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… Professor, alumna representing WMU abroad through Fulbright awards Submitted by Raine Kuch on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Time in … The two received Core Fulbright Scholar Program awards to conduct research or work abroad during the 2018-19 … stellar nucleosynthesis. This includes the formation of heavy elements in stellar explosions, and how this formation …

… Ops to Army Air School Submitted by Tom Thinnes on When he was a student at Marshall High School at the dawn of the millennium, there was a pretty good chance that David Fish could not eye a … Iraq or Afghanistan. Less than two decades later, those faraway places with strange-sounding names had become part of …

… hand to those who come after you. Souder admits that it wasn't easy for the Stillwater, Minn., native to add his name to the roster of … about everybody to help me run through my flashcards."  It wasn't unusual "to lock myself in my room for hours" to get …

… College's director of recruitment, outreach and marketing, was booked on a short flight from Detroit to Kalamazoo when … the intercom.   It can't be him, Thinnes wondered.  But it was -- Cole Dillon, a 2018 recipient of a degree in aviation … Cirrus SR20 And wherever he flies, Dillon carries with him warm memories and cherished experiences garnered while a …

… on Garrett Williams is at the point in his aviation pathway where hundreds of WMU College of Aviation alumni … only been a flight instructor for 8 months, I am looking forward to continue teaching."  Request College of Aviation … just to the north of Indianapolis' famed ring road of freeways, making it a commuter-friendly suburb for the state's …

… up for her students sometimes appear to be gory and are always enigmatic at initial encounter.  Often, there is a … can use in any job they go on to do.” Mirakovits is an award-winning educator and teacher leader, and she has become … after serving as a juror on a criminal court case. Jury duty took the teacher away from her classroom for a few …

… BS ’51, Nov. 29, 2025, Grand Rapids, MI Ona Eileene (Pappe) Wall , BA ’52, MA ’64, Dec. 7, 2025, Grandville, MI Muriel … Robins , BA ’54, Nov. 24, 2025, Livonia, MI Willard Howard Mejeur , BS ’54, Dec. 10, 2025, Cadillac, MI Thomas Edward Fricke , BA ’55, Oct. 7, 2025, Torch Lake, MI Floyd …

… WMU to mark 20 years since 9/11 attacks with silent climb at Waldo Stadium Submitted by Erin Flynn on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A silent climb at Western Michigan University's Waldo Stadium will mark 20 years since the terror attacks of … of them. Helms was a firefighter and his wife on active duty in the Army in 2001 when the attacks happened. "So many …

… electrical engineering student, completed several tours of duty including this deployment to Afghanistan in 2011. … is the Office of Military and Veterans Affairs , which was established on campus in 2009 to help service members … Patrick McConnell , an electrical engineering major from Edwardsburg who served in the United States Marine Corps. …

… And that assignment won't be far from her roots.  Smeltzer was born and raised in Holland, Mich., a Lake Michigan … extravaganza that celebrates its Dutch heritage.   It was in her home community where a career in aviation dawned … the 2023 graduate of Black River Public High School.  "I was able to 'fly,' well really 'crash' in a simulator, and …