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Climbing Higher - Mark Brady's Aviation Journey from WMU to IFL

College of Aviation

… to reach the sky runs very deep in the human psyche” according to the famous Argentine American architect César Pelli. While Pelli was referring to the desire of our species to build taller …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2016/06/brady

WMU student’s health care AI innovation wins $100K through Cultivate 269 pitch competition

News

… Marseille, a graduate student studying international development administration, wins $100,000 in the inaugural … 269 pitch competition—earning $100,000 to take his budding innovation, Oneshot AI , to the next level.   “This is … offices to pharmacies to the emergency room.   “My father always said, ‘If you can think of it, you can do it.’ And …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/04/cultivate-269-2026-pitch-competition-winner-sam-marseille

WMU, Kalamazoo Valley launch guaranteed admissions partnership

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… Valley Community College President Dr. L. Marshall Washington and Provost Dr. Paige Eagan sign the Bronco Bound … student participants Brody Bender, Sa-Niqua Langford and James Johnson standing behind them. Michigan Rep. Matt Longjohn, WMU President …

https://wmich.edu/news/news/2026/04/wmu-kalamazoo-valley-bronco-bound-guarantee

Experience the world’s food, music and culture at WMU’s International Bazaar

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

… Association to the Professional Asian Pilots Association, members of some 20 different cultural and academic student … have flown in from countries that are thousands of miles away, and the International Bazaar creates a space where they … engagement of the Western community. Its offices assist nearly 2,000 international students and alumni at home and …

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2026/03/international-bazaar-2026

The Determination of Doogan in Aviation Technical Operations

College of Aviation

… Technical Operations Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Call me Doogan.    If you are a whale of an avionics technician … smarts, the aviation industry will call you whatever you want to be called.    That's the path Kyle Escher Doogan is … of automotive classes at the Technology Center of DuPage in nearby Addison.  Doogan with his mother, father, and sister …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2022/08/doogan

Northern Jet Management's First All-Female Flight Crew - WMU Alumni

College of Aviation

… Northern Jet Management's First All-Female Flight Crew - WMU Alumni Submitted …                                                     For Immediate Release Northern Jet Management, Inc. of Grand Rapids, … program, will fly from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Milwaukee and then on to Tampa Bay, Florida. They each have …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2019/04/njm

Riding High with Adam Rice

College of Aviation

… which is not too far from where Rice grew up in Naperville near Chicago. (2) An uncle, a private pilot for more than 20 years and the only family member joined at the hip to aviation, promised to take the … His uncle fulfilled his first-flight pledge when Rice was a sophomore at Neuqua Valley High School .  That led to …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2020/11/rice

Earning a CPA license before graduation: A valuable asset

Haworth College of Business

… one or two sections of the exam before starting my full-time job. Progressing through WMU’s CPA prep courses helped me … preparation until after graduation, accountancy faculty wanted students to engage with the advanced concepts on the … the end of the year.” Knoll recalls thinking that would be nearly impossible for her. “Dr. Burke Kolehmainen helped me

https://wmich.edu/business/news/2025/12/cpa-exam-preparation

Tommy Szymanski Sizes Up the World of Aviation Management and Operations

College of Aviation

… Tommy Szymanski Sizes Up the World of Aviation Management and Operations Submitted by Tom Thinnes on Tommy Szymanski next to Runway 18L at Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) during his internship … data on the amount of friction a runway has.     Unloading a C-17 for the VPOTUS visit to the Dallas area "The …

https://wmich.edu/aviation/news/2025/04/syzmanski

Researcher earns prestigious fellowship for brain cell regeneration study

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… Calvo-Ochoa is one of 40 researchers in the nation to be awarded a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship … of how to repair traumatic brain injuries or progressive memory loss. Dr. Erika Calvo-Ochoa is one of 40 researchers … would read and study those every day. I did not come from a scientific family, but I knew this was what I wanted to do." …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/12/50050