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Student veterans find place to grow, thrive at WMU
News
… 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. …
https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56507
Hanging Out in the Aviation House with Cody Miller-Holcomb
College of Aviation
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/12/miller-holcomb
WMU professor develops face shields to make children safer at school
News
… low-cost respiratory device COVID-19 response grants awarded for innovative research related to pandemic This is … just like to help," says Danna-dos-Santos. "I feel it is my duty as a public researcher to provide my expertise to those …
https://wmich.edu/news/2020/08/60916
Brad Coffman: From Private to Professional Pilot in Four Years
College of Aviation
… early age. With O’Hare International Airport only 12 miles away from his hometown, it’s easy to understand why. However, like the “force” to Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars saga, aviation was stronger in the young Coffman than …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2015/12/coffman
From Aviation Camp to Aviation Captain
College of Aviation
… USA. However for Richard Bartlett, Battle Creek, Mich was aviation mecca. It was the city that offered him the access to the key that … to network and meet all sorts of pilots, many of which were heavy hitters in the aviation community.” Making things …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2015/09/bartlett
Ethics lectures topics range from loving strangers to AI policy
Study of Ethics in Society
… or “ someone who ‘goes above and beyond’ what a duty of beneficence requires to aid a stranger.” The event … recognizes that someone is acting in an “aims-irrational” way, then they should not bear moral responsibility for … professor of biological sciences at the University of Delaware. His topic, “ Nature’s Best Hope,” covers simple steps …
https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74557
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
Lessons That Don’t Appear on a Checkride: Nick Garrod reflects on flying, learning, and what really matters after 20 years in aviation
College of Aviation
… in southwest Michigan, Garrod said his job "has me home way more than I'm away, and my salary pays the bills, with some money left … "But as I got older," he says, "I never considered that was something I could do, so I pursued other interests." …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2026/01/garrod
DePuy is the Guy! Finding his path and overcoming challenges, Brian lands at Envoy Air
College of Aviation
… that? Just ask the successful novelists whose work room walls are plastered with rejection slips. 2017 WMU Aviation … Depuy preparing to fly a WMU Cirrus SR20 DePuy was raised in Naperville, Ill., which is 28 miles west of … Valley High School in 2013. Father-and-son time often was breakfasting at a nearby airport watching planes come …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2021/07/depuy
Eric Johnson – Flying High from Mesaba to FlightSafety International
College of Aviation
… Johnson figured either he knew it all, or at least he was close. Request College of Aviation Info But after … products for FlightSafety International , there is always more to learn, and that's the way he wants it. Eric Johnson with Avro in the hangar at …
https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2023/04/johnson