Travels – the Recruitment and Retention of Shelbi Tierney

College of Aviation

… Tierney’s Travels – the Recruitment and Retention of Shelbi Tierney Submitted by … in her home state of Michigan, Shelbi Tierney did her share of traveling, a factor that turned her on to a career in … of Aviation, a walking (or traveling) billboard espousing what she learned during her Kalamazoo/Battle Creek days. …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/05/tierney